Penpergwm

Human settlement in Wales

Penpergwm

Location within Monmouthshire

OS grid referenceSO 325103Principal area

Monmouthshire

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Monmouth

Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

Monmouth

List of places: UK; Wales; Monmouthshire

51°47′06″N 2°58′41″W / 51.785°N 2.978°W / 51.785; -2.978

Penpergwm is a village in south Wales, situated along the A40 road, 3.9 miles (6.3 km) south-east of Abergavenny and 14 miles (23 km) west of Monmouth. The site of Castell Arnallt lies on a mound in the water meadows between the village and the River Usk.^[1]

The village used to have to a railway station on the Welsh Marches Line, but it closed in 1958.^[2]^[3] The former station house is now a private residence.^[4]

The former British politician Francis Pym was born in Penpergwm Lodge in the village.^[5]

References

^ "Castle Arnold". Coflein. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ Rogers, Mick. "70013 at Penpergwm". railwayherald.com. Railway Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ Barrie, D.S.M. (31 March 1994). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South Wales (2nd ed.). Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. p. 82. ISBN 9780946537693.
^ "Road to Station House, Penpergwm". geograph.org.uk. Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ Theakston, Kevin (2 July 2004). British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974. London: Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 9780714656564. Retrieved 22 November 2014.