Fontygary
| Fontygary | |
| Glamorgan | |
|---|---|
 The Fontygary Inn | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°23’7"N, 3°21’55"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Barry |
| Postcode: | CF62 |
| Dialling code: | 01446 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Vale of Glamorgan |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Vale of Glamorgan |
Fontygary, also Fontegary and Font-y-Gary is a village adjacent to Rhoose, three miles south-west of Barry in Glamorgan. To the north is Fonmon and Fonmon Castle. The origin of the name is uncertain but in 1587 it was documented as "Fundygary".[1]
Fontygary is located near Cardiff Airport. There is little in the village itself apart from the Font-y-Gary Holiday and Leisure Park and caravan site and stoney beach.[2] On Sundays there is a car boot sale on the holiday park site, as well as the club and shop. There is also a disused quarry in the vicinity between Fontygary and Aberthaw.
In 1928 Fontygary was noted for being a favourable picnic spot,[3] and in 1943 it was described as a "pleasant summer resort with a delightful beach for bathing, edged with rugged cliffs which form a delightful background — and a convenient undressing place for bathers."[4] The shingle beach and cliffs are distinct and there is a large cave called Font-y-Gary Cave.[5] In the 1960s, Francis Lymburner depicted the coastline of Font-y-Gary in his Welsh pen and ink and wash drawings.[6] Actress Susan George frequently holidayed at the caravan park as a child.[7]
Font-y-Gary Holiday Home Park.
The coast at the Fontygary Beach looking east/southeast nearing high-tide.
Fontygary beach looking west.
Railway Bridge at Fontygary
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David (6 November 2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=br8xcW1f_a8C&pg=PT530. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ "Fontygary Holiday and Leisure Park". Vale of Glamorgan Council. http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/enjoying/visit_the_vale/places_to_go/family/fontygary_leisure_park.aspx. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ Gas world. Benn Bros. January 1928. p. 575. http://books.google.com/books?id=1GkgAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ Evans, Cyril James Oswald (1943). Glamorgan: its history and topography. W. Lewis (printers) ltd.. http://books.google.com/books?id=nnrSAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ Geological Survey of Great Britain (1904). The geology of the South Wales coal-field .... Printed for H.M. Stationery off., by Wyman and sons, limited. p. 105. http://books.google.com/books?id=a6ogAAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ Kolenberg, Hendrik; Pearce, Barry (1 January 1992). Francis Lymburner. Art Gallery of New South Wales. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-7305-9148-1. http://books.google.com/books?id=q-_pAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ↑ Country life. Country Life, Ltd.. 2008. p. 58. http://books.google.com/books?id=V1woAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
