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Boverton Welsh: Trebefered
Boverton village shops
Boverton Location within the Vale of Glamorgan
OS grid reference	SS983685
Principal area	Vale of Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Llantwit Major
Postcode district	CF61

Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh

List of places UK Wales Vale of Glamorgan 51°24′N 3°28′W / 51.40°N 03.46°W / 51.40; -03.46

Boverton (Welsh: Trebefered) is a village located to the east of Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales.

History

Boverton was founded during the reign of William the Conqueror in England. It is thought that he himself founded Boverton as a farming community beneath his mighty castle. However, Robert Fitzhamon is credited with founding the castle here, Boverton Place, during the 12th century. The castle was rebuilt around 1587 by Roger Seys, a land owner and attorney general of Wales. Boverton Place was an "impressive" fortified manor house of considerable size.^[1]^[2]

The Seys family,^[3] prominent in Glamorgan throughout the 17th century, moved out in the late 17th century and it fell into decay in the following century. Local legend states the castle is haunted by the Black Lady who was spotted by men working on the castle in the early 19th Century. She was described as a tall, shadowy figure dressed in mourning clothes.^[4]

Landmarks

In present-day Boverton there is a brook, several housing estates, a fish and chip shop, post office, hair salon, gentlemen's barbers, veterinary surgery and The Boverton Castle pub.

Notable people

Theophilus Redwood (1806–1892), pharmacist, after whom the Redwood Building in Cardiff University was named

Gallery

Boverton Castle pub
Church Meadow Estate
The Causeway
Tremains Farm
Boverton Bridge
Boverton Court
Boverton old road
Boverton Place blue plaque

References

^ Spurgeon, Clifford (April 2000). An inventory of the ancient monuments in Glamorgan. Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, H.M.S.O. p. 516. ISBN 978-1-871184-22-8. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
^ Glamorganshire. CUP Archive. p. 174. GGKEY:B09ZLPUCGCQ. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
^ The History of the Great Sessions in Wales, 1542-1830: Together with the Lives of the Welsh Judges, and Annotated Lists of the Chamberlains and Chancellors, Attorneys General, and Prothonotaries of the Four Circuits of Chester and Wales; the Lord Presidents of Wales, and the Attorneys General and Solicitors General of the Marches. Priv. Print. for the author by E. Davies, Great Britain. Public Record Office. 1899. p. 100. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
^ Trevelyan, Marie (1 January 1973). Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales. Kessinger Publishing. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-85409-938-2. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

External links

Boverton Castle pub website

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boverton.

Vale of Glamorgan County Borough

Vale of Glamorgan Council

Main settlements

Communities

Villages

Landmarks and
listed buildings

Grade I	Church of St John the Baptist Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge Coedarhydyglyn Ewenny Priory Fonmon Castle Hensol Castle Ogmore Castle Old Beaupre Castle St Donat's Castle St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major
Grade II*	Barry Castle The Blue Anchor Inn Cowbridge Grammar School Cowbridge Town Hall Dyffryn Gardens Gileston Manor Llandough Castle St Quintins Castle

Geography

Economy

Transport

Stations: Barry; Barry Docks; Barry Island; Cadaxton; Cogan; Dinas Powys; Dingle Road; Eastbrook; Llantwit Major; Penarth; Rhoose Cardiff

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