Monday 19 May 2008

Swansea, West Glamorgan,Wales/Cymru

Swansea is named after a Viking called Sweyne(Sven), possibly Sweyne Forkbeard, King of Denmark and England.

Famous people born in Swansea include Catherine Zeta-Jones,Dylan Thomas,Michael Heseltine,
Rowan Williams(Archbishop of Canterbury),Wynford Vaughan-Thomas(got one or two of his books)

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