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The Swansea Deanery is a Roman Catholic deanery in the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia, ... Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Mumbles; Our Lady of Lourdes, Townhill;
From the Mumbles Head area, there are views towards Swansea, Port Talbot, and the hills of the South Wales Coalfield. Oystermouth is the site of Oystermouth Cemetery . Oystermouth was served by the Swansea and Mumbles Railway , one of the very earliest passenger rail services, along a shoreline railway used in the 19th century to transport ...
Our Lady Star of the Sea is the patron of the AOS. [17] The Apostleship of the Sea has for many years now, been commemorating the Feast of Stella Maris, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, with Mass each year in September for seafarers. It is a day to pray for all seafarers and give thanks for their contribution to global trade.
Mumbles Pier was opened in 1898 at the terminus of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, which was the world's first horse-drawn public passenger train service.It opened 2 Mar 1807 and used horse power to 1877, then steam power to 1929, when it switched to double deck overhead electric tram power, lasting till the line closed in Jan 1960.
Tower of All Saints Church, Oystermouth. All Saints' Church, Oystermouth, is an Anglican church in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, South Wales.It is located in Mumbles and is a Grade II listed building (listed 23 April 1952 as "a large church with substantial medieval fabric and good interior detail, including early medieval piscina, font, and C20 glass") [1] The church stands on a hillside ...
Our Lady Star of the Sea, Seaforth, Merseyside, England; Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Staithes, North Yorkshire, England; Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, Wallasey, Merseyside, England; Our Ladye Star of the Sea, Greenwich, London, England; Our Lady Star of the Sea, a Roman Catholic primary school in Horden, County Durham, England
Designed by W. Sutcliffe Marsh and promoted by John Jones Jenkins of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, the pier opened on 10 May 1898 at a cost of £10,000.It was the western terminus for the world's first passenger carrying horsecar railway, the Swansea and Mumbles Railway; and a major terminal for the White Funnel paddle steamers of P & A Campbell, unloading tourists from routes along the ...
Mumbles is a community (civil parish) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, covering the district of the same name. The community covers the areas of Blackpill, Langland, Limeslade, Mayals, Mumbles Head, Newton, Norton, Oystermouth, Thistleboon and West Cross. The population in 2011 was 16,600 making it the second biggest community in ...