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Llandarcy
Llandarcy is a village near Neath in Neath Port Talbot county borough, southwest Wales, and formerly the site of the UK's first oil refinery. The village, which lies near the Junction 43 of the M4 Motorway, was originally designed as a garden village to house the workers for the refinery, built by BP Oil between 1918-22.〔(St. Modwen Properties PLC Investor Site Visit - 1 October 2007. Brownfield renewal in the South West and Wales region )〕
==History==
Llandarcy was chosen as a site for a refinery because of its proximity to Swansea docks, where crude oil could be transported by sea from the Middle East. The site was damaged by Luftwaffe bombing in 1940.〔(Assessment and Restoration of the BP Llandarcy Refinery Landfill 25 May 2004 )〕 At its peak the refinery was a major employer in South West Wales, with over 2600 workers.〔(Land Restoration / Llandarcy, Wales )〕 However, it was also responsible for industrial pollution at nearby Crymlyn Bog, an area designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.〔(BTC General Oil Spill Response Plan: Appendix F, Potential Impacts of Oil Spillage to an Onshore Environment )〕 Operations at the refinery were gradually scaled back in the late 20th century, and the site closed in 1998.〔(Progressive | The helios awards | BP )〕
The village, named after William Knox D'Arcy (founding director of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, forerunner of BP) consisting of exactly 100 houses and flats each property was designed to be different, they are all of stone construction with a community centre and local shop. The village is a conservation area as its construction followed the lines of the Cadbury village. The village was the site of the murders of school girls, Geraldine Hughes and Sandra Newton in 1973. Their killer's identity remained a mystery until 29 years later in 2002 when DNA evidence was taken by South Wales Police from the grave of Joe Kappen, who worked as a doorman, lorry and bus driver. Kappen died of lung cancer on 17 June 1990, at the age of 49, and took his secret with him to the grave.〔(The hunt for the Saturday Night Strangler | Life and Style | The Guardian, Saturday 18 January 2003 )〕
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