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Panteg ((ウェールズ語:Pant-teg)) is a village in the county borough of Torfaen, Wales. It is adjacent to Griffithstown, between the towns of Cwmbran and Pontypool. The village is best known for Panteg Steel Works, which finally closed in 2004.〔http://archive.thisisgwent.co.uk/2003/10/24/65152.html〕 Prior to 1935 Panteg was also an urban district. It had a population of 11,499 in 1931. It was amalgamated into Pontypool in 1935.〔''Columbia-Lippincott Gazeteer''. 1952 Edition. p. 1424〕 It is now a community and electoral ward of Torfaen. ==Notable people== :''See '' *Edwin Stevens inventor and philanthropist *Herbert Armitage James, who was Headmaster of Rugby School and later President of St John's College, Oxford, grew up in Panteg and is commemorated by a memorial in the parish church, where his father was rector from 1856 to 1871. *Edward Thomas Chapman, winner of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War is buried in Panteg. *Ian Gough, Ryan Powell and Lloyd Burns, Wales rugby union international players. *Steve Parry, avant-garde guitarist and founder of Hwyl Nofio was born and lived in Panteg. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Panteg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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