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    Angleton County Asylum Gas Works

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    NPRN710273
    Map ReferenceSS98SW
    Grid ReferenceSS9013382117
    Unitary (Local) AuthorityBridgend
    Old CountyGlamorgan
    CommunityNewcastle Higher
    Type Of SiteGAS WORKS
    Period19th Century
    Description
    Angleton was established as the Glamorgan County Asylum in 1864, Angelton along with Parc Gwyllt became the Glamorgan County mental Hospital after 1889, it is today known as Glanrhyd Hospital. Like many other isolated hospitals, it had its own gasworks to ensure the hospital was safe and well lit. A Gasworks with two gasometers was visible on the 1877 to 1938 OS maps.