Part of the Maesgeirchen Housing Estate
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Part of the Maesgeirchen Housing Estate
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 21 May 2008
Maesgeirchen (=oatfield) is the third largest local authority estate in Wales. It was developed initially in the late 1930s as part of a slum clearance scheme, and in 1941 suffered the attention of the Luftwaffe. In the local parlance, it is often referred to simply as Maes-G. The estate lies in the shadow of Penrhyn Castle, seen in the background. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maesgeirchen http://www.matrasite.netfirms.com/Site/history.html
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Image Location
Latitude
53.222073
Longitude
-4.117294