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Port Talbot

Port Talbot , town (1981 pop. 40,078), Neath Port Talbot, S Wales, at the mouth of the Avon (Afan) River on Swansea Bay. Port Talbot is a popular seaside resort. Nearby are the steelworks at Margam and the oil refinery at Baglan.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Â© A Dictionary of British Place-Names 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Port Talbot Neat. The town dates from 1836, when docks were built on Swansea Bay on land owned by the Talbot family of nearby Margam Abbey.

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Port Talbot, Canada, UK UK (Wales): founded in 1836 and named after the Talbot family who owned the land.

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