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The area now known as Porthkerry Country Park has been mixed meadow, farmland and woodland since medieval times. Once split between the ancient manors of Barry, Porthkerry and Penmark, the area was bought by the Romilly family in 1412, which worked the site on similar lines to an English country estate.
The Romillys produced a 'model' farm and buildings using the most modern farming techniques of the time such as crop rotation. The family built the cottages for estate workers and foresters, established stables and a sawmill together with extensive mill leats and drained woods and fields.
Porthkerry Park was purchased from the Romilly estates in 1929 by Barry Urban District Council, after which it was used as a large public open park and then even played a role in the build up to the invasion of Normandy in World War II.
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Please also note that the position on Google maps for Porthkerry Country Park is a rough estimate using their postcode in the database and might be slightly out.
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