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THE KENFIG SOCIETY - CYMDEITHAS CYNFFIG

About The Kenfig Society

Welcome to the Kenfig Society web-site, which is owned by The Kenfig Society, which was founded in 1989.It is a registered charity who’s aim is to promote the study of the history of the area.
We meet on the third Tuesday in the month at the Pyle Life Centre when a talk is usually given on some aspect of the history of the area - see the current programme. In addition, trips and walks are arranged to various sites of interest.
During the 25 years that the Society has been in existence we have published almost 30 booklets, each of which is based on original research by Society members and related to various aspects of local history. These have the on sale at an almost nominal price of two or three pounds and purchasers are welcome to make whatever use of they wish of the material contained in them.Many of these are currently out of print but those which are available can be purchased on-line.
A Newsletter (Kenfig News) is published 4 times each year and from time to time, we still publish booklets on local history. Copies of some recent issues and also available on this web site.
Over the years, our major research project has been the excavations we carried out near Kenfig Castle between 1992 and 2004. A short account of this work can be found on this web site and at the Kenfig Nature Reserve can be seen a selection of some of the artefacts which were found. A fuller account can found in the Society booklet entitled “Digging-up Kenfig.
The Society is also building an archive of material of relevance to the history of the area, which is available to members for research purposes.
This site is paid for entirely by the financial support of Society members; it isnot sponsored nor does it contain any advertising