WPW029419 WALES (1929). View of Cardiff Arms Park, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
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| Title | [WPW029419] View of Cardiff Arms Park, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative. |
| Reference | WPW029419 |
| Date | 1929 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6378033 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 317902, 176294 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.1823441074209, 51.479152691872 |
| National Grid Reference | ST179763 |
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User Comment Contributions
 Head Post Office, Westgate Street on 08/10/2013 |
Class31 |
Wednesday 27th of November 2013 05:13:26 PM |
Cardiff Arms Park was donated by the Marquis of Bute to the City of Cardiff "for recreational use" in perpetuity. The Arms Park was used by Cardiff Cricket Club from 1848 and subsequently by Glamorgan County Cricket Club until the 1960s. The southern part of the park became the home of Cardiff RFC from 1876. In the 1960s, as cricketers relocated to pitches up-river in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff's rugby club took over the former cricket ground while the existing rugby stadium shown in this image was redeveloped for international use as the National Ground Cardiff Arms Park. Between the Welsh 3-0 victory over England on 22 January 1955 and England's 13-34 victory on 15 March 1997, all Wales's 5 Nations home fixtures were played at the Arms Park / National Ground. For more info on venues that have hosted rugby internationals in the British Isles, see http://sportinglandmarks.co.uk/?p=156 |
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