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Barry, Vale of Glamorgan history
Early history
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age microlith flint tools have been found at Friars Point on Barry Island and near Wenvoe. Neolithic or New Stone Age polished stone axe-heads were discovered in St. Andrews Major. In Roman times farmsteads existed on the site of Barry Castle and Biglis. Vikings launched raids in the area and Barry Island was known to be a raider base in 1087.
Medieval Barry
Barry derives its name from St. Baruc whose remains are deposited in a chapel on the island. The main feature of the area at this time was the island in the Bristol Channel, separated from the mainland by a tidal estuary. Barry Castle was a small fortified manor house, built to replace an earlier earthwork. By now Barry had grown into a village and port with its own church and watermill.
Industrial history
By 1871 the population of Barry was over 100, with 21 buildings. It grew when it was developed as a coal port in the 1880s. The port was crowded with ships and had flourishing ship repair yards, cold stores, flour mills and an ice factory. By 1913, Barry was the world’s largest coal exporting port.
Barry Scrapyard
Dai Woodham owned the Woodham Brothers Scrap yard in Barry Docks. He allowed rail preservation organisations to buy back the locomotives at the scrap value. Many were vandalised or looted by souvenir hunters during storage.
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