Llandarcy Oil Refinery (nprn 91695), the first large commercial oil refinery to be established in Britain, was built near Skewen by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the forerunner to British Petroleum, and opened in 1921/2. The nearby model village of Llandarcy, provided to house the refinery workers, was named after the founder of the company, William Knox D'Arcy.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 01 September 2008.
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DownloadTypeSourceDescriptionapplication/vnd.ms-excelCA - Cotswold Archaeology Projects ArchiveDigital archive metadata associated with report 'Coed Darcy Urban Village, Neath Port Talbot County Borough: Archaeological Watching Brief' produced by Cotswold Archaeology for St Modwen Developments Ltd in April 2015. CA Project: 2699; CA Report: 15240.application/pdfCA - Cotswold Archaeology Projects ArchiveReport entitled 'Coed Darcy Urban Village, Neath Port Talbot County Borough: Archaeological Watching Brief' produced by Cotswold Archaeology for St Modwen Developments Ltd in April 2015. CA Project: 2699; CA Report: 15240.
