The combination of local fuel and good transport links from the harbour made Margam an important part of the industrial landscape of the South Wales Coalfield.
Mansel was a Welshman, the son of Sir Edward Mansel of Penrice and Margam (died 1585), although he later established himself among the gentry of Norfolk.
She has won Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu for the Year 2005, for her work Tana Margam (Short Stories).
He succeeded his brother Christopher Mansel as Baron Mansel of Margam (or "Margram") in 1744.
Examples of it stand on the campuses of the Universities of Stirling (Growing Form), Cardiff (British Triad) and Exeter (Ascending Form and Tension); at the Margam sculpture park at Port Talbot; and in All Saints' Church, Leamington Spa (Confrontation of Angels).