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Machen
Machen is a large village 3 miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales, situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It neighbours Bedwas and Trethomas, and forms a council ward in conjunction with those communities. It lies on the Rhymney River. Mynydd Machen (Machen Mountain) provides a view over the village. It is possible to walk up to and along the top of the mountain, where a number of large boulders are present.
Machen (surname)
Machen is a surname often but not always of Welsh origin (derived from the town Machen). Notable people with the surname include:
- Alwyn Machen (190160), British trade union leader
- Arthur Machen (18631947), Welsh author and mystic, best known for his supernatural, fantasy and horror fiction
- Bernie Machen (born 1944), American academic, President of the University of Utah (19992003) and of the University of Florida (from 2003)
- Eddie Machen (193272), American boxer
- Hervey Machen (191694), U.S. Representative from Maryland 196569
- John Gresham Machen (18811937), American Presbyterian theologian
- Ronald Machen (born before 1991), American lawyer, U..S. Attorney for the District of Columbia 201015
- Thomas Machen (1614), English merchant who was three times mayor of Gloucester
- William H. Machen (18321911), Dutch painter and teacher who relocated to America
- Willis Benson Machen (181093), U.S. Senator from Kentucky 187273
Machen (disambiguation)
Machen is a village in South Wales.
Machen may also refer to:
- Lower Machen, a hamlet near Machen
- Machen RFC, a rugby union club based in Machen
- Machen (surname), various people
- Mynydd Machen, a hill located near Machen