Llansamlet, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Llansamlet, a village, two townships, and a large parish in Glamorgan. The parish runs nearly N and S for 7 miles, having the Tawe river as its western boundary, and comprises 6455 acres; population of the civil parish, 9721; of the ecclesiastical, 7337. The village, as also the G.W.R. station, is about 4 miles NNE of Swansea, and contains a post, money order, and telegraph office. There are several large villages in the parish, such as Bethel, Peniel Green, Lonlas, Birchgrove, Glais, and Cwm. Other villages are Bony-maen and Trallwn. The townships are called Llansamlet Higher and Llansamlet Lower, both of which are partly within the borough of Swansea. The M.R. runs along the Tawe river into Swansea, and has three railway stations in the parish of Llansamlet, viz., Upper Bank, Morriston, and Glais. In the parish are very large tinworks-the Forest, the Dyffryn, the Beaufort - and steelworks, such as the Birchgrove, several spelter works, and collieries. The principal landowner is Lord Jersey. The living is a vicarage; gross value, £293. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. Mission churches have been built at Glais and Birchgrove. There are besides large Calvinistic Methodist, Baptist, and Congregational chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Swansea | 1905 - 1918 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the National Library of Wales and the Welsh County Archivists Group, have the following parish records online for Llansamblet:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1704-1893 | 1704-1788 | 1704-1790 |
Maps
Online maps of Llansamlet are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
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