Ilston, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Ilston, a parish in Glamorgan, 4 miles SW of Killay station on the L. & N.W.R., and 8 W of Swansea, which is the post town; money order office, Park Mill; telegraph office, Reynoldston. Acreage, 3109; population, 250. Coins of Nero have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St David's; gross value, £250 with residence. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1884. There is a Congregational chapel
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Swansea | 1837 - 1858 |
Registration district | Gower | 1858 - 1934 |
Registration district | West Glamorgan | 1935 - 1974 |
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 Ilston:
Parish | Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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Ilston | 1925-1925 |
Maps
Online maps of Ilston 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
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: