Knelston or Knollston, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Knelston or Knollston, a parish in Glamorgan, near the coast, in the Gower Peninsula, 14 miles WSW of Swansea. Post town, Swansea. Acreage, 548; population, 83. The living is a vicarage, united with that of Llanddewi, in the diocese of St David's; joint gross value, £89. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church is in ruins. There is a Baptist chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
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.
Maps
Online maps of Knelston or Knollston 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: