Sketty, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Sketty, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Swansea parish, Glamorgan. The village stands near Swansea Bay, 2¾ miles SW of Swansea; is a pretty place, and has a station of the name of Sketty Road on the Swansea and Mumbles railway, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Swansea. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1850. Population, 2463. Singleton, the seat of Lord Swansea, is a fine modern Elizabethan mansion, situated in an extensive park. Sketty Park, Hafod, and Hendrefoilan are other principal residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's; gross value, £220. Patron, Lord Swansea. The church is modern, in the Decorated style, and has a mortuary chapel of the Vivians, Lords Swansea.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the National Library of Wales and the Welsh County Archivists Group, have the following parish records online for Sketiy:
Parish | Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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Sketiy | 1850-1912 | 1851-1918 | 1851-1949 |
Maps
Online maps of Sketty 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: