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From the late 17th century to 1801, Swansea's population grew by 500%—the first official census (in 1841) indicated that, with 6,099 inhabitants, Swansea had become significantly larger than Glamorgan's county town, Cardiff, and was the second most populous town in Wales behind Merthyr Tydfil (which had a population of 7,705). However, the ...
The new Swansea district was created on 1 April 1974 and covered the area of the former county borough of Swansea and the Gower Rural District, from the administrative county of Glamorgan. The new district inherited the city status of the former county borough and so was styled as the "City of Swansea", and was governed by Swansea City Council ...
West Glamorgan was one of the divisions of the ancient county of Glamorgan. It was created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the county borough of Swansea , the municipal boroughs of Neath and Port Talbot , the urban districts of Glyncorrwg and Llwchwr , Gower Rural District, Pontardawe Rural District, and all of Neath ...
The architectural merits of the church, castle and other buildings in Oystermouth are discussed in J. Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, London, Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1995. Mumbles seafront. Three of the bells in All Saints Church once belonged to the Jesuit church of La Compañía ("The Company") in Santiago, Chile.
Mawr is a community (and former electoral ward) of the City and County of Swansea, in south Wales, U.K. Mawr has its own elected community council. Its name simply means "large", and it was given the name because it was the largest piece of land in the former parish of Llangyfelach.
Location of Cwmbwrla within Swansea. Cwmbwrla (English: Bwrla valley) is a residential area and community of Swansea in Wales, within the Cwmbwrla ward of the city. [1] Located on rising ground about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the city centre, it takes its name from the valley of the Burlais Brook [2] (now culverted) which flows down from here to join the River Tawe immediately northeast of ...
A grocery store chain that flourished throughout Indiana and Ohio, eventually opening dozens of stores, Marsh Supermarkets filed for bankruptcy in 2017. Founded in 1931, it lasted for 88 years ...
In 1801, Swansea was Glamorgan's largest urban area with a population five times that of Cardiff's. [131] Cowbridge was the capital town of the Vale, and the centre of agricultural trade, with surplus stock being shipped to the coastal village of Aberthaw [ 132 ] and to a lesser extent Newton . [ 133 ]