Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oystermouth

Oystermouth, coast par., vil., and local government district, Gower, Glamorgan - par., 2996 ac. and 971 foreshore, pop. 3945; dist., 2600 ac., pop. 3487; vil., 5 miles SW. of Swansea; P.O. at Oystermouth Road; in vicinity are the ruins of Oystermouth Castle. The par. contains the vils. of Newton, Norton, and Mumbles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "coastal parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Oystermouth CP/AP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Oystermouth

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