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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MORRISTON, a village and a chapelry in Llangafelach parish, Glamorgan. The village stands on the river Taw, near the South Wales railway, 2½ miles NNE of Swansea; takes its name from the family of Morris, who founded it; is a large place, inhabited chiefly by workmen in neighbouring potteries and copper-works, and by colliers; and has a post office‡ under Swansea, and a fair on 29 March.—The chapelry has no definite limits. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £85. Patron, Sir A. Morris. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llangyfelach AP/CP Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Morriston |
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