A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
PORTEYNON, or Porth-Einion, a village and a parish in Swansea district, Glamorgan. The village stands on a bay of its own name, 1 mile N of Porteynonpoint at the S E extremity of the Gower peninsula, 12 miles S W of Loughor r. station, and 15 W S W of Swansea; and was once noted for smuggling. The parish contains also the village of Overton; and its post town is Swansea. Acres, 1, 136; of which 80 are water. Real property, £701. Pop., 297. Houses, 67. The property is divided between two. P. bay is an encurvature of about 2½ miles, and lies exposed to the S E. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £121.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church wasreported in 1859 as very bad.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Port Einon AP/CP Swansea RegD/PLU Glamorgan AncC |
| Place names: | PORTEYNON | PORTEYNON OR PORTH EINION | PORTH EINION |
| Place: | Port Einon |
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