Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CADOXTON

CADOXTON, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Neath district, Glamorgan. The village stands on the Sarn-Helen Roman way and the river Neath, adjacent to the Neath canal and the Vale of Neath railway, ½ a mile N of Neath; and is within Neath borough. The parish includes the hamlets of Blaenhonddan, Dyffryn-Clydach, Coedfrank, Ynis-y-mond, Upper Dylais, Lower Dylais, Lower Neath, Middle Neath, and Upper Neath; and extends about 15 miles from Briton-Ferry to Pont-Neath-Vaughan. Post Town, Neath. Acres, 32,060; of which 905 are water. Real property, £49,268; of which £22,891 are in mines, and £4,800 in iron-works. Pop. in 1841, 5,794; in 1861, 8,209. Houses, 1,600. The property is subdivided. The surface is hilly, and displays much fine scenery. Aberpergwm, the seat of the Williams family, is remarkably picturesque. Ynis-las, Cadoxton Lodge, and Cadoxton Place also are chief residences. Coal and ores abound; and the Neath Abbey iron-works, the Crown and Mines Royal copper-works, and many other large mineral or manufacturing establishments are within the parish. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Crynant, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £240.* Patron, R. H. Miers, Esq. The church is good; and contains the pedigree of the Williams family, engraved on sheets of copper. The vicarages of Skewen and Aberpergwm, are separate benefices. There is a chapel of ease at Crynant. There are also chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Calvinistic Methodists. The parish, under a modified form of its name, gives title to Earl Cadogan. The subdistrict contains part of Cadoxton parish and the whole of another. Acres, 27,304. Pop., 7,522. Houses, 1,462.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cadoxton AP       Cadoxton SubD       Neath RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Cadoxton Juxta Neath

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