In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Neath Abbey like this:
NEATH ABBEY, a village in Dyffryn-Clydach hamlet, Cadoxton parish, Glamorgan; at the ruins of Neath abbey, adjacent to the Vale of Neath railway, ½a mile N by W of Neath. It has a station on the railway.
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Neath Abbey through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Neath Abbey has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Neath Port Talbot. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Neath Abbey and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Neath Abbey, in Neath Port Talbot and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26101
Date accessed: 24th May 2013
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