In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Morriston like this:
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.
Morriston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Morriston, in Swansea and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20372
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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