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SKEWEN, a chapelry in Cadoxton parish, Glamorgan; near Neath. It was constituted in 1846; and its Post town is Neath. Pop., 3,173. Houses, 640. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £160. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Glamorgan Ancient County |
| Place: | Skewen |
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