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NICHOLASTON, a parish in Swansea district, Glamorgan; on Oxwich bay, in the Gower peninsula, 1¾mile E N E of Penrice, and 10 W S W of Swansea r. station. It contains the hamlet of Manselfield; and its post town is Swansea. Acres, 731; of which 105 are water. Real property, £427. Pop., 109. Houses, 26. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Oxwich, in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £224.* Patron,R. M. Talbot, Esq. The church is ancient and good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Nicholaston Parish Swansea Poor Law Union/Registration District Glamorgan Ancient County |
| Place: | Nicholaston |
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