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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clas like this:
CLASE, a hamlet in Llangafelach parish, Glamorgan; on the Swansea caual, 3 ½ miles N of Swansea. Real property, £14, 225; of which £3, 900 are in mines, and £3, 022 in the canal. Pop., 9, 436. Houses, 1, 955. There are extensive copper-works and collieries; and here is Clasemont Hall, a fine mansion, the seat of Sir John Morris, Bart. See Morriston.
Clas is now part of SWANSEA District. Click here for graphs and data of how SWANSEA has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clas itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clas, in Swansea and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3395
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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