St John Near Swansea Parish (CP/Ch/AP)

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

Notes

Melville Richards describes this unit as a 'parochial chapelry', but the 1831 census lists it as a 'Parish'.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
EGLWYS IEUAN Preferred Welsh     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 65.
ST JOHN NEAR SWANSEA Preferred English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
JOHN ST NEAR SWANSEA Alternate English     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JOHN Alternate English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST JOHNS Alternate English     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 65.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Civil Parish CP     1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
Chapelry Ch     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969) Permission granted to project.
Ancient Parish AP     1831 Census of Great Britain, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
GLAMORGAN Ancient County     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 65.
SWANSEA RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANGAFELACH Registration sub-District     1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
SWANSEA Hundred Ancient District     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
SWANSEA USD Sanitary District     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
SWANSEA AP/CP Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 65.

Boundary Map of St John Near Swansea Parish (CP/Ch/AP)

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, St John Near Swansea Parish (CP/Ch/AP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10486233

Date accessed: 08th April 2026