Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLASE

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llangyfelach AP/CP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Clas

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