In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Skewen like this:
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.
Additional information about this locality is available for Cadoxton Juxta Neath
Skewen through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Skewen has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Neath Port Talbot. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Skewen and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Skewen, in Neath Port Talbot and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24313
Date accessed: 23rd May 2013
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