In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Johns like this:
JOHN-NEAR-SWANSEA (ST.), a parish in Swansea district, Glamorgan; near Swansea r. station, and within the SW part of Swansea borough. Post town, Swansea. Acres, 431. Real property, £4, 287. Pop. in 1851, 1, 215; in 1861, 2, 738. Houses, 538. The manor belonged to the Knights of St. John. ...
Clasemont is the seat of Sir John A. Morris, Bart. Most of the parish is occupied by copper and coal works, and by houses connected with them. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £100. Patron, H. H. Vivian, Esq. The church is small, and occupies the site of an ancient chapel of the Knights of St. John.
St Johns through time
St Johns is now part of Swansea district. Click here for graphs and data of how Swansea has changed over two centuries. For statistics about St Johns itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Johns, in Swansea and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21090
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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