- source: Family History Library Catalog
Neath Higher was a civil parish in the Neath Rural District from 1894 until 1974. It is not adjacent to Neath but northeast up a valley traveresed by the A4059 road and also the B4242 which parallels it. It was a coal mining area. The largest village was Glynneath which has a separate article.
The parish is now part of the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot.
Originally Neath Higher was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Cadoxton juxta Neath.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Glamorgan Lots of leads to other sources and descriptions of former parishes.
- The FamilySearch Wiki on Glamorgan has recently been updated (early 2016) and looks remarkably like Wikipedia. Their map "Glamorgan Parish Map.jpg" enlarges to show all the original parishes. The sub-section "Parishes of Historic Glamorgan" lists all the parishes of Glamorgan and the newer preserved counties and principal areas in both English and Welsh. (Currently this website is still under construction.)
Maps
The first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
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These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
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These maps of Glamorgan post-1974 were found on another site and are very useful for sorting out the up-to-date geography of the area
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