Place:Port Eynon, Glamorgan, Wales

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Name	Port Eynon
Alt names	Port Einon	source: Family History Library Catalog
	Porteynon	source: Family History Library Catalog
	Porth-Einion	source: Family History Library Catalog
Type	Civil parish
Coordinates	51.533°N 4.217°W
Located in	Glamorgan, Wales ( - 1974)
Also located in	West Glamorgan, Wales (1974 - 1996)
	Swansea (principal area), Wales (1996 - )

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Port Eynon (also spelt Port Einon or Porth Einon in Welsh) is a village and community (a civil parish before 1974) in the Swansea (principal area) (or the City and County of Swansea), in Wales. The village is located in the remote south western corner of the Gower Peninsula. It had a population of 574 in the 2001 UK census.

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Research Tips

GENUKI on Glamorgan Lots of leads to other sources.

The first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time

A map of 1832 showing larger towns and some villages (not as good as the England county maps in this series).
Ordnance Survey map of Glamorgan illustrating the parishes, rural districts, urban districts and boroughs as revised to 1899.
A 1930s Ordnance Survey map of Glamorgan illustrating the parishes, rural districts, urban districts and boroughs as revised to 1944.

These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons

Glamorgan Administrative Map 1947 separating the various types of administrations with colour coding. These division were most likely in place until 1974.
A map of Wales outlining the prinicipal areas of Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan
A map of Wales outlining the prinicipal areas of West Glamorgan
A map of the Vale of Glamorgan principal area with the western part of Cardiff included

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

A map of West Glamorgan showing the two principal areas and the towns located in them.
A map of South Glamorgan showing the two principal areas and the towns located in them.
A map of Bridgend, Merthyr and Rhondda showing the three principal areas and the towns located in them. The description states that this is "formerly part of Mid Glamorgan".
A map of Caerphilly, Blaenau and Torfean showing the three principal areas and the towns located in them.

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Categories: Glamorgan, Wales | Port Eynon, Glamorgan, Wales | West Glamorgan, Wales | Swansea (principal area), Wales