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Birchgrove (Welsh: Y Gellifedw) is a community (a civil parish before 1974) and large village in the Swansea (principal area) (or the City and County of Swansea), in Wales. It does not have a community council. The village is situated roughly 6 miles (9.7 km) from the centre of Swansea, between the flood plain of the River Tawe and Mynydd Drummau. Birchgrove also lies on the Neath Port Talbot border. The community of Birchgrove includes the village of Birchgrove, Lon-las and parts of Glais, and had a population of 5,807 in the UK census of 2011. [edit] History
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The first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
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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