Place:Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Wales

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NameBriton Ferry
Alt namesLlansawelsource: Wikipedia
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates51.633°N 3.833°W
Located inGlamorgan, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inWest Glamorgan, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Neath Port Talbot, Wales     (1996 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Briton Ferry is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, llan, is protected from the wind, awel. Alternatively, Sawel may be a derivative of Saul, St Paul's earlier name. He once landed at Briton Ferry. An alternative Welsh name unused today is Rhyd y Brython, a direct translation of Briton Ferry. The Normans referred to the River crossing as La Brittonne and Leland in 1540 as Britanne Fery.[1]

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