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Dyffrynclydach (or Dyffryn Clydach) is a community (or civil parish) of Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. Before 1974 it was in the "historic" county of Glamorgan. According to the UK census of 2011 it had a population of 3,162. It is located in an area of South Wales between Neath and Swansea. Dyffryn Clydach includes the residential communities of Cwrt Herbert, Dyffryn, Highlands, Longford, Neath Abbey, and Penshannel. (Some of these may be recent housing estates rather than old villages.) Although covering only 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi), the area is packed with history, including the ruins of Neath Abbey (Neath Abbey is the name prominent on a modern road map of the area.) The more central and northerly parts of the ward are mostly rural, consisting of picturesque farmland and woodland encircling the western base of Mount Drummau. The Clydach Brook flows through Dyffryn Clydach in a north to south direction, passing Neath Abbey. A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Dyffrynclydach from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
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[edit] MapsThe 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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