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Name | Resolven |
Alt names | Resolfen | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | Township, Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 51.7°N 3.7°W |
Located in | Glamorgan, Wales ( - 1974) |
Also located in | West Glamorgan, Wales (1974 - 1996) | | Neath Port Talbot, Wales (1996 - ) |
See also | Neath Hundred, Glamorgan, Wales | hundred of which in which it was situated | | Llanilltud Nedd, Glamorgan, Wales | ancient parish of which it was a part | | Neath Rural, Glamorgan, Wales | rural district in which it was located 1894-1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Resolven (Welsh: Resolfen) is a small village and community (or civil parish)
in Neath Port Talbot County Borough or principal area in Wales. It is located in the heart of the Vale of Neath and had a population of 2,316 at the UK census of 2011.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Resolven from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "RESOLVEN, a chapelry in Lantwit-juxta-Neath [Llanilltud Nedd] parish, Glamorgan; on the river Neath, and on the Neath Valley railway, 7 miles N E of Neath. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Neath. Acres: 4,560. Real property: £2,726; of which £1,500 are in mines. Population in 1851: 630; in 1861: 762. Houses: 146. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £70. Patron: the Marquis of Bute. The church is good.
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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