Clydach Llangyfelach Contents

Clydach, or Rhyndwyglydach, is a hamlet and small village in the parish of Llangefelach, on the high road from Brecon to Swansea, and distant about 5 miles from the latter: it is in Swansea union and county court district, Upper division of the county, rural deanery of West Gower, archdeaconry of Carmarthen, and diocese of St. David's: the church of St. John is a very pretty cruciform stone building of Welsh sandstone, in the Elizabethan style, and consists of nave and chancel and transept; there is no tower, but a very small bell cot. The living is a vicarage yearly value £150, in the gift of the Crown and Bishop alternately, and held by the Rev. Evan Davies. There are also excellent schools on the British and National systems, and chapels for Baptists and Independents. The extensive iron works of Messrs. Player and Co. are in this parish, and many collieries. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort is lord of the manor. Gross estimated rental, £7,764; rateable value, £7,542; and the population in 1861 was 1,720

Post & Money Order Office & Post Office Savings Bank & Telegraph Office, John Jones, postmaster. - Letters from Swansea at 6.30 a.m.; dispatched thereto at 5.30. p.m.

Schools :-
British, George Gordon, master
National, Walter Rosser, master

Private Residents

Commercial

Slaters Commercial Directory Clydach in the Swansea Valley, 1871

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