History of Neath, in Neath Port Talbot and Glamorgan

Place:

Neath Glamorgan

Names from historical writing:

The following appear as names for Neath. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name	Author	Source
NEATH	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
NEATH	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
NEATH CANAL	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
NEATH CANAL	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
NEATH LOWER MIDDLE AND UPPER	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
NEATH LOWER MIDDLE AND UPPER	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
NEATH RAILWAY VALE OF	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
NEATH THE	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
THE NEATH	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.

Names for administrative units:

These names were used for units associated with Neath. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:

Name	Unit Type	Source
00NZ	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
ADMINISTERED BY NEATH RD	Local Government District (RD)	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.
AREA ADMINISTERED BY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEATH GLAMORGANSHIRE	Local Government District (RD)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
AREA ADMINISTERED BY THE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEATH GLAMORGANSHIRE	Local Government District (RD)	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Tenements in the Occupation of Private Families. - Classified by Number of Rooms and by Numbers of Occupants, in each Administrative County and in the Aggregates of Urban Districts (exclusive of County Boroughs) and of Rural Districts; also in Urban Districts (other than County Boroughs) and in Rural Districts, 1911'.
CASTELL NEDD	Local Government District (MB)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 164.
CASTELL NEDD	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 164.
CASTELL NEDD PORT TALBOT	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
CIVIL PARISH OF YSTRADFELLTE	Local Government District (RD)	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Industries (condensed list) of Males and Females (exclusive of persons out of work)'.
CIVIL PARISH OF YSTRADFELLTE ADMINISTERED BY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEATH GLAM	Local Government District (RD)	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office)
CP OF YSTRADFELLTE ADMINISTERED BY RDC OF NEATH GLAM	Local Government District (RD)	Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office)
GLAMORGANSHIRE MID	Constituency (PDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
GLAMORGANSHIRE NEATH	Constituency (PDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
GLAMORGANSHIRE NEATH	Constituency (CCon)	Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954)
GLYN NEDD GANOL	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 77.
GLYN NEDD ISAF	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 77.
GLYN NEDD UCHAF	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 77.
LOWER NEATH	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MIDDLE NEATH	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MID GLAMORGANSHIRE	Constituency (PDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
NEATH	1841 Occupation reporting area	1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'.
	Ancient District (Cmt)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 165.
	Ancient District (Hundred)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 165.
	Constituency (CCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Local Government District (MB)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 164.
	Local Government District (RD)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 165.
	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 164.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU)	Statement of the Names of the Several Unions and Poor Law Parishes of England and Wales; and of the Population, Area, and Rateable Value thereof in 1881 (244)
	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
	Sanitary District (USD)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
	Sanitary District (RSD)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'.
	Urban Labour Market	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
NEATH AND RESOLVEN	Urban Labour Market	Ministry of Labour, Labour Gazette (H.M.S.O.)
NEATH HIGHER	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 165.
NEATH LOWER	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 165.
NEATH MIDDLE	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
NEATH PARISH AND TOWN	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
NEATH PORT TALBOT	District/Unitary Authority	Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics)
NEATH UPPER	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NEDD	Ancient District (Cmt)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 165.
NEDD	Ancient District (Hundred)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 165.
RHWNG NEDD A THAWY	Ancient District (Cmt)	M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 165.
UNNAMED	Local Government District (RD)	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.
UNNAMED ADMINISTERED BY NEATH RD	Local Government District (RD)	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 8, 'Administrative Counties, Urban Districts and Rural Districts - Persons, Males and Females at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups in each Administrative County (inclusive and exclusive of associated County Boroughs) and in the aggregates of Urban Districts, of County Boroughs and of Rural districts. Also Males and Females at these ages in each County Borough, Municipal Borough, other Urban District and Rural District, 1911'.
UNNAMED ADMINISTERED BY THE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEATH	Local Government District (RD)	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'.
UNNAMED RD ADMINISTERED BY THE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEATH GLAMORGANSHIRE	Local Government District (RD)	1921 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'.
UPPER NEATH	Parish-level Unit (CP/Hmlt)	1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
VALE OF NEATH	Constituency (PDivCon)	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
W541403	Local Government District (MB)
W541414	Local Government District (RD)

NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Neath, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:

For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of the city followed by a saint's dedication, with just the saint's name as another variant. Parish names will sometimes also include "places" within towns.
Districts usually contain more than one settlement, and some districts had their names changed to take the name of a completely different settlement. As we link each administrative unit to just one of our "places", usually the last place the unit was named after, in these cases the name for a completely different place will appear on this page.
Similarly, a unit may sometimes be named after a particular settlement it contains and sometimes to indicate its location within a higher level unit. This was very common among British parliamentary constituencies in rural areas, one name referring to their main town and another indicating that they were in, say, the southern part of the relevant county.

Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Neath, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Neath, in Neath Port Talbot and Glamorgan | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1119/names

Date accessed: 16th April 2024

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