In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gowerton like this:
GOWER ROAD, a railway station in Glamorgan; on the South Wales railway, 3¼ miles WNW of Swansea. Penllergare, the seat of J. D. Llewellyn, Esq., is 1½ mile to the N.
Gowerton through time
Gowerton is now part of Swansea district. Click here for graphs and data of how Swansea has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gowerton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gowerton, in Swansea and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6147
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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