In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Resolfen like this:
RESOLVEN, a chapelry in Lantwit-juxta-Neath 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. Pop. 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.
Resolfen through time
Resolfen is now part of Neath Port Talbot district. Click here for graphs and data of how Neath Port Talbot has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Resolfen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Resolfen, in Neath Port Talbot and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8619
Date accessed: 02nd November 2024
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