St Helen’s ArchivePreserving the past for the future

Item

Swansea-Bay-1838

Object ID

Swansea-Bay-1838

Type

Rights Holder

City & County of Swansea: Swansea Museum Collection

Provenance

Swansea Museum

Season

Description

An 1838 map of the land adjacent to Swansea bay.

Info

Swansea Bay in 1838, showing the portion of Colonel Morgan’s land (highlighted) that would later become St Helen’s Cricket and Football Ground. The Bancroft’s cottage is lower left within this highlighted section. Further left is the future Recreation Ground and to the right (east) is the portion that Chambers enquired about in August 1872.

Keywords

swansea bay, st helen's, 1838, 1873-1874, map, colonel morgan, bancroft

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