CHERITON, a parish, in the hundred of SWANSEA, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 14 miles (w.)
from Swansea, containing 242 inhabitants. This place, according to some, derived its name from the quantity of cherries abounding in the neighbourhood, and which formerly grew wild in the hedges. The village is agreeably situated near the confluence of the small river Burry with the Loughor, and is neat and of pleasing appearance. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Carmarthen, and diocese of St. David's, rated in the king's books at £9. 7.31., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Catwg, is a small but venerable edifice, consist.. ing of a nave and chancel, between which rises a square embattled tower: the churchyard is bounded on one side by the Burry, which, falling into the Loughor, gives its name to that river from its influx to Longhor Ferry. There are some trifling remains of Boville, or Bove-hill castle, a small building, of which little more than the name is known. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £31. 16.