JOHN'S-ST-juxta-SWANSEA, a parish, in the hundred of SWANSEA, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, adjoining the sea-port
town of Swansea, and containing 690 inhabitants. The name of this place, in Welsh " Eglwys Ieuan Aber Tawe," is derived
from the dedication of its church, which originally belonged to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and from its
situation adjacent to the town of Swansea, immediately below which the river Tawe discharges its waters into the Bristol
channel. The parish, which is small, containing not more than six farms of moderate size, extends nearly a mile in length
in a northerly direction from Swansea, within which town it comprises one or two houses. The scenery in the immediate
vicinity is not so engaging as that by which the environs of the borough on the south-west side are distinguished; but
the distant views comprehend some pleasing features, with a fine prospect, from some parts of the parish, of the Bristol
channel and the coast of Devonshire. Within the parish are some coal-works and a manufactory of tobacco pipes: the H@vod
works for smelting copper, and the rolling-mills belonging to F. A.Williams and Co., which are also within its limits, are
noticed in the account of Swansea. The whole of the parish is now included within the new boundaries of the contributory
borough of Swansea. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Carmarthen, and diocese of St. David's,
endowed with 600 royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Sir John Morris. The church,
dedicated to St. John, having fallen into a state of dilapidation, was taken down and rebuilt in 1824, towards defraying
the expense of which the Incorporated Society for building and enlarging churches and chapels granted 4575: the present
structure, which is situated within the town of Swansea, is a plain massive edifice, without tower or spire, and contains
one thousand free sittings, in consideration of the grant above mentioned, affording great accommodation to the
inhabitants of that part of the town, who cannot find room in their own church. The service is performed both in the
English and Welsh languages. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor amounts to 4100.13.