MAWR-HIGHER, a township, in the parish and hundred of LLANGYVELACH, union of SWANSEA, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES,
8 miles (N.) from Swansea; containing, with Lower Mawr, 829 inhabitants. It forms the north-western part of the parish,
where the ground is rugged and mountainous. Some traces of an ancient Roman road, are still visible in this district,
which abounds with coal. Lewis Thomas, Esq., gave a messuage and tenement, called Tir Bach, the rental to be distributed
among the poor of this and the adjacent township of Lower Mawr.