NEATH-UPPER (NEDD), a township, in the parish of CADOXTON, union and hundred of NEATH, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES,
12 miles (N. E.) from Neath; containing 906 inhabitants. This place is pleasantly situated in one of the finest portions
of the Vale of Neath, and in the midst of an extensive district abounding with mineral wealth; the surrounding scenery,
like that which prevails throughout this part of the country, abounds with variety and beauty. Within the limits of the
township is the small but pleasant village of Glyn Neath, a convenient resting-place between Neath and Merthyr-Tydvil,
where an excellent inn and posting-house has been established for the accommodation of persons travelling on that line of
road. About two miles higher up the vale is the little village of Pont Neath Vaughan, so called from a bridge at this
place over the Lesser Neath, which river here separates the counties of Brecknock and Glamorgan. In the township is a day
school, containing 30 children, mostly girls, and partly sup-. ported by sums from the children and partly by W. Williams,
Esq., who pays for nearly half: also two Sunday schools, one of which, appertaining to Independents, consists of about 80
males and 25 females; the other, belonging to Calvinistic Methodists, of about 70 males and females. The vicinity contains
iron-stone and coal, which are worked upon a very extensive scale, affording employment to many of the inhabitants. In the
veins of coal are frequently discovered beautiful specimens of the British diamond, which are found at a great depth in
the mines.