PORT-EYNON (PORTH-EINION), a parish, in the union and hundred of SWANSEA, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 15 miles (W.
s. W.) from Swansea; containing 3z...0 inhabitants. It is situated on the Bristol Channel, and is inclosed and in a good
state of cultivation; the village, which occupies a pleasant situation on the west, forms an agreeable feature in the
picturesque scenery with which the environs abound. There is an extensive oyster-fishery on the coast, which, with the
exportation of its produce, affords a lucrative employment during the season to a large proportion of the inhabitants.
There are from fifteen to twenty vessels, varying in burthen from thirty to sixty tons, engaged in this and the limestone,
trade, the oysters, when obtained in sufficient quantity, being shipped off to Bristol. The parish abounds with limestone,
which is procured in large quantities for exportation, and also for the supply of the neighbouring districts; on that
which is exported a toll of two-pence per ton, called "cliffage," is paid to the lord of the manor, and frequently amounts
to £40 per month. The living is a rectory, rated in the king's books at £9. 5. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown;
present net income, £121, with a glebe-house. The church is dedicated to St. Cadocus. A National day school, containing 50
children, is supported partly bannual donation of £10 from C. R. M. Talbot, by an annual contribution on Christmas-day,
among the poor not receiving parochial relief.