Hello Judy
The area around Clifton Row and Clifton Hill in Swansea was certainly known
as Clifton at one time. It appears as such in the local newspaper, the
'Cambrian'. The area is near the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. Much of the area
around 'Clifton' was demolished in 'slum clearance' in the late 1870s to
build Alexandra Road as a main route from the railway station to Bellevue
and Walter Road. Clifton Hill survives and is a conservation area. There is
only one house left in Clifton Row, boarded up. The 1878 Swansea map shows
that the houses in Clifton Row had gardens on the opposite side of the
street, running down the slope where the Gallery is now. The backs of the
Clifton Row houses were very close to the face of a quarry or cliff wall.
Clifton Hill formed the end of a climb up from the Strand (then the
riverside area where ships tied up) up Morris Lane and Kings Lane and along
Pleasant Street. As such a number of the inhabitants had connections with
the harbour, as mariners or shipwrights. In successive censuses the same
families appear to have had slightly different addresses, so the streets may
have been renamed.
Contact me off-list if you want modern photos of the area.
Jeff
(my great-great-grandparents lived in Clifton, Swansea in 1851 and 1861
censuses, certainly up to 1863)
----- Original Message -----
From: "judy bodycote" <jbodycote(a)earthlink.net>
To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 5:24 PM
Subject: [Swansea] Clifton/Swansea 1848
I have a birth certificate dated 1848 in which the place of birth is
"Swansea Clifton".
Does anyone know where this might have been? I see there are a number
of streets with Clifton in the name on a present day map of Swansea,
but this entry just says 'Clifton' with no St., Hill or anything else.
Was there a district known as Clifton, maybe?
Thank you
Judy
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