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Dist:0.5km<br/>The new industrial village of "Morris Town" (today: Morriston / Treforys) was laid out on a grid plan in the lower Swansea Valley in 1768. The design envisaged the building of a church in the middle of the community's main crossroads, to serve as the spiritual and visual focal point of the new township. Although the first church on the site opened in 1789, it was a temporary building. The present church of St John opened in 1857 and was finally declared redundant as a place of worship in 1999-2000.
©John Phoenix
Dist:0.5km<br/>The church is isolated in the middle of a roundabout
©John Lord
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Dist:0.6km<br/>An unusually distinctive school building.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.6km<br/>Capel y Tabernacl can be seen at the far end of the street
©John Lord
Dist:0.7km<br/>The Swansea Canal is no more. At this point it has become a footpath. You'll have to stoop to pass under the bridge since the canal has been completely filled in.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.7km<br/>Taken from the high west bank near a residential street. There is a cycle path along the east bank which can be joined from Ferryboat road. The difference in height between the banks here makes me question whether there was ever really a ferry though.
©Nigel Davies
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©John Lord
Dist:0.8km<br/>This 1998 view shows the paths of the former running lines from Foundry Road through to the old platform site. Morriston West Station was situated on the viaduct on Clase Road. The station building is still extant. It opened in May 1881 and closed to passengers in June 1956. The line closed completely in October 1965. The station became a shop for a number of years after closure. The grainy image quality was due to the use of an early digital camera (Fuji MX700)
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Dist:0.8km<br/>A large and sprawling park on a hillside.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.8km<br/>This building on Clase Road housed the ticket office for the Great Western Railway's Morriston West Station. It opened in May 1881 and closed to passengers in June 1956. The line closed completely in October 1965. It became a shop for a number of years after closure. The running lines ran under the road - today the station area is a car park. This view was taken in 1998 when the structure was relatively unmodified. Today, the structure still stands, although an extra storey and a side extension have been added. The grainy image quality was due to the use of an early digital camera (Fuji MX700)
©vectorkraft
Dist:0.8km<br/>The west branch of the Vale railway is long gone (and the last short remnant of the disused eastern one is being torn up right now). The land here has been reused as the carpark for Mecca Bingo. I had originally thought that this bridge was for the old Swansea Canal but Lee Hanford wrote to set me straight. Examining the old maps I have to agree that the canal and railway were separate here and that the canal was a little further east. The eastern branch of the old railway can be seen here: [[[1460299]]] [[[818331]]]
©Nigel Davies

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