Morriston
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Morriston is a community
in the City and County of Swansea
, Wales
and falls within the Morriston ward
. Morriston is sometimes referred to as a distinct town
(e.g. the local football club is named Morriston Town A.F.C.
), however Morriston never had a town charter, and is now part of the continuous urban area around Swansea
, the centre of which lies three miles to the south-west. Morriston is the most populous of Swansea's
electoral divisions. Morriston's Orpheus Choir
has been described as one of the leading Welsh choirs.
Morriston has unofficially claimed many surrounding villages and communities as suburban districts of the town over the years, these areas include Parc Gwernfadog, Cwmrhydyceirw
, Caemawr
, Ynystawe
, Ynysforgan
and a considerable amount of other surrounding areas. This is due to the gradual centralisation of Morriston as an Electoral ward over the years which has gained intensity in the last decade due to the fast amount of services, organisations and commercial outlets available in the main town area of Morriston.
The remainder of Morriston can be divided into three areas:
Morriston Hospital
, the largest in Swansea, is located in Cwmrhydyceirw
, a small village in Morriston, approximately one mile north of Morriston town centre. All British driver registration is handled by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
(DVLA) which is located in Clase
, a suburb
west of Morriston town.
Morriston town is near to the urban village
of Plasmarl
, the villages of Ynystawe
, Ynysforgan
, Clydach
and the large housing estates, Penlan
and Clase
, both of which are districts of Swansea
.
Morriston has five books published on its history incorporating many hundereds of photographs collected by historian Andre Scoville who was born in Morriston in 1972. He comes from a long-line of Morristonians, the earliest dating back to 1790 of the surname Gower which was his mother's maiden name.
Andre's five books were:
Morriston's Pictorial Past (D. Brown & Sons Ltd., Cowbridge & Bridgend) ISBN 0905928881 (1988 and reprinted in 1993)
Morriston's Pictorial Past Vol 2 (D. Brown & Sons Ltd., Cowbridge & Bridgend) ISBN 1872808271 (1994)
Then & Now Morriston (Tempus Publishing Ltd.) ISBN 0752418688 (2000)
Swansea Landore Clydach Llansamlet & Morriston (Tempus Publishing Ltd.) ISBN 0752421530 (2000 and reprinted in 2009)
Morriston (Tempus Publishing Ltd.) ISBN 0752426664 (2002)
In 2008, he started the Morriston Facebook group which allows him to display many of his 10,000 photographic collection for everyone to view and enjoy. He also encourages memories from people all over the world while providing them with a wealth of historial data to compliment the photographs.
in terms of retail, services and entertainment. The main retail area of Morriston is widely called Morriston Town and consists of within the area of a hundred shops, a few cafes, hairdressers, a large car park, a public toilet block, fast food restaurants, a few supermarkets and a community library
.
The heart of transport
in Morriston is located in the town centre, which contains a large car park, a wealth of parking spaces within the hear of the retail district, contains numerous bus stops ranging of bus
services to nearby Swansea
, Clydach
, Parc Gwernfadog, other areas of Morriston and even to mid-Wales and England
. The town has several Taxi
centres in which to travel with, a Taxi
lane on Woodfield Street. Until the 1960s
, Morriston had a train line running through the community
, this was split up into Morriston East Station and Morriston West Station. Both stations and lines no longer exist.
and named after its founder, Sir John Morris, Bt. The grid pattern remains in evidence today. Morris originally named the town "Morris Town", but this was shortened into the single word "Morriston". The Welsh language translation of the name is Treforys.
Sir John Morris was also responsible for the construction between 1768 and 1774 of Morris Castle
, widely considered to have been the world's first accommodation built specifically for workers by their employer. Little of the structure remains today, although its ruins are visible on high ground above the nearby Landore district.
Morriston was initially constructed for the workers of the tinplate and copper
industries that built up along the banks of the River Tawe
in the 18th century. However, tin-plating had almost vanished from the area by the end of the Second World War, with production in South West Wales concentrated at new works in Felindre
and Port Talbot
.
Grade I listed buildings:
David 'Dai' Jones,Wales Rugby Union International 1947-1948 and selector for Swansea RFC
club and several amateur association football clubs, most of which play in the Swansea Senior League: Morriston Town
(former Welsh Football League
team), Morriston Athletic, Morriston Hotspur, Morriston Olympic and C.R.C. Rangers. Games between Morriston Olympic and C.R.C (Cwmrhydyceirw) Rangers are fiercely contested, with scores of supporters lining the pitch at Tir Canol whenever the two sides meet.
Morriston Town
are infamous for their huge decline in recent years, from competing in the higher echelons of the Welsh Football League
in the early 1990s to suffering relegation from the Welsh Football League Division Three to the Swansea Senior League in 2007/08.
Other ball games popular in Morriston include golf, billiards and cricket. Morriston Golf Club was established in 1909 and has been located at its present-day site between Clasemont and Cwmrhydyceirw since 1916. The 18-hole golf course is set in parkland and is 5,708 yards in length. Morriston Snooker and Pool Club is located just off Woodfield Street in the centre of Morriston. Three senior teams represent the club in the Swansea Snooker League, with a junior team competing in the Neath Snooker League. Morriston cricket club was founded in 1865, and currently plays in Division 3 of the South Wales Cricket Association.
Community (Wales)
A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....
in the City and County of Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and falls within the Morriston ward
Morriston (electoral ward)
Morriston is an electoral ward in Swansea, Wales. Morriston is one of two five member wards in the City and County of Swansea local authority area...
. Morriston is sometimes referred to as a distinct town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
(e.g. the local football club is named Morriston Town A.F.C.
Morriston Town A.F.C.
-Brief History & Current Information:Morriston Town Association Football Club is an amateur association football team based in Morriston, Swansea, Wales...
), however Morriston never had a town charter, and is now part of the continuous urban area around Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, the centre of which lies three miles to the south-west. Morriston is the most populous of Swansea's
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
electoral divisions. Morriston's Orpheus Choir
Morriston Orpheus Choir
The Morriston Orpheus Choir, based in Morriston, near Swansea, Wales, is a male voice choir, one of the best-known in the UK.-History:The Choir was formed on April 23, 1935 by Ivor E. Sims and in its early days concentrated primarily on competitions and local concerts...
has been described as one of the leading Welsh choirs.
Morriston has unofficially claimed many surrounding villages and communities as suburban districts of the town over the years, these areas include Parc Gwernfadog, Cwmrhydyceirw
Cwmrhydyceirw
Cwmrhydyceirw is a village in Morriston, based in the City and County of Swansea, south Wales. The village is located about 1 mile north of Morriston town centre. It is home to the main campus of Morriston Hospital, Morriston Comprehensive School and Cwmrhydyceirw Primary School...
, Caemawr
Caemawr
Caemawr is a hilly area in the electoral ward of Morriston, Swansea, Wales located just ½ mile east of Morriston town centre.Caemawr is best known for being the home of Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School....
, Ynystawe
Ynystawe
Ynystawe is a small village in the City and County of Swansea in Wales, falling in the electoral ward of Morriston. It is situated approximately half a mile North of Junction 45 of the M4 motorway, between Ynysforgan and Clydach in the lower Swansea Valley...
, Ynysforgan
Ynysforgan
Ynysforgan is a village near Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. It lies just off Junction 45 of the M4 motorway, geographically between Morriston and Ynystawe. The origins of its name are not known for certain but ynys is Welsh for a river-meadow Ynysforgan is a village near Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. It...
and a considerable amount of other surrounding areas. This is due to the gradual centralisation of Morriston as an Electoral ward over the years which has gained intensity in the last decade due to the fast amount of services, organisations and commercial outlets available in the main town area of Morriston.
Landscape
Morriston town is built on terrain sloping gently downwards to the east and steeply upwards to the west, and the district is centred around Woodfield Street, a shopping area that runs in a north-south axis. This street features two of Morriston's most notable structures, the Church of St. John, and Tabernacle, a Grade I listed building designed by the architect John Humphrey and built between 1870 and 1872. Tabernacle has sometimes been called "the cathedral of Welsh non-conformity".The remainder of Morriston can be divided into three areas:
- an area of early 19th century two-storey terraced houseTerraced houseIn architecture and city planning, a terrace house, terrace, row house, linked house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Great Britain in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls...
s around the main area of shops; - areas further north, close to the M4 motorwayM4 motorwayThe M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea...
, largely composed of semi-detached housing built from the 1940s to the 1960s; - a mix of 19th century and more recently-built houses along Clydach Road in YnystaweYnystaweYnystawe is a small village in the City and County of Swansea in Wales, falling in the electoral ward of Morriston. It is situated approximately half a mile North of Junction 45 of the M4 motorway, between Ynysforgan and Clydach in the lower Swansea Valley...
.
Morriston Hospital
Morriston Hospital
Morriston Hospital is a 750 bed hospital located in Cwmrhydyceirw near Morriston in Swansea, Wales. Morriston is the largest hospital in the city and county of Swansea and is operated by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. Alongside its role as a district general hospital, Morriston...
, the largest in Swansea, is located in Cwmrhydyceirw
Cwmrhydyceirw
Cwmrhydyceirw is a village in Morriston, based in the City and County of Swansea, south Wales. The village is located about 1 mile north of Morriston town centre. It is home to the main campus of Morriston Hospital, Morriston Comprehensive School and Cwmrhydyceirw Primary School...
, a small village in Morriston, approximately one mile north of Morriston town centre. All British driver registration is handled by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is the organisation of the UK Government responsible for maintaining a database of drivers and a database of vehicles in Great Britain; its counterpart in Northern Ireland is the Driver & Vehicle Agency...
(DVLA) which is located in Clase
Clase
Clase is a suburban district of the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling within the Mynydd-Bach ward. Clase approximates to the housing area south of Clasemont Road between Morriston and Llangyfelach....
, a suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
west of Morriston town.
Morriston town is near to the urban village
Urban village
An urban village is an urban planning and urban design concept. It refers to an urban form typically characterized by:* Medium density development* Mixed use zoning* The provision of good public transit...
of Plasmarl
Plasmarl
Plasmarl, or Plas-Marl, is a suburban district and historically a village of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It falls within the old copper quarter of Landore electoral ward.-Location:...
, the villages of Ynystawe
Ynystawe
Ynystawe is a small village in the City and County of Swansea in Wales, falling in the electoral ward of Morriston. It is situated approximately half a mile North of Junction 45 of the M4 motorway, between Ynysforgan and Clydach in the lower Swansea Valley...
, Ynysforgan
Ynysforgan
Ynysforgan is a village near Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. It lies just off Junction 45 of the M4 motorway, geographically between Morriston and Ynystawe. The origins of its name are not known for certain but ynys is Welsh for a river-meadow Ynysforgan is a village near Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. It...
, Clydach
Clydach
Clydach is a village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, falling within Clydach ward. It is located some north east of Swansea city centre. Its population in 2001 was 7,320. Welsh is the first language of 24 per cent of the population and both Welsh- and English-language...
and the large housing estates, Penlan
Penlan
Penlan is a suburban area of Swansea, Wales falling within the Penderry ward. The area is set on top of a hill, which overlooks Townhill, Kilvey Hill and Swansea Bay.-Leisure:...
and Clase
Clase
Clase is a suburban district of the City and County of Swansea, Wales falling within the Mynydd-Bach ward. Clase approximates to the housing area south of Clasemont Road between Morriston and Llangyfelach....
, both of which are districts of Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
.
Morriston has five books published on its history incorporating many hundereds of photographs collected by historian Andre Scoville who was born in Morriston in 1972. He comes from a long-line of Morristonians, the earliest dating back to 1790 of the surname Gower which was his mother's maiden name.
Andre's five books were:
Morriston's Pictorial Past (D. Brown & Sons Ltd., Cowbridge & Bridgend) ISBN 0905928881 (1988 and reprinted in 1993)
Morriston's Pictorial Past Vol 2 (D. Brown & Sons Ltd., Cowbridge & Bridgend) ISBN 1872808271 (1994)
Then & Now Morriston (Tempus Publishing Ltd.) ISBN 0752418688 (2000)
Swansea Landore Clydach Llansamlet & Morriston (Tempus Publishing Ltd.) ISBN 0752421530 (2000 and reprinted in 2009)
Morriston (Tempus Publishing Ltd.) ISBN 0752426664 (2002)
In 2008, he started the Morriston Facebook group which allows him to display many of his 10,000 photographic collection for everyone to view and enjoy. He also encourages memories from people all over the world while providing them with a wealth of historial data to compliment the photographs.
Retail
The heart of the community surrounds Woodfield Street, which serves the town, its surrounding villages and the near outskirts of nearby city SwanseaSwansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
in terms of retail, services and entertainment. The main retail area of Morriston is widely called Morriston Town and consists of within the area of a hundred shops, a few cafes, hairdressers, a large car park, a public toilet block, fast food restaurants, a few supermarkets and a community library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
.
The heart of transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
in Morriston is located in the town centre, which contains a large car park, a wealth of parking spaces within the hear of the retail district, contains numerous bus stops ranging of bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
services to nearby Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, Clydach
Clydach
Clydach is a village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, falling within Clydach ward. It is located some north east of Swansea city centre. Its population in 2001 was 7,320. Welsh is the first language of 24 per cent of the population and both Welsh- and English-language...
, Parc Gwernfadog, other areas of Morriston and even to mid-Wales and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The town has several Taxi
Taxicab
A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...
centres in which to travel with, a Taxi
Taxicab
A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...
lane on Woodfield Street. Until the 1960s
1960s
The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...
, Morriston had a train line running through the community
Community
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
, this was split up into Morriston East Station and Morriston West Station. Both stations and lines no longer exist.
Industrial heritage
Morriston was constructed as "Wales' earliest planned industrial village", laid out on a grid pattern designed by William EdwardsWilliam Edwards (architect)
William Edwards was a Welsh Methodist minister who also practised as a stonemason, architect and bridge engineer....
and named after its founder, Sir John Morris, Bt. The grid pattern remains in evidence today. Morris originally named the town "Morris Town", but this was shortened into the single word "Morriston". The Welsh language translation of the name is Treforys.
Sir John Morris was also responsible for the construction between 1768 and 1774 of Morris Castle
Morris Castle
Morris Castle is the name given to a ruined building that is situated off Trewyddfa Road above the Landore area of Swansea, South Wales...
, widely considered to have been the world's first accommodation built specifically for workers by their employer. Little of the structure remains today, although its ruins are visible on high ground above the nearby Landore district.
Morriston was initially constructed for the workers of the tinplate and copper
Copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...
industries that built up along the banks of the River Tawe
River Tawe
The River Tawe is a river in South Wales. It flows in a principally south-westerly direction for some from its source below Moel Feity in the Old Red Sandstone hills of the western Brecon Beacons to the Bristol Channel at Swansea. Its main tributaries are the right bank Upper and Lower Clydach...
in the 18th century. However, tin-plating had almost vanished from the area by the end of the Second World War, with production in South West Wales concentrated at new works in Felindre
Felindre
Felindre is a rural village in south Wales. The village can be found in the far north of Swansea, in the electoral ward of Mawr.The nearby Lower Lliw Reservoirs are a popular venue for walking and fishing. The water mill in the village was working until the late 1960s, there was also an abbatoir...
and Port Talbot
Port Talbot
Port Talbot is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It had a population of 35,633 in 2001.-History:Port Talbot grew out of the original small port and market town of Aberafan , which belonged to the medieval Lords of Afan. The area of the parish of Margam lying on the west bank of the lower Afan...
.
Listed Buildings
Grade II listed buildings:- Former Annealing Building in George Cohen's Works, off Beaufort Road
- Morfydd Street Bridge & Boundary Wall to Davies Street
- Seion Chapel on Clase Road
- Philadelphia Chapel incl. attached Chapel House & Sunday School on Globe Street
- Former Police Station & House on Martin Street
- 'Danbert Hall' (former Employment Exchange) on Morfydd Street
- War Memorial in Morriston Park
- Church of St. John on Woodfield Street
Grade I listed buildings:
- Capel Tabernacl on Woodfield Street
Notable residents
- William Richard Arnold, Welsh rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
international - Cliff BowenCliff BowenClifford "Cliff" Alfred Bowen was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played for club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales...
, Wales rugby union international and CarmarthenshireCarmarthenshire County Cricket ClubCarmarthenshire County Cricket Club was a county cricket club based in the historic Welsh county of Carmarthenshire that competed in the Minor Counties championship from 1908 to 1911, without success...
cricketer - Anthony ClementAnthony ClementAnthony George Clement is an American football offensive tackle for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft...
, Welsh rugby union international - Joseph MorganJoseph Morgan (actor)Joseph Morgan is an English actor.-Early life:Morgan was born in London, England. He lived in Morriston, Swansea for 11 years and was a pupil at Morriston Comprehensive School and then studied a BTEC Performing Arts course at Gorseinon College, now Gower College Swansea, before moving back to...
, actor - RichardRichard MoriartyRichard Moriarty is a former international Wales rugby union player. He played on 23 occasions for his country, either as a 2nd row or back row forward scoring 2 tries and captained Wales on 8 occasions....
and Paul MoriartyPaul MoriartyPaul Moriarty is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 4th Legislative District, having taken office on January 10, 2006....
Welsh rugby union internationals - Mike HedgesMike Hedges (Welsh Politician)Michael John Hedges AM is a Welsh Labour politician, who has represented the constituency of Swansea East since the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election with a majority of 8,281 and with 58.36% of the total vote.-Personal History:...
AM, Welsh Politician - Dewi Morris (Dewi Pws) Welsh comedian,actor and television personality
- Ceri PhillipsCeri PhillipsCeri John Phillips is a Welsh actor, writer and stand-up comic, best known for playing Ollie in BBC Three sitcom Coming of Age.-Early life and career:...
, actor and stand up - D.Z. Phillips, philosopher of religion
- Jeremy Rees (Radio Presenter)Jeremy Rees (radio presenter)Jeremy Rees is a Welsh radio presenter and voice-over artist. He currently heard on Radio Cardiff in South Wales.-Biography :Rees was born in Morriston, Swansea and grew up in the Lliw Valley. He left Wales in 1983 to become a community worker in Bradford, West Yorkshire before moving to London...
, Welsh broadcaster - James ThomasJames ThomasJames Thomas is the name of:* James Thomas , served as the 23rd Governor of the state of Maryland* James Thomas , civil engineer who was Director of Public Works in Western Australia, 1876–1884* James Thomas , American professional basketball player* James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin...
, former Swansea City A.F.C.Swansea City A.F.C.Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...
and Welsh U21 football international - Hayley TullettHayley TullettHayley Tullett is a Welsh middle distance runner mainly competing over 1500 metres. Her main claim to fame is the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships...
, international athlete - Dan Thissein, Glamorgan County Cricket ClubGlamorgan County Cricket ClubGlamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
wicketkeeper in first County match 1889 - Shane WilliamsShane WilliamsShane Mark Williams is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays as a wing for the Ospreys and who can also play scrum-half. Williams is the record try scorer for the Wales national team and he is third on the international list of leading Rugby union Test try scorers behind Daisuke Ohata...
, Welsh rugby union international, 2008 IRB International Player of the YearIRB International Player of the YearIRB Player of the Year is an accolade awarded annually by the International Rugby Board. It is awarded to the player who is adjudged to have been the best performer in rugby union internationals in the preceding season IRB Player of the Year is an accolade awarded annually by the International...
, all-time leading try scorer for Wales
David 'Dai' Jones,Wales Rugby Union International 1947-1948 and selector for Swansea RFC
Sport
The town is home to a rugbyRugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
club and several amateur association football clubs, most of which play in the Swansea Senior League: Morriston Town
Morriston Town A.F.C.
-Brief History & Current Information:Morriston Town Association Football Club is an amateur association football team based in Morriston, Swansea, Wales...
(former Welsh Football League
Welsh Football League
The Welsh Football League is a club football league in Wales. Division One of the Welsh Football League is at Level 2 of the Welsh football league system, immediately below the national Welsh Premier League.The Welsh Football League's history stretches back to 1904 when the competition was first...
team), Morriston Athletic, Morriston Hotspur, Morriston Olympic and C.R.C. Rangers. Games between Morriston Olympic and C.R.C (Cwmrhydyceirw) Rangers are fiercely contested, with scores of supporters lining the pitch at Tir Canol whenever the two sides meet.
Morriston Town
Morriston Town A.F.C.
-Brief History & Current Information:Morriston Town Association Football Club is an amateur association football team based in Morriston, Swansea, Wales...
are infamous for their huge decline in recent years, from competing in the higher echelons of the Welsh Football League
Welsh Football League
The Welsh Football League is a club football league in Wales. Division One of the Welsh Football League is at Level 2 of the Welsh football league system, immediately below the national Welsh Premier League.The Welsh Football League's history stretches back to 1904 when the competition was first...
in the early 1990s to suffering relegation from the Welsh Football League Division Three to the Swansea Senior League in 2007/08.
Other ball games popular in Morriston include golf, billiards and cricket. Morriston Golf Club was established in 1909 and has been located at its present-day site between Clasemont and Cwmrhydyceirw since 1916. The 18-hole golf course is set in parkland and is 5,708 yards in length. Morriston Snooker and Pool Club is located just off Woodfield Street in the centre of Morriston. Three senior teams represent the club in the Swansea Snooker League, with a junior team competing in the Neath Snooker League. Morriston cricket club was founded in 1865, and currently plays in Division 3 of the South Wales Cricket Association.
External links
- http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_2234325277 Founded by Morriston historian Andre Scoville in 2008.
- Morriston Orpheus Choir
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- Morriston Camera Club, includes pictures, local history and a map.
- Morriston Cricket Club
- Morriston Hotspur FC
- Morriston Golf Club