Townhill is the name of a hill, a residential district and a community and electoral ward in Swansea, Wales, UK. In medieval Swansea Townhill was an area of woodland and heathland designated as common land. It was commonly referred to as “the mountain” and in Welsh as Graig Llwyd. The name Town Hill came into common use in the mid-18th century. Afte…Townhill is the name of a hill, a residential district and a community and electoral ward in Swansea, Wales, UK. In medieval Swansea Townhill was an area of woodland and heathland designated as common land. It was commonly referred to as “the mountain” and in Welsh as Graig Llwyd. The name Town Hill came into common use in the mid-18th century. After the 1762 Enclosure Act the area was, apart from remnants of the heathland, transformed into farmland.
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