The constituency was created for the 1918 general election by a division of the Swansea District.

Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales in 1914.

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, in Wales, on 27 October 1914, to David John Thomas ( 1876 – 1952 ), a teacher, and Florence Hannah ( née Williams ) ( 1882 – 1958 ), a seamstress.

His childhood was spent in Swansea, with summer trips to Carmarthenshire to visit Fernhill, a dairy farm owned by his maternal aunt, Ann Jones, the memory of which is used for the 1945 lyrical poem " Fern Hill ".

In February 1941, Swansea was bombed by the Luftwaffe in a " three nights ' blitz ".

In Swansea's maritime quarter are the Dylan Thomas Theatre, home of the Swansea Little Theatre of which Thomas was once a member, and the former Guildhall built in 1825 and now occupied by the Dylan Thomas Centre, a literature centre, where exhibitions and lectures are held and setting for the annual Dylan Thomas Festival.

A further locomotive was supplied to Scott's Pit railroad at Llansamlet, near Swansea in 1819 but it too was soon withdrawn, apparently because it was under-boilered and also because of damage to the track.

Secombe was born in rooms in the Danygraig Area of St. Thomas and later the family moved to a council house in the St Thomas district of Swansea, the third of four children of Nellie Jane Gladys ( née Davies ), a shop manageress, and Frederick Ernest Secombe, a grocer .< ref >

Henry was educated at the Bishop Gore School, Swansea ( Swansea Grammar School ), and in 1837 was called to the bar.

The last international match to be held at the National Stadium was between Wales and England on 15 March 1997, and the last ever match that was held at the National Stadium was on 26 April 1997 between Cardiff and Swansea, Cardiff won the SWALEC Cup ( WRU Challenge Cup ) by 33 points to 26 points.

Later, the National Stadium was also home to the WRU Challenge Cup from 1972 until the match held at the Stadium on 26 April 1997, at a much reduced capacity, between Cardiff RFC and Swansea RFC.

" This interpretation was first labeled, " Wittgensteinian Fideism ," by Kai Nielsen but those who consider themselves Wittgensteinians in the Swansea tradition have relentlessly and repeatedly rejected this construal as caricature of Wittgenstein's considered position ; this is especially true of D. Z. Phillips.

The very first tram was on the Swansea and Mumbles Railway in south Wales, UK ; it was horse-drawn at first, and later moved by steam and electric power.

Bowdler died in Swansea at the age of 70 and was buried there, at Oystermouth.

The Red Lady of Paviland, a human skeleton dyed in red ochre, was discovered in 1823 in one of the Paviland limestone caves of the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, South Wales.

In 2002 Chris Thomas died after his harness tore off during a charity jump in Swansea, Wales: it was later claimed that the harness was not safe for his weight.

In her retirement, Patti, now officially Baroness Cederström, settled in the Swansea valley in south Wales, where she purchased Craig-y-Nos Castle.

Whilst some of the migrants left, many settled and established in the South Wales valleys between Swansea and Abergavenny, English speaking communities with a unique identity.

The couple settled in Manselton, Swansea, and had four children-Tudor junior, Angela, Susan and Paul.

In the latter part of her career she and her husband settled at Derwen Fawr, Swansea.

He taught English for 10 years and settled in Mumbles, Swansea, which provided the backdrop for much of his writing.

In 1663 Myles took the Ilston Book with him when he and the whole congregation emigrated to North America, where they settled in a town they named Swansea, Massachusetts, and they founded the First Baptist Church in Swansea.

At a general meeting of the WRU in June 1953, they made a decision, " That until such time as the facilities at Swansea were improved, all international matches be played at Cardiff ".

From 1811 until his death in 1825, Bowdler lived at Rhyddings House, overlooking Swansea Bay, from where he travelled extensively in Britain and continental Europe.

before moving on to Warwick for his Ph. D. His career had taken him to Hull, Institute for Advanced Study, Swansea and St Catherine's College, Oxford before becoming a professor at the University of Edinburgh in 1979 where he remained until retiring from the post in 2005.

South Wales had several notable potteries in the late 18th and 19th centuries, an early exponent being the Cambrian Pottery ( 1764 – 1870, also known as " Swansea pottery ") and including Nantgarw Pottery near Cardiff, which was in operation from 1813 to 1822 making fine porcelain, and then utilitarian pottery until 1920.

The area around Swansea traditionally had been a Rugby area, and despite previous attempts by a football club named Swansea Villa, there were no notable football clubs until the establishment of Swansea Town AFC in the summer of 1912.

It was not until the 1933 – 34 season that Wilfred Milne scored his first goal for Swansea at Lincoln City after 501 appearances without a goal.

He became player-manager of Swansea City and in 1999 he took up a full-time managerial role with Kidderminster Harriers and later managed Hull City until 2004.

Following his resignation from the Civil Service, Ponting served as a Reader in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Wales, Swansea, until his retirement in 2004.

Brydon was educated at two independent schools: St. John's School in Porthcawl, which Eddie Izzard also attended, and Dumbarton House School in Swansea until the age of 14 ; this was followed by Porthcawl Comprehensive School, where he would meet Ruth Jones ( with whom he later worked in Gavin and Stacey ), he became a member of the school's youth theatre group.

Up until the mid 18th century most of the Swansea Valley was thickly wooded and sparsely populated.

Swansea lived on until just after World War I when copper prices dropped, and the town went into a steep decline.

However, on her first voyage she went 400 miles ( 600 km ) outside the Home Trade limits to Bayonne ; the owners had to replace the Master's mate with another, who held the correct certificate, until the ship returned to Swansea on January 10.

Allchurch started his career at Swansea Town in 1947, although he did not make his league debut until the 1950 – 51 season because of National Service.

On 19 July 2011, Guðjohnsen signed a two-year deal with AEK Athens keeping him at the club until 2013 despite interest from English clubs West Ham United and Swansea City.

On 10 January, a loan to former club Swansea City was agreed until the end of the 2006 – 07 season.

He stayed at the club until 1995, when he moved to Swansea RFC.

He remained with Swansea until changes in the Welsh club structure saw him without a contract in the period of the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

" He re-entered the Commons in 1900 as MP for Swansea, and held the seat until he retired at the January 1910 general election.

Oxford Diecast developed a range of promotional stylised vehicles and maintained its manufacturing base in Swansea until 2000 when it relocated its production to a plant it owned in China.

He was chosen as the club's first choice goalkeeper, above Finland international Peter Enckelman, for the start of the season by manager Dave Jones, and played in every match until late November, with the exception of the Carling Cup third round tie against Swansea City, when he was replaced by Enckelman.

Professor David Cockburn MA BPhil DPhil ( born 12 October 1949 ) studied Philosophy at St Andrews and Oxford, and has taught at Swansea, the Open University, and, until 2010, has spent over 30 years at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where he teaches courses on the philosophy of mind, Spinoza, Wittgenstein among others.