Oxwich, Glamorgan

Description
Oxwich, a parish and a bay in Glamorgan. The parish lies on the W side of the bay, in the Gower peninsula, 9 miles SW of Killay station on the L. & N.W.R., and 12 SW by S of Swansea. Acreage, 1265, with 512 of foreshore; population, 214. Oxwich Castle stands on a promontory, running out to Oxwich Point, and was founded in the time of Henry VIII. by Sir Rice Mansell. A large six-storeyed tower and a gateway are the only objects of interest, the greater part of the building having been converted into a farmhouse. Bacon Hole is a stalagmite cave in which bones of the mammoth, rhinoceros, hyena, &c., have been found. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Nicbolaston, in the diocese of St David's; gross value, £160 with residence. The church is Early English, in good condition, and contains an altar-tomb of Lord and Lady De-la-Mere. The bay washes also the parishes of Nicholaston, Penmaen, and Pennard; is flanked by Oxwich Point on the W, and by Pwlldu Point on the E; measures 4 1/2 miles across the entrance between these points; penetrates to the extent of 2 1/2 miles; has St Kit's Knoll in the middle, and a depth of from 3 to 10 fathoms water, and is the finest bay in Gower.