Dunvant

Dunvant (Welsh: Dyfnant) (Dyfn - deep; nant - stream or brook) is a suburban district and community (parish) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and falls within the Dunvant ward.

Other industry included the Penlan (Dunvant) Brickworks and Quarry which although long since derelict is now an area of conservation and ecological diversity.

Development of this part of the South Wales Coalfield was due to the proximity of the Central Wales Line, which first opened to passengers in 1867 taking people from Swansea Victoria station via Blackpill through to Gowerton and beyond.

However, it was in the 1960s that larger housing estates appeared, creating the sub-urban area forming Dunvant today.

Dunvant School opened to primary and secondary pupils in 1877 under the headship of Mr John Roach.

The Tin Shack survived as part of the junior school until it was demolished in the mid 1980s.