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Neath Port Talbot

From LGBT History Project
Neath Port Talbot shown in Wales

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and unitary authority in south Wales, formerly within the county of West Glamorgan. The main towns are Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe.

LGBT history

In 1814, John Macdonald aged 35, a yeoman of Cadoxton juxta Neath and William Richard (alias William Jones) aged 33 and also a yeoman were accused of attempted sodomy by William Bowen. However the jury found there was no case to answer.[1]

References

  1. http://lgbtec.org.uk/neath-port-talbot LGBT Excellence Centre, quoting The Crime and Punishment Database National Library Wales