In later years, farmland was often created on a much larger scale. The enclosure movement of the eighteenth century often employed the fledgling science of cadastral surveying to create large fields of straight lines and square outlines. The fields of Town Hill were created in this way and can be seen to be quite different to the smaller, older fields whose hedgerows tended to meander across the landscape. Returning to the subject of field names, the tithe apportionment is without doubt the most valuable document we have concerning the subject. We can be confident that every tithable parcel of land that had a name was recorded by the tithe surveyors.
Field names are a fascinating source of information or just plain curiosity.
An interesting point about the Swansea parish field names is the considerable amount of Welsh used. There is no tradition of the Welsh language being used locally to any great effect throughout its history. It is rather interesting therefore, to find that the countryside surrounding the town is referred to almost entirely in Welsh. Haga - a fenced enclosure. Even more apparent are names containing the element Waun indicating in many instances moorland or rough fields, suggesting that many fields were founded on land already cleared of substantial woodland.