Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRIDES-SUPER-ELY (St.)

BRIDES-SUPER-ELY (St.), a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the river Ely and the South Wales railway, 2 miles WNW of St. Fagans station, and 6 W by N of Cardiff. It has a post office, of the name of St. Brides, under Cardiff. Acres, 676. Real property, £935. Pop., 122. Houses, 28. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Michaelstone-super-Ely, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £195.* Patron, Mrs. Traherne. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: St Brides super Ely AP/CP       Cardiff RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: BRIDES SUPER ELY ST     |     ST BRIDES SUPER ELY
Place: St Brides super Ely

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