Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENDOYLAN

PENDOYLAN, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; adjacent to the river Ely and to the South Wales railway, 1¾ mile W by N of Peterston r. station, and 8½ W of Cardiff. It contains the village of Rhydodridge; and its post town is Peterston, under Cardiff. Acres, 3, 504. Real property, £3, 185. Pop., 380. Houses, 77. The property is much subdivided. Hensol belonged to the Talbots, and passed to the Crawshays. There arelimestone and mineral springs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £112.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good. Charities, £5.


(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: Pendeulwyn AP/CP       Cardiff RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Pendeulwyn

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