Cadoxton juxta Barry, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, a town and a parish in Glamorgan. The town is 2 miles NE of Barry, 3 SW of Penarth, and 6 SW of Cardiff. It has a station on the Taff Vale and Barry railways, and a post office (T.S.O.) under Cardiff. Cadoxton, formerly a small village, grew rapidly in importance after the formation of the docks at Barry. It has a public hall, a reading-room, a market-hall, a theatre, and three banks. Two weekly newspapers are published. The inhabitants are chiefly employed at the docks. Brick-making is carried on. With Cadoxton, Merthyr Dovan, and part of Sully, it forms a district governed by a local board of twelve members. It is a seat of petty sessions. The parish comprises 873 acres; population (1881) 1538, (1891) 8228. The increase in the population is mainly due to the construction of the Barry Docks and railway. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £100. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1885; it contains an ancient font and a piscina. There are Baptist, Calvinistic Methodist, Wesleyan, Presbyterian, and Congregational chapels, and a cemetery.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Cardiff | 1837 - 1896 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the National Library of Wales and the Welsh County Archivists Group, have the following parish records online for Cadoxton-Juxta-Barry:
Parish | Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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Cadoxton-Juxta-Barry | 1709-1899 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Cadoxton juxta Barry from 1837 to 1896 you should search for the Cardiff Registration District.
Maps
Online maps of Cadoxton juxta Barry are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: