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Canton, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Canton, a large and populous suburb, one of the wards of Cardiff, and an ecclesiastical parish constituted in 1858 from the civil parish of Llandaff, Glamorgan, half a mile NW of Cardiff railway station. Population of ward, 13,166; of the ecclesiastical parish, 32,775. A cattle market is held monthly in the extensive market-place for Llandaff and Canton district. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £298 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. St John's Church, commenced in 1871 and completed in 1881, is a plain stone edifice in the Early English style. St Catherine's Church is in the Early Decorated style. St Paul's was built in 1890. There are Welsh and English Baptist, Welsh and English Congregational, Calvinistic Methodist, Primitive Methodist, and Wealeyan chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Registration districtCardiff1837 - 1903

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 Canton:

ParishBaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
Canton1868-19071908-19271923-1927 
Canton, St John1907-1912   

Maps

Online maps of Canton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

CountyCardiff
RegionSouth Wales
CountryWales
Postal districtCF5
Post TownCardiff

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