Ely, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Ely, a hamlet in Llandaff parish, Glamorgan, on the river Ely, about 1 mile SW of Llandaff and 2 miles W of Cardiff. It has a station on the South Wales branch of the G.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Cardiff. There is a chapel of ease to Caeran parish church, and a Wesleyan chapel.

Maps

Online maps of Ely 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:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• South Wales Echo