St Nicholas, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Nicholas, St, a village and a parish in Glamorgan. The village stands 2 miles SSE of Peterston station on the G.W.R., and 6 W by S of Cardiff; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post and money order office under Cardiff; telegraph office, Bonvilston. The parish comprises 2172 acres; population, 318. Dyffryn House and Cottrell House are the chief residences. A very large cromlech, with a capstone 24 feet by 17, and a chamber about 14 feet long, 15 wide, and 6 high, is near the village, and another is close to Dyffryn House. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £239 with residence. The church is ancient. There are Baptist and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Cardiff | 1837 - 1934 |
Registration district | East Glamorgan | 1935 - 1974 |
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 St Nicholas:
Parish | Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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St Nicholas | 1785-1907 | 1755-1918 | 1785-1966 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in St Nicholas from 1837 to 1934 you should search for the Cardiff Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in St Nicholas from 1935 to 1974 you should search for the East Glamorgan Registration District.
Maps
Online maps of St Nicholas 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: