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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.

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 - 1934
Registration districtEast Glamorgan1935 - 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:

ParishBaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
St Nicholas1785-19071755-1918 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:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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

CountyBro Morgannwg - the Vale of Glamorgan
RegionSouth Wales
CountryWales
Postal districtCF5
Post TownCardiff

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