Welsh St Donats, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Donats, Welsh St, a parish in Glamorgan, at the source of the river Ely, 2 miles NE of Cowbridge. Post town, Cowbridge. Acreage, 2263; population, 188. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarages of Llan-blethian and Cowbridge, in the diocese of Llandaff.
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 Welsh St Donat's:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1732-1907 | 1760-1844 | 1726-1980 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Welsh St Donats from 1837 to 1934 you should search for the Cardiff Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Welsh St Donats from 1935 to 1974 you should search for the East Glamorgan Registration District.
Maps
Online maps of Welsh St Donats 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: