In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gileston like this:
GILESTON, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the coast, near Breaksea point, 5 miles S of Cowbridge r. station, and 13 WSW of Cardiff. Post town, St. Athan under Cowbridge. Acres, 496; of whch 145 are water. Real property, £658. Pop., 70. Houses, 11. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £80. Patron, the Rev. J. Edwardes. The church is good.
Gileston through time
Gileston is now part of The Vale of Glamorgan district. Click here for graphs and data of how The Vale of Glamorgan has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gileston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gileston in The Vale of Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4087
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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