Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LISVANE, or LLYSVAEN

LISVANE, or LLYSVAEN, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan, on the SE border of the county, 3½ miles NE by N of Llandaff r. station, and 5¼ N by E of Cardiff. Post town, Cardiff. Acres, 1,338. Real property, £1,045. Pop., 226. Houses, 48. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £60. Patron, alternately the Baroness Windsor, andK. Kemeys Tynte, Esq. The church is ancient. Charities, £13.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lisvane AP/CP       Cardiff RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: LISVANE     |     LISVANE OR LLYSVAEN     |     LLYSVAEN
Place: Lisvane

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