Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GEORGE (St.)

GEORGE (St.), a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the river Ely, and on the South Wales railway, near St. Fagans r. station, and 6 miles W of Cardiff. It contains the village of Drope; and its post town is St. Fagans, under Cardiff. Acres, 1, 058. Real property, £1, 233. Pop., 213. Houses, 48. An old castle of the Flemings was here. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £124.* Patron, Mrs. Traherne.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: St George super Ely CP/AP       Cardiff RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: GEORGE ST     |     ST GEORGE
Place: St George super Ely

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