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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wick like this:
WICK, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the coast, 5½ miles SW of Cowbridge r. station. Post town, Bridgend. Acres, 1,370; of which 50 are water. Real property, £1,309. Pop., 423. Houses, 88. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to St. Brides-Major. The church is decayed.
Wick 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 Wick itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wick, in The Vale of Glamorgan and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9489
Date accessed: 15th February 2026
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