Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANCARVAN

LLANCARVAN, a hamlet and a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan. The hamlet lies 3 miles from the coast, and 4½ SE of Cowbridge r. station. The parish contains also the hamlets of Llancastle, Llanbethery, Lliegecastle, Molton, Pennon, and Walterstone; and its Post town is Cowbridge. Acres, 4,500. Real property, £5,463. Pop., 668. Houses, 127. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Sitsyllts, and passed to Walter de Mapes, who founded Walteratone. The surface is part of the tract called the Vale of slamorgan. Limestone is found; and there is a mineral spring. A monastic establishment was founded here in the 6th century, by Cadoc the Wise, and was called Carbani Vallis. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £254. * Patron, the Bishop of:landaff. The church is of the 12th century; was built by De Mapes, the translator of the British Chronicle; and was reported in 1859 as very filapidated. Caradoc, the Welsh historian, whose Annals were published in 1684 by Dr. Powel, was a native.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llancarfan CP/AP       Cardiff RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Llancarfan

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