Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELY

ELY, a hamlet in Llandaff parish, Glamorgan; on the river Ely, and on the South Wales railway, 2¼ miles W of Cardiff. It has a station on the railway, a post office under Cardiff, and a fair on 22 July. Real property, £1, 160. Pop., 224.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llandaff CP/AP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Ely

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