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PETERSTONE-SUPER-ELY, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the river Ely and on the South Wales railway, at Peterstone r. station, 6¾ miles W of Cardiff. It has a post-office, of the name of Peterstone, under Cardiff. Acres, 2,010. Real property, £2, 176. Pop., 235. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. Remains exist of a castle of Fitzhamon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £228. Patrons, Col. Wood and the Representatives of the late Sir T. D. Aubrey. The church was reported in 1859 as very bad. There is an Independent chapel.
(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: | Peterston super Ely AP/CP Cardiff RegD/PLU Glamorgan AncC |
Place names: | PETERSTONE | PETERSTONE SUPER ELY |
Place: | Peterston super Ely |
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