Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LYTHAN (ST.)

LYTHAN (ST.), a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; 3 miles SSW of St. Fagans r. station, and 5½ SW by W of Cardiff. Post town, Cardiff. Acres, 1,248. Real property, £1,094. Pop., 136. Houses, 24. Dyffryn was formerly the seat of the Hon. Mrs. Gray, and is now the seat of J. B. Pryce, Esq. A large cromlech is in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £180. * Patron, the Archdeacon of Llandaff.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cardiff Poor Law Union/Registration District       Glamorgan Ancient County
Place names: LYTHAN ST     |     ST LYTHAN
Place: St Lythans

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