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COGAN, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; near the coast, 3½ miles S by E of Ely r. station, and 4½ SSW of Cardiff. Post town, Penarth, under Cardiff. Acres, 602. Real property, £854. Pop., 283. Houses, 38. An old house, at Cogan-Pill, was the seat of the Herberts of Cogan. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Leckwith, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church has tombs of the Herberts.
(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: | Cogan Parish Cardiff Poor Law Union/Registration District Glamorgan Ancient County |
| Place: | Cogan |
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