Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUDDRY

RUDDRY, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; 2¼ miles E by S of Caerphilly r. station. Post-town, Caerphilly, under Cardiff. Acres, 2, 639. Real property, £3, 236; of which £846 are in mines. Pop., 329. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. There is a mineral spring. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Bedwas, in the diocese of Llan-daff. The church is not good.


(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: Rhydri Parish       Cardiff Poor Law Union/Registration District       Glamorgan Ancient County
Place: Rhydri

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