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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Merthyr Dovan like this:
MERTHYR-DOVAN, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the coast of the Bristol channel, 5 miles S by W of St. Fagans r. station, and 6½ SW of Cardiff. Post town, Cardiff. Acres, 1,396; of which 55 are water. Real property, £997. Pop., 143. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £109. Patron, R. F. Jenner, Esq. The church is good.
Merthyr Dovan is now part of THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN District. Click here for graphs and data of how THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Merthyr Dovan itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Merthyr Dovan, in The Vale of Glamorgan and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21007
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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