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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Welsh St Donats like this:
DONATS (Welsh St.), a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; at the source of the river Ely, 2 miles NE of Cowbridge r. station, and 5 S by W of Llantrissant. Post town, Cowbridge. Acres, 2, 175. Real property, £1, 622. Pop., 275. Houses, 54. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanblethian, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church was reported in 1859 to need repair.
Welsh St Donats 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 Welsh St Donats itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Welsh St Donats, in The Vale of Glamorgan and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5619
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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