In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llansanwyr like this:

LLANSANNOR, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the river Sannor, 2 miles N of Cowbridge r. station. Post town, Cowbridge. Acres, 1,798. Real property, £1,513. Pop., 197. Houses, 42. The property is divided among a few. Llansannor House is now a farm-house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £105.* Patron, Sir J. Bailey, Bart. The church is dedicated to St. Senewyr, and is not very good.

Llansanwyr through time

Llansanwyr 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 Llansanwyr itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llansanwyr, in The Vale of Glamorgan and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6624

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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