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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St Andrews Major like this:
ANDREW (St.), a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; 3 miles S by W of St. Fagans r. station, and 5 SW of Cardiff. It contains the village of Dinas-Powis, with a post office under Cardiff. Acres, 3,149. Real property, £3,518. Pop., 570. Houses, 114. Remains exist of Dinas-Powis castle, built by Gestyn ap Gwrgan, and named after his wife Denis, daughter of the prince of Powis. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £410* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church has monuments of the Howells.
St Andrews Major 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 St Andrews Major itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St Andrews Major, in The Vale of Glamorgan and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8761
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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