A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ROATH, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the South Wales railway adjacent to the river Rumney, 1¼ mile N E of Cardiff. Post-town, Cardiff. Acres, 3, 500; of which 1,070 are water. Real property, £11, 746. Pop. in 1851, 394; in 1861, 3,044. Houses, 525. The increase of pop. arose from connexion with Cardiff. The property is not much divided. Plas Newydd is a chiefresidence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £96. Patron, the Marquis of Bute.. The church is good. A Baptist chapel is at Tredegar-ville; was built in 1862, at a cost of £3, 200; and is in the early English style, and cruciform.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Roath CP/AP Cardiff RegD/PLU Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Roath |
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