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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Cadoxton juxta Barry contained the following places:
"CADOXTON-JUXTA-BARRY, a parish in the hundred of Dinas-Powis, in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 7 miles to the S.W. of Cardiff, its post town. It is situated on the coast of the Bristol Channel, and was the site of a castle, some remains of which are still seen. Limestone is quarried here for burning. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff, value £100, in the patronage of R. F. Jenner, Esq., and others. The church is dedicated to St. Cadog. The Wesleyans, Baptists, and Calvinistic Methodists have chapels in the village."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018