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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Michaelston Super Ely contained the following places:

"MICHAELSTON-SUPER-ELY, a parish in the hundred of Dinas Powis, county Glamorgan, 4 miles W. of Cardiff, its post town, and 8 from Llantrissant. The parish, which is inconsiderable, is situated on the river Ely, and has traces of a Norman castle. The village comprises only eight houses. The living is a rectory annexed to that of St. Bride-super-Ely, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The tithes were commuted in 1889."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018