St. Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan
St. Nicholas is a rural dormitory village situated on the A48, 2 miles west of Cardiff in the Wenvoe ward of the Vale of Glamorgan. Although surrounded by fields, St. Nicholas is only a short journey from the out of town retail area at Culverhouse Cross at the bottom of Tumble Hill to the east. The village takes its name from the parish church, dedicated to St Nicholas.St. Nicholas is an ancient parish within the rural deanery of in the diocese of Llandaff. It is situated approximately 6 miles west of Cardiff in the hundred of Dinas Powys and encompasses the rural area which surrounds the village of St. Nicholas. The parish church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.
The Wenvoe Ward covers Wenvoe village, Culverhouse Cross, Twyn-yr-odyn, St. Lythans, Duffryn, Trehill, St. Nicholas and Bonvilston. The majority of this ward is a rural farming community, with a busy,out of town retail area at Culverhouse Cross.
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"NICHOLAS, ST., in the Cwmwd of Is Caeth, Cantref of Brenhinol (now called the Hundred of Dinas Powys), County of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a discharged Rectory valued in the King's Books at £11..10..0: Patron, The Hon.William Booth Grey. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 319. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £140..7..7, at 1s. 7d. per acre. It is 6 m. W. from Caerdiff. The Fairs, for horned Cattle and Sheep, are holden on the 19th of May, 21st of August, and 19th of December. This Parish contains about 1900 acres of cultivated Land, and about 100 acres of Underwood. It is situate on the Turnpike Road, between Caerdiff and Cowbridge. The present worthy Rector, The Rev. DAVID THOMAS, most obligingly adds, "There is an House adjoining the Church-yard, which is kept in repair at the expense of the Parish, and wherein poor People live: it appears to me, on its first Institution, to have been either a Chantry, or an Alms-house. At the distance of a quarter of a mile, in a Field on the South side of the Village, there is a very remarkable stone, measuring in length 24 Feet and in breadth 10 feet, erected on others about 6 feet high, and so constitutes a spacious Room: I judge it to be a Druidical Temple: it has a Mound raised round it, except in one place where you enter. On the North side of the Village, at an equal distance, there are the remains of a Roman Camp."-The Petty Sessions for the Hundred of Dinas Powys are holden here.
From: A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811
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Population Statistics for St Nicholas
Area, Houses and Population
Census Year Area in Statute Acres Houses Population Inhabited Uninhabited Building Persons Male Female 1841 - 68 2 - 425 208 217 1851 2104 74 3 - 414 205 209 1861 2104 76 2 1 354 171 183 1871 2104 72 4 - 419 224 195 1881 2172 69 - - 349 172 177 1891 2172 62 5 - 318 155 163
Population Statistics for St Nicholas
[Last Updated : 19 Sept 2002 - Gareth Hicks]
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St Nicholas - Extracts from "A Topographical Dictionary of Wales"
by Samuel Lewis 1833
"NICHOLAS (ST.), a parish in the hundred of DINAS-POWIS, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Cardiff containing 351 inhabitants.St Nicholas - Lewis 1833
This parish, which takes its name from the dedication of its church, is situated on the turnpike road from Cardiff to Swansea, and comprises a considerable tract of arable and pasture land, of which the whole, with the exception of only a small portion, is enclosed and cultivated. The soil is in general fertile and productive ; and the surrounding scenery is pleasingly varied, and in some parts picturesque.
Dyfryn House, formerly the seat of the ancient family of Price, and now, by marriage with the heiress of that family, the property and residence of the Hon. William Booth Grey, is agreeably situated in a retired spot, about a mile southward from the village : the grounds are tastefully laid out, and comprehend a pleasing variety of scenery. Cottrel, late the property of Miss Gwynett, and now the residence of Admiral Sir Charles Tyler, K. C. B., to whose eldest son, Capt. Tyler, R. N., it will revert on the death of the Earl of Clarendon, is pleasantly situated, and commands from the rear of the house a fine view of part of the picturesque Vale of Ely, with Hensol castle and the grounds attached to it on the western bank of the river.
Fairs, chiefly for cattle and sheep, are annually held in the village on May 19th, August 21st, and December 17th ; and the petty sessions for the hundred are also held at this place.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf, rated in the king's books at £ 11. 10., and in the patronage of the Hon. William Booth Grey. The church is an ancient and venerable structure, with a tower at the west end. There are places of worship for Baptists and Welsh Calvinistic Methodists.
A school for the gratuitous instruction of poor children upon the National system is supported by Mrs. Grey and the rector of the parish.
On the right of the road leading from the village to Dyfryn House is an ancient cromlech, said to be the largest monument of the kind in the kingdom : it consists of large flat stones nearly six feet in height, enclosing an area of seventeen feet in length and thirteen in breadth, upon which rests a table stone, twenty-four feet long, and varying in breadth from seventeen to ten feet. In a field by the road side, immediately opposite to Cottrel Lodge gate, is a single stone of the same origin, lying in an inclined position.
The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor amounts to £ 190. 19."
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Best Kept Village
St Nicholas was the first winner of The Best Kept Village Competition in the Vale of Glamorgan (BKV) when it was established in 1953 as part of the Vale’s celebrations for the Queen's Coronation. St. Nicholas has only won the award once more, way back in 1960.
In 2010 your neighbourhood, The Vale of Glamorgan 003C, had an estimated 1,309 residents and 577 dwellings. Sources: Office for National Statistics; Valuation Office Agency
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