St Georges super Ely, also known as St Georges ( cy, Sain Siorys), is a small village and

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, t ...

in the western outskirts of

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a ...

, in the

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol ...

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. Lying to the northwest of

Culverhouse Cross Culverhouse Cross ( cy, Croes Cwrlwys) is a district straddling the boundary between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the community of Wenvoe. The district is centred on a major traffic roundabout that links West Cardiff to the M4 mo ...

, between

Peterston-super-Ely Peterston-super-Ely ( cy, Llanbedr-y-fro) is a village and community situated on the River Ely ( cy, Afon Elái) in the county borough of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The community population at the 2011 census was 874. The community includ ...

and

Michaelston-super-Ely Michaelston-super-Ely is a village, to the west of the city of Cardiff, Wales. Its Welsh name is Llanfihangel-ar-Elai (where ''llan'' church + ''Mihangel'' Saint Michael + ''Elai'' River Ely). It is approximately half a mile from the boundar ...

, it contains a medieval church and ruined manor house dated to the fifteenth century. The community includes the settlements of

Drope Drope is a hamlet in the valley of the River Ely in Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just beyond the territorial border of western Cardiff. It lies immediately east from Michaelston-super-Ely, west of Ely, Cardiff and southeast of St Geor ...

, Downs and Sant-y-Nyll.

History

In the 1870s, John Montgomery Traherne of the wealthy Traherne family was the Reverend of St Georges.

Geography

Bridge carrying the A4232 over St Georges road

St Georges super Ely lies to the northwest of

, beyond

Coedarhydyglyn Coedarhydyglyn or Coedriglan, formerly Old Coedarhydyglyn (meaning 'the wood along the glen'), is a private Grade I listed neo-classical regency villa and estate on the western rim of Cardiff, less than half a mile from Culverhouse Cross, southeast ...

, and to the east of

. It can also be accessed by road from

, across the

A4232 road The A4232, which is also known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road (PDR) ( cy, Ffordd Ddosbarthu Ymylol) or the Cardiff Link Road ( cy, Ffordd Gyswllt Caerdydd), is a distributor road in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The first secti ...

. The Cardiff-Bridgend railway and

River Ely The River Ely ( cy, Afon Elái) is in South Wales flowing generally southeast, from Tonyrefail to Cardiff. The river is about long. The Ely's numerous sources lie in the mountains to the south of Tonypandy, near the town of Tonyrefail ...

pass through the village.

Landmarks

The village contains a church, dedicated to

Saint George Saint George ( Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldie ...

, which dates to the fourteenth century. It is Grade II* listed. Built in the form of a Greek or St. George's cross, it is described by Geoffrey R. Orrin as "one of the smallest cruciform churches in the diocese if not in Wales". At nearby Castle Farm is the Grade I listed Castle Farmhouse, overlooking the River Ely. The medieval manor house, which was known as St George's Castle. was built by the Malefant family in the 15th century, replacing an earlier hall belonging to the Sullys. The upper chamber is now one room; it was once split into a hall and a solar. The nineteenth century mansion,

, lies to the south of the village.

References

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