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Roath
Roath () is a district and Community (Wales), community to the north-east of the Cardiff city centre, city centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. The area is mostly covered by the Plasnewydd electoral ward, and stretches from Adamsdown in the south to Roath Park in the north. Description Roath's main shopping streets are Albany Road, City Road, Cardiff, City Road, and Wellfield Road. The area is characterised by its several tree-lined avenue (landscape), avenues and Victorian era terraced streets. Roath houses a very diverse population including a large number of students, being very close to the main university campuses, a large ethnic minority population and many young professionals. Subdivision of the large Victorian properties is starting to occur in the areas at the south end of the district. Its close proximity to the city centre, its number of local amenities, churches, shops and restaurants and public houses and Roath Park make it a popular area to live. The area has f ...
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Roath Park
Roath Park () Cardiff, Wales, is one of Cardiff's most popular parks, owned by Cardiff County Council and managed by the Parks Section. It retains a classic Victorian era, Victorian atmosphere and has many facilities. The park has recently been awarded the Green Flag award to recognise its high quality and its importance to Cardiff. Roath Park has widely diverse environments across the park. The park was built on of reformed bogland, known then as a malarial bog, and includes a lake, around, formed by the damming of the Nant Fawr stream. It is a popular facility for fishing and rowing. There are four islands within a conservation area, home to many water birds. The main park includes a large playground, floral displays, the conservatory (greenhouse), glasshouse conservatory and recreational areas. Roath park occupies a long strip of land stretching from Cyncoed in the north to Roath towards the southeast. The park is divided into several parts along the Roath Brook (, o ...
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St Margaret's Church, Roath
St Margaret's Church (, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch) is a nineteenth-century Church in Wales parish church in the suburb of Roath, Cardiff, Wales. It includes the mausoleum of the Marquises of Bute. History A church dedicated to St Margaret existed in Roath since the medieval period. It was a small Perpendicular style building with a bell-turret at the western end.Memorial Inscriptions: Roath Church
British History Online (from
Cardiff Records, Volume 3
' John Hobson Matthews (ed.), 1901, pp. 545–552). Retrieved 22 August 2013.
In 1800 a mausoleum was added, for the
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Cardiff
Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (). The city is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the South East Wales, southeast of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. The Cardiff urban area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial ce ...
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Plasnewydd
Plasnewydd (meaning ''New Manor'' or ''New Place'') is an electoral ward (and formerly the name of a community) of Cardiff, Wales. It falls within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff East. It is bounded by the electoral wards of Cyncoed ( Roath Park) to the north; Penylan to the northeast; Adamsdown (main Newport Road) to the southwest; and Cathays (Cardiff to Caerphilly railway) to the west. It covers what is now the community of Roath. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 18,166. History Plasnewydd takes its name from a 17th century house called "The New Place", originally a home of Edwards Richard and, in 1890, given to the local people. It later became the Mackintosh Community Centre. Roath and Plasnewydd were absorbed into Cardiff in 1875. The main road through the village, Castle Road, was renamed City Road in 1905 to mark Cardiff's new city status. Plasnewydd was previously the name of the Roath community A community is a social uni ...
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City Road, Cardiff
City Road () runs through the Plasnewydd area of Cardiff, Wales. Designated as the B4261, it runs roughly south-southeasterly from the junction of Crwys Road (A469 road, A469) and Albany Road (known as "Death Junction"), to Newport Road (A4161 road, A4161). It is lined with small shops and business premises. A documentary series about the road was broadcast on BBC Wales. History City Road was originally known as Plwcca Lane (), ''plwcca'' meaning dirty, wet, uncultivated land, and ''alai'' meaning alley. In 1830 Plwcca Lane consisted of Roath Castle and six small cottages in two fields. It led to Plwcca Halog, named after the Gallows Field, which was where public executions were carried out. Plwcca Lane became Castle Road in 1874, which was named after Roath Castle. it ran north–south from Cardiff through the settlement of Plasnewydd. Roath and Plasnewydd were absorbed into Cardiff in 1875. Castle Road was renamed City Road in 1905 to mark Cardiff's new city status, after ...
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