Cathedral Road () is one of the major roads of western

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, Wales, passing through the suburb of

Pontcanna is an inner-city district and community in the west of Cardiff, Wales. It is located adjacent to Canton, Cardiff. It is also located a short distance to the city centre, and its borders are approximately indicated by Western Avenue, the River ...

. It forms part of the A4119 road from

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and houses which are not lived in have been converted to professional businesses specialising in

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and

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. It connects the

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of the Welsh capital to the north-west of the city. Cathedral Road was previously known as Pontcanna Lane, running between Plasturton Farm in the south and Pontcanna Farm to the north. Between 1885 and 1900 many large villas were constructed, occupied by the very wealthiest families of Cardiff.Jones, Bryan "Canton" The Chalfont Publishing Company (1995), p.55.

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