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

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in the western outskirts of

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, in the

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( ), locally referred to as ''The Vale'', is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf t ...

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. Lying to the northwest of

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

, between

Peterston-super-Ely Peterston-super-Ely () is a village and Community (Wales), community situated on the River Ely () in the county borough of the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The community population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 874. The commu ...

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

St Brides-super-Ely St Brides-super-Ely () is a village and district of the community of St Georges-super-Ely, within the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. It is located near the western border of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff, to the west of the A4232, and no ...

, Drope, Downs and Sant-y-Nyll.

History

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

Geography

Bridge carrying the A4232 over St Georges road

St Georges super Ely lies to the northwest of

, beyond Coedarhydyglyn, and to the east of

. It can also be accessed by road from Michaelston-super-Ely, across the

A4232 road The A4232, which is also known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road (PDR) () or the Cardiff Link Road (), is a distributor road in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The first section of the PDR to be completed was the Southern Way Link Road ...

. The Cardiff-Bridgend railway and

River Ely The River Ely () 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, rising in the e ...

pass through the village.

Landmarks

The village contains a church, dedicated to

Saint George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

, 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, Coedarhydyglyn, lies to the south of the village.

References

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