Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BONVILSTON, or Tre-Simwn

BONVILSTON, or Tre-Simwn, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; 3 ½ miles SW by-W of St. Fagans r. station, and 8 WSW of Cardiff. It has a post office, of the name of Bonvilston, under Cardiff. Acres, 1,178. Real property, £1,588. Pop., 291. Houses, 55. The property is divided among a few. Bonvilston Park is the seat of J. J. Bassett, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £83. Patron, J. J. Bassett, Esq. The church is good. Charities, £12.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bonvilston AP/CP       Cardiff RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: BONVILSTON     |     BONVILSTON OR TRE SIMWN     |     TRE SIMWN
Place: Bonvilston

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