St Brides-super-Ely Llansanffraid-ar-Elái

Guide to St Brides-super-Ely, Glamorgan ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

History
St Brides-super-Ely (Welsh/Cymraeg: Llansanffraid-ar-Elái) is an ancient village, currently a district of Peterston-super-Ely, in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. St Brides is located near the Welsh Capital City of Cardiff, west of the A4232, and north of the River Ely. The postal town is Cowbridge.

ST. BRIDE'S, in the Cwmwd of Uwch Caeth, Cantref of Brenhinol (now called the Hundred of Dinas Powys), County of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a discharged Rectory, united to the Rectory of Michaelston super Elay. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801, was 94. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £72..1..4, at 3s. 4 1/2d. per acre. It is 7 m. W. b. N. from Caerdiff. This Parish contains 434 acres of Land. It is situate near the river Elay.

BRIDES (ST.) SUPER ELY, a parish in the hundred of DINAS-POWIS, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 5 1/2 miles (W. N. W.) from Cardiff, containing 128 inhabitants. This parish, which is of very small extent, is situated on the banks of the river Ely, and near the vale of that name, the scenery of which is pleasingly varied. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated with the rectory of Michaelston super Ely, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. St. y Nill, the seat of --- Jenkins, Esq., is a large house situated within its limits, commanding a fine view over the Vale of Ely. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £62.12.

BRIDES-SUPER-ELY (St.), a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the river Ely and the South Wales railway, 2 miles WNW of St. Fagans station, and 6 W by N of Cardiff. It has a post office, of the name of St. Brides, under Cardiff. Acres, 676. Real property, £935. Pop., 122. Houses, 28. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Michaelstone-super-Ely, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £195.

The Church of St Bridget: The Norman structure of St Ffraid Church is a Grade II listed building. An ancient yew tree stands in the churchyard near the south porch. The Church in Wales parish is part of the East Vale Ministry Area.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Several Internet sites list names or indexes to the records, including:


 * FreeBMD
 * Ancestry.co.uk (£)
 * findmypast (£)
 * TheGenealogist.co.uk (£)

Church Records

 * Bishop's transcripts, 1717-1870 at FamilySearch; index and images
 * St. Brides-super-Ely marriages 1837-1900 at FamilySearch
 * Wales, Glamorgan, St. Brides-super-Ely, parish registers, 1747-1991 at FamilySearch; index and images
 * Computer printout of St. Brides-super-Ely, Glamorgan, Wales at FamilySearch; images
 * St. Brides-super-Ely, Glamorgan, parish church of St. Bride : baptisms 1717-1901, burials 1717-1902, marriages 1724-1837 at FamilySearch; index

Cemeteries

 * Monumental inscriptions, St. Brides-super-Ely, Ebenezer Congregational at FamilySearch
 * St. Brides-super-Ely Church, monumental inscriptions at FamilySearch

Census Records

 * Census returns for St. Brides-super-Ely, 1841-1891

Maps and Gazetteers

 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * Glamorgan Family History Society
 * St Brides-super-Ely on GENUKI
 * St Brides-super-Ely Village at Geograph photographs
 * Church of St Bridget, St Brides-super-Ely at Geograph photographs
 * The historic Grange at St Brides-super-Ely at Geograph photographs