Name | Gabalfa |
Alt names | Gabalva | source: Family History Library Catalog |
Type | Township, Civil parish, Suburb |
Coordinates | 51.5°N 3.204°W |
Located in | Glamorgan, Wales |
Also located in | South Glamorgan, Wales (1974 - 1996) | | Cardiff (principal area), Wales (1996 - ) |
See also | Kibbor Hundred, Glamorgan, Wales | Hundred in which the parish was located | | Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales | city into which it was incorporated in 1922 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Gabalfa is a district and community (or civil parish) in the north of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales.
The name is derived from the Welsh Ceubalfa, which is literally translated as 'place of the boat'. It was formerly the site of a ferry crossing across the River Taff, upon which a school is now built.
The population in the UK census of 2011 was 8,790.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Glamorgan Lots of leads to other sources and descriptions of former parishes.
- The FamilySearch Wiki on Glamorgan has recently been updated (early 2016) and looks remarkably like Wikipedia. Their map "Glamorgan Parish Map.jpg" enlarges to show all the original parishes. The sub-section "Parishes of Historic Glamorgan" lists all the parishes of Glamorgan and the newer preserved counties and principal areas in both English and Welsh. (Currently this website is still under construction.)
Maps
The first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
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These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
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These maps of Glamorgan post-1974 were found on another site and are very useful for sorting out the up-to-date geography of the area
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Categories: Glamorgan, Wales | Gabalfa, Glamorgan, Wales | Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales | Kibbor Hundred, Glamorgan, Wales | Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales | South Glamorgan, Wales | Cardiff (principal area), Wales
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