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Michaelston le Pit (Welsh: Llanfihangel y pwll) is a village and community (or civil parish) to the southwest of the city of Cardiff, Wales in the principal area of Vale of Glamorgan. Before 1974 it was in the "historic" county of Glamorgan. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 309. To the south lies Penarth, while to the south west lies the village of Dinas Powys. The village is built near the confluence of two small streams, which join to form the Cadoxton River. The French suffix is possibly derived from a clay pit near the southern end of the village, it having been settled on a Norman family, the De Raneghs, after the conquest. Llanfihangel-y-pwll means "The Church of St Michael and All Angels of the Pool" (or "pit". It is not to be confused with the Latin suffixed Michaelston super Ely to the east of Cardiff or the Welsh suffixed Michaelstone y Fedw, northeast of Cardiff, nor the parish of Michaelston super Avan in Neath Port Talbot to the west. [edit] Research Tips
[edit] MapsThe first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
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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