Place:Roath, Glamorgan, Wales

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NameRoath
Alt namesRhathsource: Family History Library Catalog
Y Rhathsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.491°N 3.161°W
Located inGlamorgan, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inSouth Glamorgan, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Cardiff (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoKibbor Hundred, Glamorgan, WalesHundred in which the parish was located
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Roath (Welsh: Y Rhath) is a district and community (or civil parish) in the east northeast of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It stretches from the neighbourhood of Adamsdown in the south to Roath Park in the north.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Roath.

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

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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