Place:Rumney, Monmouthshire, Wales

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Rumney (Welsh: Tredelerch) is a district and community now in the east of the City of Cardiff, Wales. It lies east of the Rhymney River, and was historically part of Monmouthshire. On 1 April 1938, by the Cardiff Extension Act 1937, it was incorporated into the County Borough of Cardiff, and thus it became associated with the geographical county of Glamorgan, although it continued to be shown on maps as part of Monmouthshire.

Rumney is now a predominantly residential area with a variety of social and private housing. The population of Rumney, according to the UK census of 2011, was 8,827.

Within the older sectors of the Rumney area are places of interest, such as the historic Rumney Pottery which is still in use today and also the remains of the old Rumney Castle which was a major stronghold on the South Wales coast. The Church in Wales parish church of St Augustine, dates from the 12th century.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Rumney from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"RUMNEY, a parish, with a village, in the [registration] district of Cardiff and county of Monmouth[shire]; on the river Rhymney and the coast, and on the South Wales railway, 2¾ miles W N W of Cardiff. Post town, Cardiff. Acres: 3,375; of which 1,160 are water. Real property: £3,428. Population: 356. Houses: 75. The property is subdivided. An ancient camp, surrounded by a fosse, is on an eminence over-looking the river. Building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £86. Patrons: the Dean and Chapter of Bristol."

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