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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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DONATS (St.), a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the coast, 6 miles SW of Cowbridge r. station, and 6½ SSE of Bridgend. It has a post office under Bridgend. Acres, 1, 018; of which 90 are water. Real property, £1, 157. Pop., 126. Houses, 26. The manor belonged to the Esterlings or Stradlings; passed to the Mansels; and belongs now to T. T. Drake, Esq. St. Donat's Castle was, for seven centuries, the seat of the Stradlings; is an extensive structure, of much antique beauty; and is still partially inhabited. An ancient watch-tower, commanding a very extensive view, a large cave, said to have been the abode of St. Donat, and remains of a cromlech and an old fortalice, are near the castle. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £131. Patron, J. W. N. Carne, Esq. The church is old, but picturesque and good; and contains monuments of the Stradlings. A very beautiful ancient cross, in a state of perfect preservation, is in the churchyard.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | St Donats AP/CP Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU Glamorgan AncC |
| Place names: | DONATS ST | ST DONATS |
| Place: | St Donats |
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