In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lisvane like this:
LISVANE, or LLYSVAEN, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan, on the SE border of the county, 3½ miles NE by N of Llandaff r. station, and 5¼ N by E of Cardiff. Post town, Cardiff. Acres, 1,338. Real property, £1,045. Pop., 226. Houses, 48. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £60. Patron, alternately the Baroness Windsor, andK. Kemeys Tynte, Esq. The church is ancient. Charities, £13.
Lisvane through time
Lisvane is now part of Cardiff district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cardiff has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lisvane itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lisvane, in Cardiff and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2471
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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