Llancarvan or Llancarfan, Glamorgan

Description
Llancarvan or Llancarfan, a village and a parish in Glamorgan. The village lies 3 miles from the coast, and 4 1/2 SE of Cowbridge. It has a post office under Cowbridge; money order and telegraph office, Bonvilston. The parish contains also the hamlets of Llanbethery, Llancadle, and Moulton. Acreage, 4725; population of the civil parish, 548; of the ecclesiastical, which includes Llanvythin, 577. The manor belonged to the Sitsyllts, and passed to "Walter de Mapes, who founded Walterstone. The surface is part of the tract called the Vale of Glamorgan. Limestone is found, and there is a mineral spring. A monastic establishment was founded here in 427 by Germanus, who was was succeeded as principal by Dubritius in 437, who again was succeeded as principal by Cadoc the Wise. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £179 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is of the 12th century, was rebuilt by De Mapes, the translator of the " British Chronicle." It was restored in 1872, with the exception of the tower, which was restored in 1891. In 1872, when excavating below the floor of the nave, the wall of an old British church was discovered. There are Baptist, Congregational, Calvinistic Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. Caradoc, the Welsh historian whose "Annals" were published in 1684 by Dr Powel, was a native.