Merthyr Dovan, Glamorgan

Description
Merthyr Dovan, a parish in Glamorgan, on the coast of the Bristol Channel, 1 1/2 mile W of Cardigan station on the Taff Vale and Warry railways, 3 miles N of Barry, and 7 JSW of Cardiff. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Cadoxton (T.S.O.), under Cardiff. Acreage, 1340; population (1881) 102, (1891) 4279. The increase in the population is due to the construction of the Barry Docks and Barry railway. This parish forms part of the district governed by the Barry and Cadoxton Local Board, and includes Hoi-ton and part of Barry Dock. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £143. The church is small, and was restored in 1887. St Paul's Church, at East Barry, was erected in 1893. There are Baptist and other dissenting chapels.