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South Glamorgan ( Welsh: De Morgannwg) is a preserved county of Wales . It was originally formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a county council area. It consisted of the county borough of Cardiff along with the southern part of the administrative county of Glamorgan, and also the parish of St Mellons from Monmouthshire .
Until 1974, Glamorgan ( / ɡləˈmɔːrɡən / ), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( Welsh: Morgannwg [mɔrˈɡanʊɡ] or Sir Forgannwg [ˈsiːr vɔrˈɡanʊɡ] ), was an administrative county in the south of Wales, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.
May 14, 2018 · South Glamorgan. South Glamorgan County on the Bristol Channel, s Wales; the capital is Cardiff. South Glamorgan is divided into two districts – Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. The Vale of Glamorgan is fertile agricultural land, and the major economic activity is dairy farming. Cardiff is an industrial district. Industries: engineering, steel.
Barry is part of the Vale of Glamorgan Senedd constituency and part of the South Wales Central Senedd region. Jane Hutt of the Welsh Labour Party has been the assembly member since the inception of the Senedd. Local councils. Barry was incorporated as a municipal borough by royal charter in September 1939. The Borough was the successor to Barry ...
The Glamorgan coast is the only part of the Celtic Sea with exposed Jurassic geology. This stretch of coast with its reefs, sandbanks and serrated cliffs was a ship graveyard; many ships sailing to Cardiff during the industrial era were wrecked on this hostile coastline during west/south-westerly gales. Smuggling, deliberate shipwrecking and ...
Penarth (/ p ɛ ˈ n ɑːr θ /, Welsh pronunciation:) is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Cardiff city centre on the west shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay.
