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The area is the southernmost part of the county of Glamorgan.Between the 11th century and 1536 the area was part of the Lordship of Glamorgan. In medieval times, the village of Cosmeston, near what is today Penarth in the south east of the county, grew up around a fortified manor house constructed sometime around the 12th century by the De Costentin family. [3]
The new Vale of Glamorgan Council unitary authority came into effect on 1 April 1996, following the dissolution of South Glamorgan. It replaced the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council , which had been created in 1974 as a second-tier authority to South Glamorgan County Council .
Buildings and structures in the Vale of Glamorgan (17 C, 16 P) E. Economy of the Vale of Glamorgan (9 P) Education in the Vale of Glamorgan (2 C, 1 P)
The Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council was the local authority for the Vale of Glamorgan in South Glamorgan, Wales, created in 1974 and reconstituted in 1996 as the Vale of Glamorgan Council unitary authority. [1] It was a second tier district authority, with South Glamorgan County Council providing county-level services to the area.
Cowbridge (Welsh: Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of the centre of Cardiff. The Cowbridge with Llanblethian community and civil parish elect a town council. [3] A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for elections to the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
Following The County Borough of The Vale of Glamorgan (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 the county ward of Alexandra was divided to become St Augustine's and Plymouth wards, effective from October 2003 for preliminary electoral proceedings but fully effective at the May 2004 Vale of Glamorgan Council elections.
Places named Vale of Glamorgan include: Vale of Glamorgan — a borough and (from 1996) county borough in south Wales;
Culverhouse Cross (Welsh: Croes Cwrlwys) is a district straddling the boundary between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the community of Wenvoe.. The district is centred on a major traffic roundabout that links West Cardiff to the M4 motorway and is home to a number of different retail outlets, and formerly ITV Wales's headquarters.