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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 council office was established as the meeting place of Barry Urban District Council and, from 1939, of Barry Municipal Borough Council,. It briefly continued to be the local seat of government after Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council was formed in 1974. [8] The council then moved to new civic offices in Holton Road in 1981. [9]
Barry Docks Offices is a council building in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in south-east Wales. It is prominently sited, overlooking the docks to the south, below the town and on a level site near Castleland Point, a promontory within Dock View Road. Barry Docks railway station is adjacent to the building and to its rear.
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)
Every county in Wales has a voluntary sector infrastructure body, [1] generically called a County Voluntary Council or CVC. [2] [3] The key role of a CVC is to provide advice and information to local voluntary and community groups on volunteering, funding sources and a wide range of other issues.
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.
Electoral ward boundaries in the Vale of Glamorgan from 2022 Pre-2022 electoral ward boundaries in the Vale of Glamorgan. Until 2022 the county borough was divided into 23 electoral wards returning 47 councillors. Some of these wards are coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Other wards may encompass several communities and ...
See more images Church of St Bridget St Brides Major SS8941375010 51°27′48″N 3°35′36″W / 51.46324°N 3.59329°W / 51.46324; -3.59329 (Church of St Bridget) 26 July 1963 Church Set within a polygonal churchyard on the hillside, towards the NW end of St. Brides Major. 11226 See more images Ewenny Priory (house) Ewenny SS9124677776 51°29′18″N 3°34′04″W ...