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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.
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 county of South Glamorgan was created covering the former county borough of Cardiff, (which had been independent from Glamorgan County Council), together with the southern parts of Glamorgan and the parish of St Mellons from Monmouthshire. South Glamorgan County Council came into existence on 1 April 1974. [1]
This is a list of towns and villages in the principal area of Vale of Glamorgan, Wales ... This page was last edited on 16 September 2024, at 13:28 (UTC).
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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 ...
St Nicholas (Welsh: Sain Nicolas) is a village situated in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Cardiff and 6 miles (9.6 km) east of Cowbridge. According to the 2021 census, the village had a population of 654 residents. St Nicholas forms part of the larger community of St Nicholas and Bonvilston.
Until the 2024 general election the preserved county of South Glamorgan was divided into five parliamentary constituencies: four borough constituencies and one county constituency. The boundaries had been effective since the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election and the 2010 United Kingdom general election .