St. Andrews Major

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Human settlement in Wales

St. Andrews Major

* Welsh: Saint Andras

St Andrew's Major church

St. Andrews Major

Location within the Vale of Glamorgan

OS grid reference| ST139715
Principal area|

* Vale of Glamorgan

Preserved county|

* South Glamorgan

Country| Wales
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Postcode district| CF
Police| South Wales
Fire| South Wales
Ambulance| Welsh
UK Parliament|

* Vale of Glamorgan

Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament|

* Vale of Glamorgan

List of places

Wales
Vale of Glamorgan

51°26′08″N 3°14′27″W﻿ / ﻿51.4356°N 3.2407°W﻿ / 51.4356; -3.2407

St. Andrew's Major (Welsh: Saint Andras) is a village and parish in the community of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, between Barry and Cardiff in south-eastern Wales.

## Description[edit]

The village has a church which is over 600 years old and a primary school. Back in the early 19th century the house just past the Church used to be a coaching inn, but the local Lord of the Manor had it closed down as all of his farm labourers were spending their wages in there and not getting any work done (according to local history). The property is now a private residence. There is now no pub in the village these days

In 1801 the village had a population of 420[1] and 474 in 1833[2] although now it is simply a small hamlet with less than 150 residents.

## Geography[edit]

The surrounding soil of the parish is a strong, brown, dry earth, well adapted for grain of all kinds. The substratum of the whole is limestone. The ground is rather elevated and hilly towards the northern, side of the parish, and flat and level towards the southern side. It is sometimes subject to partial inundation from the overflowing of a small stream, called Dinas Powis brook, which runs through the south-eastern part of the parish towards the south, and empties itself into the Bristol Channel, between the parishes of Cadoxton and Sully, which lie between St. Andrew's and the channel.

The nearby St Andrews Quarry has provided limestone for roadbuilding and gravel and also the windows of St Peter's Church at Dinas Powys.[3]

## The Church[edit]

The church is dedicated to St. Andrew, and is in the Benefice of St. Andrews Major and Michaelston-le-Pit. At the east end of the north aisle, parallel with the chancel, is a private chapel, anciently the property and burial-place of a respectable family, named Rowel, long since extinct, and the Bouville family who were owners of a great part of the parish. In the floor of this chapel there is a stone bearing an inscription of the tombs of a couple who had both lived extremely long lives:

> Here lyeth the body of John Gibbon James, buried the 14 of August, 1601. And Margaret Mathew, his wife, buried the 8 of January, 1631. He aged ninety-nine, she aged one hundred and twenty-four.

John Wesley is reputed to have preached from the pulpit.

The Rectory, behind the church, was built in 1830 and its gardens used for village celebrations and events. It was built to replace The Old Rectory, (or Old Parsonage) which dates from the 15th century and still exists behind the later building.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ St Andrews Major, Genuki (quoting A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
2. ^ Chrystal Tilney (2013), Dinas Powys, St Andrews Major and Michealston-le-Pit From Old Photographs, Amberley Publishing, p. 4, ISBN 978-1-4456-27861, retrieved 2 September 2017
3. ^ Tilney, Dinas Powys, St Andrews Major and Michealston-le-Pit From Old Photographs, page 9
4. ^ Tilney, Dinas Powys, St Andrews Major and Michealston-le-Pit From Old Photographs, pages 10, 18.

## External links[edit]

* Parish of St Andrews Major

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Vale of Glamorgan County Borough

Vale of Glamorgan Council

Main settlements|

* Barry
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* Cowbridge
* Llantwit Major
* Penarth

Communities|

* Barry
* Colwinston
* Cowbridge with Llanblethian
* Dinas Powys
* Ewenny
* Llanmaes
* Llancarfan
* Llandough
* Llandow
* Llanfair
* Llangan
* Llantwit Major
* Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith
* Penarth
* Pendoylan
* Penllyn
* Peterston-super-Ely
* Rhoose
* St Athan
* St Bride's Major
* St Donats
* St Georges-super-Ely
* St Nicholas and Bonvilston
* Sully and Lavernock
* Welsh St Donats
* Wenvoe
* Wick

Villages|

* Aberthaw
* Aberthin
* Broughton
* Bonvilston
* Boverton
* Boys Village
* Clawdd Coch
* Clemenstone
* Colwinston
* Corntown
* Culverhouse Cross
* Dinas Powys
* Downs
* Drope
* Dyffryn
* Eglwys Brewis
* Ewenny
* Flemingston
* Fonmon
* Font-y-Gary
* Frampton
* Gileston
* Goldsland
* Graig Penllyn
* Great Hamston
* Gwern-y-Steeple
* Kenson
* Lavernock
* Lidmore
* Llampha
* Llanmaes
* Llanbethery
* Llanblethian
* Llancadle
* Llancarfan
* Llandough (near Cowbridge)
* Llandough (near Penarth)
* Llandow
* Llangan
* Llanmihangel
* Llansannor
* Llantrithyd
* Llantwithyn
* Llysworney
* Maendy
* Marcross
* Michaelston-le-Pit
* Middlecross
* Moulton
* Newton
* Northcliff
* Nurston
* Ogmore
* Ogmore-by-Sea
* Pancross
* Pendoylan
* Penmark
* Pentre Meyrick
* Peterston-super-Ely
* Pen-y-Lan
* Picketston
* Prisk
* Rhoose
* Sigingstone
* St. Andrews Major
* St Brides Major
* Southerndown
* St Athan
* St Donats
* St Georges super Ely
* St Hilary
* St Mary Church
* St Mary Hill
* St. Nicholas
* St Lythans
* Sully
* Sutton
* The Herberts
* Tre-Aubrey
* Tredodridge
* Treguff
* Trerhyngyll
* Twyn-yr-Odyn
* Walterston
* Wenvoe
* Wick
* Wrinstone
* Ystradowen

Landmarks and
listed buildings|

* The Bendricks
* The Bulwarks, Porthkerry
* The Captain's Wife
* Cosmeston Medieval Village
* Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
* Dimlands
* Dunraven Castle
* Egerton Grey Country House Hotel
* Porthkerry Park
* St Lythans burial chamber
* Tinkinswood
* Welsh Hawking Centre
* Wenvoe Castle

| Grade I|

* Church of St John the Baptist
* Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge
* Coedarhydyglyn
* Ewenny Priory
* Fonmon Castle
* Hensol Castle
* Ogmore Castle
* Old Beaupre Castle
* St Donat's Castle
* St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major

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Grade II*|

* Barry Castle
* The Blue Anchor Inn
* Cowbridge Grammar School
* Cowbridge Town Hall
* Dyffryn Gardens
* Gileston Manor
* Llandough Castle
* St Quintins Castle

Geography|

* Breaksea Point
* East Aberthaw Coast
* Collugh Beach
* Sully Island
* Tresilian Bay
* Afon Alun
* Afon Col-huw
* Cadoxton River
* Ewenny River
* Nant y Stepsau
* River Kenson
* River Thaw
* River Waycock

Economy|

* Barry Memorial Hall
* Barry Island Pleasure Park
* Barry Council Office and Library
* Barry Dock Offices
* Aberthaw Power Station
* Aberthaw Cement Works
* Llandow Industrial Estate
* Wenvoe Quarry
* Wenvoe transmitting station

Transport|

* Cardiff Airport
* A48 road
* A4050 road
* A4226 road
* B4265 road
* Barry Tourist Railway

Stations
Barry
Barry Docks
Barry Island
Cadaxton
Cogan
Dinas Powys
Dingle Road
Eastbrook
Llantwit Major
Penarth
Rhoose Cardiff

Sport|

* Barry Town United F.C.
* Glamorganshire Golf Club
* Southerndown Golf Club
* Wenvoe Castle Golf Club

Topics|

* Schools
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* Scheduled Monuments
* Registered parks and gardens
* Lord Lieutenants
* High Sheriffs
* Country houses
* Museums
* Books
* Public art

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