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Michaelston-super-Ely

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Michaelston-super-Ely
  • Welsh: Llanfihangel-ar-Elai
St Michaels Church
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Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARDIFF
Dialling code029
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Michaelston-super-Ely is a village, to the west of the city of Cardiff, Wales.

Its Welsh name is Llanfihangel-ar-Elai where llan church + Mihangel Saint Michael + Elai River Ely).

It is approximately half a mile from the boundary with the Vale of Glamorgan. To the north lies the village of St Fagans, and to the east the Ely estate. The community of Michaelston-super-Ely was joined with St Fagans in 1968.[1]

The historic St Michael's Church was decommissioned in 2010. It is a Grade II* listed building dating from the late 12th or early 13th-century.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Church of St Michael, St Fagans". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 February 2016.