Michaelston-super-Ely

Michaelston-super-Ely
  • Welsh: Llanfihangel-ar-Elai

St Michaels Church
Michaelston-super-Ely
Michaelston-super-Ely shown within Cardiff
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Dialling code 029
Police South Wales
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

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. 1 2 "Church of St Michael, St Fagans". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 February 2016.


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