This site is dedicated to the ancient village of St. Bride's-super-Ely and its parish church, St. Bridget, located in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, United Kingdom.

St. Bride's-super-Ely is found at Ordnance Survey map coordinates 309364m,177830m (N51:29:30, W3:18:20), approximately 7 miles northwest of the city centre of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, as shown in the map below.

Around the turn of the 20th Century, the village of St. Bride's-super-Ely and its surrounding area became popular locations for the country homes of industrialites from Cardiff.  Today, it is a quiet suburb of the capital city.  Thousands of visitors to the Museum of Welsh Life, just two miles away, and innumerable travellers on the motorway that transects the countryside just a few hundred yards away from St. Bride's village are rarely aware of its existence.  Some of the older buildings are gone.  About the year 2000, the village began experiencing a round of new construction, both detached homes and multi-family units.

The Vale of Glamorgan is a magical place, as described in the poem by A. G. Prys-Jones that can be found here.

The Webmistress for this site is (Ms.) Billie McNamara, an American with ancestral roots in St. Bride's-super-Ely.  Because very little information about St. Bride's is available on the Internet, she decided to create a Web site that will present the village's history and current condition, along with some links for further study.

Ms. Anna Cory, a native-resident of St. Bride's with an interest in preserving the village's history, assisted in collecting material for the site.

The site's hostess hopes you enjoy your on-line visit to St. Bride's-super-Ely and will return again soon.

If you have historical information, old photographs, or suggested Web links to share with this site, please e-mail the Webmistress via the Contact link in the Menu.

If you have family connections or general comments, your information will be welcomed and posted here for others to review.