St. Brides-super-Ely has been mentioned historically in gazetteers and travel descriptions.

Samuel Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849)

BRIDE'S (ST.) SUPER ELY, a parish, in the union of Cardiff, hundred of Dinas-Powys, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 5½ miles (W. N. W.) from Cardiff; containing 129 inhabitants. This parish, which is of very small extent, is situated on the banks of the river Ely, and in the vale of that name, the scenery of which is pleasingly varied. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated with the rectory of Michaelston-super-Ely. The church is dedicated to St. Bridget. There is a place of worship for Independents, with a Sunday school held in it. Mr. Horton gave £20 for the use of the poor, which sum was lent to an individual secured by his bond, in 1834, and remains still outstanding. St. y Nill, the residence of J. Jenkins, Esq., is a large house within the limits of the parish, commanding a fine view over the vale of Ely: to the west of this house are some traces of an ancient chapel; human bones are sometimes dug up there, and close by is the base of an ancient cross.

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

BRIDES-SUPER-ELY (St.), a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; on the river Ely and the South Wales railway, 2 miles WNW of St. Fagans station, and 6 W by N of Cardiff. It has a post office, of the name of St. Brides, under Cardiff. Acres, 676. Real property, £935. Pop., 122. Houses, 28. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Michaelstone-super-Ely, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £195.* Patron, Mrs. Traherne. The church is good.

Daffydd Morganwg, Hanes Morganwg, 1874

ST. BRIDES SUPER ELY. -- Llansantffraid-ar-Elai. -- Plwyf yn nghantref Dinas Powys, undeb a dosparth llys sirol Caerdydd, archddeoniaeth ac esgobaeth Llandaf, saith milldir i'r gorllewin o Gaerdydd, a dwy o St. Ffagan. Saif yr Eglwys a'r pentref tua hanner milldir i'r gogledd o reilffordd Deheudir Cumru, ar gyfer pen y filldir rhif 176 o Lundain. Perigloriaeth yw'r fywoliaeth Eglwysig yn unol ag eiddo Llanfihangel-ar-Elai, a'r ddwy yn werth £195 y flwyddyn, a phersondy yn nawdd a rhodd Mr. Treharne. Amaethu yw gwaith y trigolion gan mwyaf. Maint 678 erw. Ardrethiad £1,036. Tai 27. Pobl yn 1867, 122; yn 1871, 108.

Slater's Commercial Directory, 1880

ST. BRIDES-SUPER-ELY is a parish about 5 miles from Llandaff, and 7 from Cardiff, and in the hundred of Dinas Powis. The Great Western Railway intersects the parish. The parish church is a rectory, annexed to that if Michaelstone-super-Ely (St. Michael's) in the patronage of Mrs. Traherne. The church is about 2 miles distant from St. Bride's, and 4.5 miles from Llandaff. Population of Michaelstone in 1871, 42; and of St. Bride's, 103.

[St. Brides' is] in the poor law union and county court and postal district of Cardiff, and in the same diocese and archdeaconry at that town.

POST OFFICE, St. Bride's-super-Ely, John Griffiths, Post Master. - Letters from all parts arrive (from Cardiff) at a quarter past nine morning, and are despatched thereto at quarter to four afternoon. St. Fagan's is the nearest Money Order Office. Letters ... should be addressed "near Cardiff."

John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

St Bride super Ely, par., in SE. of Glamorgan, on river Ely, 6 miles W. of Cardiff, 686 ac., pop. 78; P.O., called St Brides.