From Slaters Commercial Directory, 1880.
Transcribed by Phil Mustoe
Transcribed by Phil Mustoe
ST NICHOLAS is a parish and village 6 miles from Cardiff, situated on an eminence on the road from Cardiff to Cowbridge, distant 6 miles from the latter place, and about 5 miles distant from the Bristol Channel. In the parish are some Druidical remains, and it is said that Oliver Cromwell slept in the manor house. A. C. Bruce Prye, Esq. J.P. of Duffryn House, is lord of the manor. Petty sessions are held in the police station on the first Wednesday of every month, at which time the Highway Board also meet. The church of St. Nicholas is a neat edifice. The living is a rectory in the patronage of the above-named gentleman. There are also chapels for Calvinists and Baptists, and a National Schoool. Population in 1861, 354, and in 1871, 419.
POST OFFICE - St. Nicholas, Thomas Branch, Post Master. - Letters from all parts (from Cardiff) arrive at half-past eight morning, and are despatched thereto at forty minutes past four afternoon
POST OFFICE - St. Nicholas, Thomas Branch, Post Master. - Letters from all parts (from Cardiff) arrive at half-past eight morning, and are despatched thereto at forty minutes past four afternoon
Services: Money Order Office and Savings Bank
(St Nicholas was the nearest Money Order Office for Bonvilston and Peterston-Super-Ely)
Gentry and Clergy
Bruce Lewis K. Esq. J.P., Manor House, St. Nicholas
Bruce Rev. Wm. M.A. & J.P., Duffryn House, St. Nicholas
Bruce Rev. William C., St. Nicholas' Rectory
Pryce Allan C. Bruce, Esq. J.P., Duffryn House, St. Nicholas
Richards Miss -, Cottrell House, St. Nicholas
Tyler Colonel Hubert, J.P., Cottrell House, St. Nicholas
School
St. Nicholas - William Cole, master
Blacksmiths
Harry Abraham, St. Nicholas
Boot & Shoe Makers
Ellis James, St. Nicholas
Thomas Morgan, St. Nicholas
Butchers
Earl William, St. Nicholas
Hopkins Thomas, St. Nicholas
Watts Thomas, St. Nicholas
Carpenters
Jones Edward, St. Nicholas
Farmers
In. St. Nicholas Parish
Davies John, Pwll-y-min
Earl William, Trehill
Evans William, Broadway
Harbottle Thomas, Homry
Harry Philip, Jenkins' Wood
Hopkin David, Grwyddin
John Thomas, Brook
Jones Evan, Trehill
Meyrick Robert J., Caia
Thomas Catherine, Lanlai
Thomas Peter, St. Nicholas
Thomas Rees, Doghill
Watts Thomas, St. Nicholas
Williams Morgan, Vians Hill
Inns & Public Houses
Three Tuns, Elizabeth Banner, St. Nicholas
Grocers and Dealers in Sundries
Moore William, St Nicholas
Millers
none - flour had to be carried from Peterstone Mill via Chapel Lane
Tailors
Jenkins John, St. Nicholas
King Francis, St. Nicholas
Wheelwrights
Davies Edward, St. Nicholas
Miscellaneous
Moore William, saddler, St. Nicholas
Morgan John, stonemason, St. Nicholas
Wright William T., agricultural implement maker, St. Nicholas
Places of Worship
AND THEIR MINISTERS
Churche of the Establishment
St. Nicholas's, St. Nicholas - Rev. William C. Bruce, rector
Baptist (Welsh), St. Nicholas - Croes-y-Parc, Chapel Lane
Methodist (Calvinistic), St. Nicholas & Pendoylan - Chapel Lane, Trehill
Magistrates
For the Hundred of Dinas Powis, usually acting for the Petty Sessional Division of St. Nicholas
Petty Sessions held at the Police Station, St Nicholas, on the first Wednesday of every month
Rev. William Bruce, Duffryn
Lewis Kenight Bruce, Esq., St. Nicholas
A. C. Bruce Pryce Esq., Duffryn
Col. H. Tyler, Cottrell
Police Station, St. Nicholas - Philip Williams, sergeant in charge
Conveyance by Railway
On the South Wales Section of the Great Western Line
Station, Peterstone, about 2 miles N. from St. Nicholas - William Chapman, station master - accessed by Chapel Lane
Slaters Commercial Directory, St. Nicholas, Glamorgan, 1880
(St Nicholas was the nearest Money Order Office for Bonvilston and Peterston-Super-Ely)
Gentry and Clergy
Bruce Lewis K. Esq. J.P., Manor House, St. Nicholas
Bruce Rev. Wm. M.A. & J.P., Duffryn House, St. Nicholas
Bruce Rev. William C., St. Nicholas' Rectory
Pryce Allan C. Bruce, Esq. J.P., Duffryn House, St. Nicholas
Richards Miss -, Cottrell House, St. Nicholas
Tyler Colonel Hubert, J.P., Cottrell House, St. Nicholas
School
St. Nicholas - William Cole, master
Blacksmiths
Harry Abraham, St. Nicholas
Boot & Shoe Makers
Ellis James, St. Nicholas
Thomas Morgan, St. Nicholas
Butchers
Earl William, St. Nicholas
Hopkins Thomas, St. Nicholas
Watts Thomas, St. Nicholas
Carpenters
Jones Edward, St. Nicholas
Farmers
In. St. Nicholas Parish
Davies John, Pwll-y-min
Earl William, Trehill
Evans William, Broadway
Harbottle Thomas, Homry
Harry Philip, Jenkins' Wood
Hopkin David, Grwyddin
John Thomas, Brook
Jones Evan, Trehill
Meyrick Robert J., Caia
Thomas Catherine, Lanlai
Thomas Peter, St. Nicholas
Thomas Rees, Doghill
Watts Thomas, St. Nicholas
Williams Morgan, Vians Hill
Inns & Public Houses
Three Tuns, Elizabeth Banner, St. Nicholas
Grocers and Dealers in Sundries
Moore William, St Nicholas
Millers
none - flour had to be carried from Peterstone Mill via Chapel Lane
Tailors
Jenkins John, St. Nicholas
King Francis, St. Nicholas
Wheelwrights
Davies Edward, St. Nicholas
Miscellaneous
Moore William, saddler, St. Nicholas
Morgan John, stonemason, St. Nicholas
Wright William T., agricultural implement maker, St. Nicholas
Places of Worship
AND THEIR MINISTERS
Churche of the Establishment
St. Nicholas's, St. Nicholas - Rev. William C. Bruce, rector
Baptist (Welsh), St. Nicholas - Croes-y-Parc, Chapel Lane
Methodist (Calvinistic), St. Nicholas & Pendoylan - Chapel Lane, Trehill
Magistrates
For the Hundred of Dinas Powis, usually acting for the Petty Sessional Division of St. Nicholas
Petty Sessions held at the Police Station, St Nicholas, on the first Wednesday of every month
Rev. William Bruce, Duffryn
Lewis Kenight Bruce, Esq., St. Nicholas
A. C. Bruce Pryce Esq., Duffryn
Col. H. Tyler, Cottrell
Police Station, St. Nicholas - Philip Williams, sergeant in charge
Conveyance by Railway
On the South Wales Section of the Great Western Line
Station, Peterstone, about 2 miles N. from St. Nicholas - William Chapman, station master - accessed by Chapel Lane
Slaters Commercial Directory, St. Nicholas, Glamorgan, 1880