Michaelston-super-Ely

For other uses, see Michaelston.
Michaelston-super-Ely
Welsh: Llanfihangel-ar-Elai

St Michaels Church
Michaelston-super-Ely
 Michaelston-super-Ely shown within Cardiff
Principal areaCardiff
Ceremonial countySouth Glamorgan
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Dialling code 029
Police South Wales
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentCardiff West
Welsh AssemblyCardiff West
List of places
UK
Wales
Cardiff

Coordinates: 51°28′34″N 3°16′12″W / 51.476°N 3.270°W / 51.476; -3.270

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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