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It became part of Cardiff in 1875. [3] History ... Canton and Cardiff Bay; 12: Leckwith Retail Park to Drope via Canton and Cowbridge Road West; 13: ...
- St. Canna of Brittany
- 19th Century Developments
- Victoria Park and Billy The Seal
- Parks and Arts
- Cowbridge Road
The name Canton may be derived from the nearby Canna brook in Pontcanna (named after St. Canna), and the word 'Ton', which can either mean Farm or Meadow. The name could also possibly have meant 'St. Canna's estate'. Most historical sources indicate that Canton probably started life as a hamlet (a group of houses smaller than a village) before the ...
The area was sparsely populated but the Bishop of Llandaff, who owned the land, also owned a mill and a manor house. In 1859, the Cattle Market and Slaughterhouse opened, and by the late 19th Century, there were stables, a meat market, and Fairs were being held monthly. A major employer in the area was William Vaughan, a local councillor and preach...
Victoria Park, known for its beautiful fountain and attractive flowerbeds, was opened in 1897 on the former Ely Common. It had the first public bowling green in Cardiff, and was home to Billy the seal - an unusual neighbour but a famous Cardiffian nevertheless! It is thought that she had been accidentally caught by a foreign trawler in 1912. When t...
The original Canton High School was opened in 1907 on Market Road, but was nearly completely destroyed by the Luftwaffe during the German bombing raids in the second World War. The school was repaired, but it soon moved to new premises at Fairwater in 1963. The building in Market Road is now the home of the 'Chapter Arts Centre'. In 1891, land-owne...
Many family businesses started in Cowbridge Road, with some trading for nearly one hundred years. Franklin's Bakery at the corner of Gray Street and Pope's photography services, on the corner of Albert Street were some of the oldest shops that have unfortunately closed down in recent years. Woolworths, a victim of the credit crunch, closed in 2009 ...
Dec 30, 2005 · 1788. John Wesley, the Methodist leader, made the last of his numerous visits to Cardiff and a Cardiff-built brig began regular trading between the town and Cork. 1792. Cardiff's bridge over the Taff and part of the town walls were swept away in a major flood.
Jun 10, 2016 · In 1801 Cardiff was only Wales’ 25th largest town but the Marquess of Bute oversaw the building of Cardiff’s docks – today part of the Butetown ward – as well as encouraging the ...
- Thomas Deacon
Apr 1, 2024 · Until 1858 access to Riverside and Canton from Cardiff was made through a toll gate, erected at the junction of Cowbridge Road and the lane that later became Cathedral Road. Plas Turton farmhouse was demolished in 1895 to make way for Plasturton Avenue and by 1875, Riverside had become part of Cardiff.
Cardiff Bay (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd; colloquially " The Bay ") is an area and freshwater lake [1][2] in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary, it is the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely. The body of water was converted into a 500-acre (2.0 km 2) lake as part of a pre-devolution UK Government regeneration project ...
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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Canton like this: CANTON, a chapelry, with a village, in Llandaff parish, Glamorgan; adjacent to the Taff Valley and the Rvmney railways, 1 mile NW of Cardiff. It has a post office‡ under Cardiff. Rated property, £5,589.
