Barry, Glamorgan

Description
Barry, a village, an island, and a parish in Glamorganshire. The village stands on the coast, opposite the island, 8 miles SSW of Cardiff. Large docks are situated here, and are connected by rail with Cardiff by the Barry Dock and Railways line, which has a station at Barry Dock and another at Barry. The dock, opened in 1889, is 7 miles SW of Cardiff, lying between Barry Island and the mainland of Glamorganshire. It covers upwards of 73 acres, and the width at the entrance is 80 feet; this has a single pair of wrought-iron gates which are opened and closed by hydraulic cylinders. The basin is 600 feet in length, 500 feet wide, and has an area of 7 acres, with a depth of water of about 40 feet. There are post offices at Barry and Barry Docks under Cardiff. The "island" comprises about 300 acres, and is now connected with the mainland by a solid causeway and a good road. In 1888 the Local Government Board erected an urban sanitary district under the name of Barry and Cadoston, which includes Barry, Cadoxton-juxta-Barry, Merthyr Do van, part of St Andrews, and part of Sully, the area of which is 3323 acres, with a population of 13,278. The parish contains 539 acres of land and 163 of water and foreshore; population, 765. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Porthkerry, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is good. A new church (St Paul's), Early Gothic in style, was opened at East Barry in 1893. There are several dissenting chapels.