St Lythans, Glamorgan

Description
Lythans, St, a parish in Glamorgan, 4 miles SW of Ely station on the G.W.R., and 7 SW of Cardiff. Post town, Saintwell under Cardiff; telegraph office, Wenvoe. Acreage, 1284; population, 114. A large cromlech is in the neighbourhood. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Archdeacon of Llandaff. The church is ancient with a saddleback tower, and contains an old font.