Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WICK

WICK, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the coast, 5½ miles SW of Cowbridge r. station. Post town, Bridgend. Acres, 1,370; of which 50 are water. Real property, £1,309. Pop., 423. Houses, 88. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to St. Brides-Major. The church is decayed.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wick CP/AP       Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Wick

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