City is a small village in the

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol ...

, Wales, United Kingdom.

Location

It is quite near to the town of

Cowbridge Cowbridge ( cy, Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately west of the centre of Cardiff. The Cowbridge with Llanblethian community and civil parish elect a town council. A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for ...

Origin of the name

The village has never held the status of a city and "City" is not a recognisable

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word, so its origin is unclear. There is local speculation that the name came from an Anglicisation of ''Saith Tŷ'', which is Welsh for "Seven Houses". There is

another place "Another place" or "the other place" is a euphemism used in many bicameral parliaments using the Westminster system, including Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. A member of one house will not usually refer directly to the other, but re ...

in Wales called City, in Montgomeryshire, as well as City Dulas in Anglesey.

Amenities

The village has no shops. It used to have a

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

called the City Inn, but it has now closed down. There is a

village hall A village hall is a public building in a village used for various things such as: United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building which contains at least one large room (plus kitchen and toilets), is owned by a local ...

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of City and surrounding area
Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan {{ValeofGlamorgan-geo-stub