St Donats Explained

St Donats should not be confused with Welsh St Donats.

Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Sain Dunwyd
Official Name:St Donats
Coordinates:51.4057°N -3.5306°W
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Unitary Wales:Vale of Glamorgan
Lieutenancy Wales:South Glamorgan
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Vale of Glamorgan
Post Town:Llantwit Major
Postcode District:CF61
Postcode Area:CF
Dial Code:01446
Population:732
Population Ref:(2011)[1]

St Donats (Welsh: Sain Dunwyd) is a village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales, located just west of the small town of Llantwit Major. The community includes the village of Marcross and the hamlets of Monknash and East and West Monkton. It is named after the 6th-century saint, Dunwyd, a friend of Saint Cadoc. It had a population of 732 in 2011.[2]

St Donat's church, dedicated to St Dunwyd, lies in a depression and is unremarkable from the exterior but contains Stradling family monuments in the Stradling chapel. It is a 12th-century Grade I listed building [3] with a Grade I listed medieval cross in the churchyard.[4]

The village is primarily known as the location of the 12th century St Donat's Castle, which is now an international boarding school occupied by Atlantic College, the first of the United World Colleges. Within the castle grounds lies St Donats Arts Centre.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Community population 2011 . 10 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics.
  3. Web site: Church of St Donat, St Donats. British Listed buildings. 22 July 2015.
  4. Web site: Medieval Cross and associated Slab in the Churchyard of the Church of St Donat, St Donats. British Listed buildings. 22 July 2015.