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Whitchurch (Welsh: Yr Eglwys Newydd eglwys church + newydd new) is a suburb of Cardiff, Wales. It is approximately 3 miles north of the centre of the city on the A470 road and A4054 road. Its estimated population as of 2004 was 15,649. It falls within the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward.
History
The settlement dates back to the 12th century, when a chapel was established by a priest from the Cathedral Church of Llandaff. The earliest known name for the village was Stuntaf, from the Welsh Ystum Taf, meaning "a bend in the River Taff").
In the early 18th century there were no more than around 300 people living in Whitchurch, but by the end of the 19th century, this had risen to nearly 5,000. Whitchurch Parish Council was first formed in 1845. Between 1951 and 1961, the population of the parish rose from 19,827 to 27,325. In 1967, most of the parish (with the exception of Tongwynlais) was amalgamated into the City of Cardiff.
Melingriffith Tin Works
Built in 1749, the Melingriffith Tinplate Works in north Whitchurch, on the bank of the River Taff opposite Radyr, was built on or near the site of an old corn mill that had operated as far back as the late 1100s. Melingriffith was the largest working tin factory in the UK, until the much later construction of the Treforrest Tin Works.
The tin mills were powered exclusively by water drawn from the River Taff down the Melingriffith feeder stream, a water course that doubled as a canal that carried raw iron ore from the Pentyrch Iron Works until around 1815, when the Pentrych tramroad was completed. The tramroad crossed the River Taff over the Iron Bridge. The feeder’s lock was permanently closed in 1871 when it was bridged over, but traces of it still remain.
The tin works closed in 1957, and today the only signs that the works ever existed at all are the mostly dry bed of the original Melingriffith feeder stream that still runs down from the River Taff from just above the Radyr weir, and the recently restored water pump standing opposite Oak Cottage. The works site itself has been completely cleared, and is now a modern housing estate.
The Melingriffith feeder stream made its way to the original Glamorganshire Canal, where they ran in parallel through the Tin Works and out the other side at Melingriffith Lock. Where they had come together north of the Tin Works, any overflow from the Canal was originally designed to empty into the feeder. This point is now at the southern end of the Glamorganshire Canal Local Nature Reserve and all the water from the canal runs into the feeder before disappearing into a piped water course that passes under the modern housing estate.
At the southern end of the housing estate, the feeder re-emerges at the point where the Melingriffith water pump stands, the pump originally designed to pump water from the feeder into the Canal at Melingriffith Lock. Today, the Glamorganshire Canal has been almost totally overbuilt. Ty Mawr Road has replaced the route of the canal from Melingriffith all the way to Whitchurch.
Contemporary Whitchurch
With the expansion of Cardiff in the twentieth century, Whitchurch is no longer considered a separate village; although residents, old and new, refer commonly to "The Village" in preference to acknowledging its suburban status. The modern suburb contains a number of schools, a shopping centre, Whitchurch Hospital, a psychiatric hospital originally built in the Victorian era. In addition, adjacent to Whitchurch Hospital is Velindre Hospital, a major cancer hospital in South Wales. Whitchurch High School is the largest school in Wales.
The national office of the Presbyterian Church of Wales is located at the Tabernacle Church, Whitchurch.
The Conservative Party in Wales headquarters are located on Penlline Road, Whitchurch.
Road and Rail Access
Whitchurch lies between two local rail services, the Taff Vale Line, which runs through the neighbouring Llandaff North (the train station is called Llandaff and is located on the boundary of Whitchurch and Llandaff North, where Heol Don and Station Road meet) and the Coryton Line at the north of end of Whitchurch. Whitchurch (Glamorgan) railway station is located on the latter.
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 Pubs/Bars in Whitchurch:
The Three Elms
Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1JE
 029 20616866
Fox & Hounds
Old Church Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1AD
029 20693377
The Maltsters Arms
75 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DD
029 20691097
The Plough
1 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DA
029 20623017
The Royal Oak
Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DN
029 20695061
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 Restaurants in Whitchurch:
Dragon Inn 
69 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DD
029 20626962
India Gate Restaurant 
17 Penlline Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2AA
029 20611178
Khazana
13 Penlline Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2AA
029 20615202
The Pizzeria Villaggio 
73B Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DD
029 20613110
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Cafes in Whitchurch:
Coopers Cafe
43 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DB
029 20627111
La Petit
76 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DJ
029 20693303
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Take Aways in Whitchurch:
BB's Bar
5 Codas House
54-60 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DJ
029 20618355
First Home Deliveries
77a Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DD
029 20611111
Top Gun Fish Bar 
33 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DB
029 20618693
Victoria Fish & Chip Bar
41 Old Church Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1AB
029 20625286
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 For Children in Whitchurch:
Little Cherubs Nursery
12 Penlline Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2AD
029 20521007
Tadpole Hall (Playgroup)
14 Evansfield Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2FA
029 20555160
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 Other in Whitchurch:
Earl Haig Memorial (Royal British Legion) Club
23-25 Penlline Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2AA
029 20614209
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 Retail in Whitchurch:
Tesco - Whitchurch Express
2-4 PARK Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 7BQ
0845 0269236
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 Places of Worship in Whitchurch:
 Ararat Baptist Church - Church Office
Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DG
029 2061 0831
Ararat Baptist Church
Plas Treoda
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1PT
029 20616564
Bethel Baptist Church
Penlline Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2AA
029 20522113
 www.bethelcardiff.org.uk
The Presbyterian Church Of Wales
Church House
81 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DD
029 20627465
www.ebcpcw.org.uk
Rectory Of St Mary's Parish Church
Penlline Road
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2AD
029 20626072
www.churchinwales.org.uk
 St Teilo (RC)
Old Church Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 1AD
02920 623444
 02920 623444
Whitchurch Methodist Church
Penlline Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2AA
029 2062 8705
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 Schools/Colleges in Whitchurch:
Coryton Primary School
Hollybush Estate
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 7DS
02920 616792
02920 694091
Eglwys Newydd Primary School
Glan-Y-Nant Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 1AP
02920 628239
02920 628239
Eglwys Wen Primary School
Erw Las
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 1NL
02920 623441
02920 623441
www.eglwyswenprimaryschool.co.uk
Whitchurch High School (Secondary)
Penlline Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 2XJ
02920 629700
02920 629701
YMCA (College)
27 Church Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 2DX
02920 628745
02920 520552
 [email protected]
www.ystrad-mynach-college.co.uk
Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd (Primary)
Yr Erw Las
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 1NL
02920 691247
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 Chemists/Pharmacies in Whitchurch:
Boots The Chemist
15 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DA
029 2062 0185
Lloyds Pharmacy
34-42, Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 1DH
029 2062 1156
Lloyds Pharmacy
8 Park Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 7BQ
029 2062 6986
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 Doctors/GPs in Whitchurch:
Drs Broughton, J.M Lewis G Jones D.L
Birchfield Surgery
4 Church Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 2DZ
029 2052 2455
Drs Hayes G,Davies C & McConnell
Whitchurch Village Practice
Park Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 7EZ
029 2062 9602
Drs Jones A & Hyett C.A
Llwyncelyn Practice
Park Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 7EZ
029 2035 7601
Drs Ward, Wiltshire & Lloyd
Whitchurch Road Surgery
210 Whitchurch Road
Heath
Cardiff
South Glamorgan
CF14 3NB
029 2062 1282
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Whitchurch - From 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849)
WHITCHURCH, a parish, in the union of Cardiff, partly in the hundred of Caerphilly, and partly in that of Kibbor, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Cardiff; containing 1356 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the turnpike-road leading from Cardiff to Merthyr-Tydvil, and comprises the Upper and Lower divisions, the former of which, by a decision of the county magistrates at the quarter-sessions, in April 1831, is now in the hundred of Kibbor. It includes an extensive tract of uninclosed arable and pasture land, part of which is an allotment of Cardiff heath, on its inclosure many years ago. The soil is in general fertile, and favourable to the production of wheat and other grain; Whitchurch is said to be the best barley parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, and the scenery is agreeably enlivened by some handsome seats. Green Meadow is a spacious and handsome modern mansion, in the later style of English architecture, delightfully situated above the river Tâf, and under the declivity of a lofty mountain; the grounds are tastefully laid out, comprehending a rich variety of scenery, and embracing a fine prospect to the north, of the picturesque ruins of Castell Côch, built by Ivor ab Cadivor (called also Ivor Bâch) to defend the pass up the valley of the Tâf. Velindra, the pleasant and picturesque seat of Thomas William Booker, Esq., high sheriff of the county in 1848, commands some delightful views of the Tâf and its adjacent scenery; the gardens and grounds are extensive, and very beautiful. The iron and tin-plate works of Melin-Griffith, of which Mr. Booker is the proprietor, form a large establishment here; about five hundred persons are constantly employed, and on an average about 30,000 boxes of tin-plates, and 4000 tons of sheet-iron, are annually manufactured, the conveyance of which to their destination is facilitated by the Glamorganshire canal and the Tâf-Vale railway. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaf; income, £80: the tithes have been commuted for £493. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat and substantial edifice, in good repair. There are places of worship for Baptists and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists, with a Sunday school held in each of them. Joan Williams, in 1707, bequeathed £20, and Thomas Lewis, in 1724, £5, for the benefit of the poor; which sums having been expended many years since for parochial purposes, the interest, £1. 5., is distributed from the rates, on Good Friday. There are an encampment supposed to be of Roman construction, and a lofty tumulus; but nothing is known of their origin.
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