BARRY, a parish, in the hundred of DINASPOWYS, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 9 miles (S. W.) from Cardiff, containing
72 inhabitants. This parish is pleasantly situated on the shore of the Bristol channel, by which it is bounded on the
south, and comprises but a small tract of country, of which the surface is pleasingly diversified and richly ornamented
with woods of luxuriant growth, and thriving coppices of underwood. The surrounding scenery is generally pleasing, and the
views extending over the channel and the adjacent country are interesting and extensive. The soil, though various, is in
general fertile and productive, and the inhabitants are principally employed in agriculture. The living is a rectory, not
in charge, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of R. Jones,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £28. 13.