MERTHYR-DOVAN (MERTHYR-DYFAN), a parish, in the union of CARDIFF, hundred of DINASPOWYS, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (S. W.) from Cardiff; containing, 432 inhabitants. This small parish, bordering on the Bristol Channel, is in general hilly, and the inhabitants are exclusively employed in agriculture. The living is a discharectory, rated in the king's books at £4. 17. Si.,i. and endowed with £200 royal bounty; present net income, £109; patron, R. F. Jenner, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Dovanus, is situated in a valley watered by a small stream which passes near Cadoxton, and falls into the Bristol Channel at Barry Island. Highlight is an extra-parochial district, for ecclesiastical purposes attached to this parish, the inhabitants attending divine service here. The late Mr. Richards, of Barry, left £-40, and the Rev. Mr. Powel, £54, the former secured upon the Rumney bridge trust, and the latter in the new four per cent. stock, directing the interest to be given on St. Thomas's-day, among the poor not receiving parochial