Trowbridge is an electoral ward in the east

Cardiff East

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 of the city

City

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 of Cardiff

Cardiff

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, capital of Wales

Wales

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The ward includes some or all of the areas of Cefn Mably

Cefn Mably

The district of Cefn Mably makes up part of St Mellons, a small suburb on the east side of Cardiff.-External links:* information on the Kemeys-Tynte family...

, St Mellons

St Mellons

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 estate and Trowbridge in the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff South & Penarth.

It is bounded by Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons

Pontprennau & Old St. Mellons

Pontprennau & Old St Mellons is an electoral ward located in the north-east of Cardiff Wales. It has a population that probably now exceeds 10,000 people due to sustained housebuilding in the Pontprennau section of the division, which is likely to continue for the next 10 years as a major urban...

 to the north west; Marshfield

Marshfield, Newport

Marshfield is an electoral ward and smaller village community and parish on the fringe of the city of Newport in South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.It is considered to be an affluent and sought-after area....

 (in Newport

Newport

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 principal area) to the east; and Splott

Splott

Splott is a district in the south of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales, just east of the city centre. It was built up in the late 19th century on the land of two farms of the same name: Upper Splott and Lower Splott Farms. Splott is characterised by its once vast steelworks and rows of tightly...

 and Rumney

Rumney, Cardiff

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 to the west.

Until 1938, the area was part of the civil parish

Civil parish

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 of Rumney, in the former county of Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (historic)

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