Editing Adamsdown

{{Short description|Area and community in Cardiff, Wales}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
| static_image_name           = Admiral House Cardiff.JPG
| static_image_caption        = Admiral House
| static_image_width          = 200px
| coordinates                 = {{coord|51.48531|-3.15929|display=inline,title}}
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Cardiff Central (Assembly constituency)|Cardiff Central]]
| official_name               = Adamsdown
| community_wales             = Adamsdown
| unitary_wales               = [[Cardiff]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[South Glamorgan]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff Central]]
| post_town                   = CARDIFF
| postcode_district           = CF24
| postcode_area               = CF
| dial_code                   = 029
| os_grid_reference           = ST196769
| population                  = 10,371
| population_ref              = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13696947&c=CF24+1DT&d=14&e=62&g=6497303&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428234099164&enc=1|title=Cardiff ward 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2015}}</ref>
| module= [[File:2024 Wales Cardiff Community Adamsdown map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}

'''Adamsdown''' (sometimes {{langx|cy|Waunadda}} or {{lang|cy|italic=yes|Y Sblot Uchaf}}, {{gloss|Upper [[Splott]]}}) is an [[inner city]] area and [[community (Wales)|community]] in the south of [[Cardiff]], the capital city of [[Wales]]. Adamsdown is generally located between [[Newport Road]], to the north and the [[South Wales Main Line|mainline railway]] to the south. The area includes [[Cardiff (HM Prison)|Cardiff Prison]], Cardiff Magistrates' Court, [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary]], a [[University of South Wales]] campus, and many streets of residential housing. There are two primary schools in the area, Adamsdown Primary School and Tredegarville Primary School.

==History==
In mediaeval times, Adamsdown lay just outside the east walls of Cardiff and was owned by the lords of [[Glamorgan]]. The area may be named after an Adam Kygnot, a [[porter (carrier)|porter]] at [[Cardiff Castle]] around 1330 AD. The Welsh name ''Waunadda'' derives from ''(g)waun'' (a heath or down) and the personal name ''Adda'' (Adam). This name appears to be a recent creation, and there is no evidence that Adam Kygnot was ever called 'Adda'. ''Y Sblot Uchaf'' is the Welsh name of Upper Splott, a farm that stood on the site of the later Great Eastern Hotel (demolished 2009) on the corner of Sun Street and Metal Street.<ref>John Hobson Matthews (ed.), 'Schedule of place names: S – Z', Cardiff Records: volume 5 (1905), pp. 413–437. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=48206 Date. Retrieved 27 June 2013.</ref>

According to an 1824 map, Adamsdown was largely a {{convert|270|acre|km2|adj=on}} farm. A replacement for a prison which was located on [[St. Mary Street/High Street|St Mary Street]] opened in the area in 1832, and a cemetery in 1848. In the following year, an outbreak of [[cholera]] affected the area. As the cemetery became full, it was converted into a park. In 1883 the "South Wales and Mounmouthsire Infirmary" was opened at a cost of £23,000. Many were refused from the hospital, such as those with infectious diseases and women in the advanced stages of pregnancy. In 1923, the hospital became the [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary]].

The [[Newtown, Cardiff|Newtown]] area of Adamsdown was the first new area to be developed, where many Irish immigrants settled. Street names are drawn from astronomy (Star, Constellation, Planet, Eclipse etc.), metals (Gold, Copper, Tin, Zinc, etc.) or jewellery (Topaz, Pearl, Agate, Saphire etc.).

[[File:Church of St German Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 1153094.jpg|thumb|left|180px|St German's Church]]
The [[St German's Church|Church of St German of Auxerre]], Star Street, was designed by [[George Frederick Bodley|Bodley]] & [[Thomas Garner|Garner]] and built 1881–84. It is described as "tall, spacious and elegant", also with a contemporary school house.<ref>{{cite book|last=Newman|first=John|title=Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan|year=1995|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=0-14-071056-6|page=95|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DpUMspCtpNIC&pg=PA95}}</ref> The church is Grade I [[Listed buildings|listed]].

Cardiff's first municipal secondary school was established at Howard Gardens in 1884, which became a Grammar School in 1941. It was destroyed by bombing in [[World War II]], and a [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]] campus now stands on the site.

Until the 1970s, Roath Cattle Market and Slaughterhouse were located in Adamsdown. One could obtain meats illicitly off-ration during World War II. Regeneration of Adamsdown in the 20th century saw Victorian buildings demolished for 1960s and 70s tower blocks, the highest of which is [[Brunel House, Cardiff|Brunel House]], at the eastern gateway to [[Cardiff city centre]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Morgan|first=Dennis|title=The Illustrated History of Cardiff's Suburbs|publisher=Breedon Books Publishing|location=[[Derby]]|year=2003|isbn=1-85983-354-3}}</ref>

===Vulcan Hotel===
{{main|The Vulcan, Cardiff}}
[[File:The Vulcan - geograph.org.uk - 773881.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The Vulcan, April 2008, on its original site, looking towards high-rise private apartment and student housing of [[Tŷ Pont Haearn]]]]
The Vulcan Hotel was a hotel and [[public house]], formerly located in Adamsdown built in 1853. It was close to Queen Street station, on the southside of the [[A4161 road|Newport Road]] in the working class area of the suburb. It remained unchanged although adjoining Victorian buildings were demolished and redeveloped around it.

In 2012, [[Brains Brewery]] confirmed that they were to terminate their lease on the property. Marcol Asset Management agreed to donate the building to the [[St Fagans National History Museum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2012/05/vulcan_pub_cardiff_st_fagans_museum.html|title=Historic Cardiff pub to move to St Fagans National History Museum|publisher=[[BBC Wales]]|date=4 May 2012|access-date=15 July 2012}}</ref> From July 2012, the building was taken down by contractors and preservationists, to allow brick-by-brick movement to St Fagans, styled as a "between the wars" 1920-1930s period exhibit.

==Today==
[[File:Cardiff Magistrates Court Sept 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Cardiff Magistrates' Court]] 
Cardiff [[magistrate|Magistrates' Court]], [[Cardiff (HM Prison)|Cardiff Prison]], [[Cardiff and Vale University Health Board#Cardiff Royal Infirmary|Cardiff Royal Infirmary]], the [[Atrium (Cardiff)|Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries]] of the [[University of South Wales]], [[Cardiff Reform Synagogue]], and several [[Sikh]] temples can be found in this district and a mosque is under construction.

Adamsdown is one of the older working-class suburbs of Cardiff. It is about 10 minutes' walk from the commercial [[Cardiff city centre]]. It is largely a residential area, but is also home to the [[Rubicon Dance|Rubicon Dance school]]. Adamsdown has undergone regeneration, in particular the shopping area of Clifton Street, where the traditional stone buildings such as Roath Police station have been sandblasted and renovated, most of the shop fronts have been replaced and updated, the pavements have been widened and a new one-way traffic system has been introduced. The aim of this was to attract more traders and shoppers to the area.

==Adamsdown electoral ward==
[[Image:Cew adamstown.jpg|thumb|right|Adamsdown ward shown within Cardiff]]
{{main|Adamsdown (electoral ward)}}
Adamsdown is both an [[ward (politics)|electoral ward]], and a [[community (Wales)|community]] of the [[City of Cardiff Council|City of Cardiff]].  There is no [[community council]] for the area. The Adamsdown [[ward (politics)|electoral ward]] falls within the [[parliamentary constituency]] of [[Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff Central]].  It is bounded by the wards of [[Penylan]] to the north east; [[Splott (electoral ward)|Splott]] to the south east; [[Butetown]] to the south; [[Cathays (electoral ward)|Cathays]] to the west; and [[Plasnewydd]] to the north. In the 2016 local elections Nigel Howells (Lib Dem) and Owen Llewellyn Jones (Labour) were elected Councillors.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-18|title=Your Councillors|url=https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0|access-date=2021-09-18|website=cardiff.moderngov.co.uk}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[Cardiff Queen Street]] station is on the western fringe of Adamsdown. The station is on the [[Valley Lines]] urban rail network.

The area is also served by [[Cardiff Bus]]. Services stopping outside the [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary]], which all go to City Centre in the reverse direction are:
*11 (Pengam Green via Splott and Tremorfa)
*30 (Newport)
*44/45 (St. Mellons via Rumney)
*49/50 (Llanrumney)

The 11 route runs through the heart of the area connecting it with Tremorfa/Splott to the east and the City Centre to the west. The 1/2 ''Bay Circle'' route also serves some parts of the area.

The busy and commercial Newport Road ([[A4161 road|A4161]]) runs through northern Adamsdown, leading towards the [[M4 motorway]] to the east and the [[Cardiff city centre|city centre]] to the west. City Road leads to northern districts of [[Cardiff]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-20|title=Your Councillors|url=https://cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0|access-date=2021-07-20|website=cardiff.moderngov.co.uk}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Royal Oak, Cardiff]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080116235419/http://www.adamsdown.co.uk/ Adamsdown Community Forum]

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|[[Cathays]]
|[[Plasnewydd]]
|[[Roath]]
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|'''Adamsdown'''
|[[Tremorfa]]
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|[[Grangetown, Cardiff|Grangetown]]
|[[Butetown]]
|[[Splott]]
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