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St Brides Major

"ST. BRIDE'S MAJOR, in the Cwmwd of Maenor Glynn Ogwr, Cantref of Cron Nedd (now called the Hundred of Ogmore), County of GLAMORGAN, South Wales: a discharged Vicarage, with the Curacy of Wick, valued in the King's Books at £9..16..5 1/2: Patron, Richard T. Turbervill, Esq. The Resident Population of this Parish, in 1801 (consisting of the Hamlets of the St. Bride's, Llamphy, and Southern-Down), was 682. The Money raised by the Parish Rates, in 1803, was £352..11..0 3/4, at 2s. 2d. in the pound. It is 4m. S. b. E. from Bridgend. This Parish contains 3000 acres of inclosed and cultivated Land, and about 1500 acres of open Downs. Here is an immense Spring, which issues out of a Rock at the extremity of the Parish, and which is esteemed equal to the Water of the Hot Wells for keeping. It is situate near the Bristol Channel. ROBERT THOMAS, the Poet, was a Native of this place: and flourished from about the year 1700 to 1750."
From: A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle, London, 1811.

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Description and Travel Directories History Maps Population

Bibliography

Here is a substantial reading list of books which relate to Glamorgan, either county or parish.

An index to the book St. Brides Major, Southerndown & Ogmore by Sea, A chronicle of a parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, by Stanley W. Bevan [1980], has been provided by Pat Grimes

Cemeteries

• Parish Church of St. Bridget

Church History

Chapels Database  - a  list of all known non-conformist chapels or other non-Anglican religions in the parish

Parish of St Bride's Major

Church Records

A transcription of the registers is available from the Glamorgan Family History Society for the years: Baptisms, 1721-1901, Marriages, 1721-1837, Burials, 1721-1901.

Modern Parishes & Chapels of Ease :-

• All Saints, Southerndown

The following Religious Institutions are covered in the Mormon International Genealogical Index (IGI) :-

• St. Brides Major, St. Bridget - Christenings (BT's), 1813-1864

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within St Brides Major as shown on the parish map on the CD of  Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Gareth Hicks)

• Southerndown (115); Black Rocks; Caves; Glan-y-mor; Sealawn Fm.; Southern-down (village).
• St Brides Major (114); Beacons Down; Blackhall; Bryn Awel; Castle upon Alun; Clemenston Brook; Craig-yr-eos; Croes Antony; Cwm Alun; Cwm Mawr; Dancing Stones; Deer Park; Dunraven Castle; Durfol; Flemings Down; Golf Links; Groes; Groes Gwta; Heol y Milwyr; Heol-y-mynydd; Heol y Slough; Kingshall; Little Norton; Mount Pleasant; Norton Hall; Ogmore (village); Ogmore Castle (in ruins); Ogmore Down; Ogmore (Ogwr) River; Old Castle Down; Old Castle-upon-Alun; Pant; Pant Mari Flanders; Pant St Brides; Pant-y-groes Lodge; Pen-ucha'r-dre; Pen-y-lan; Pitcot; Pitcot Fm.; Pont Alun; Pumping Sta.; Round Cott.; Sealands; Sea Mouth; Slade; Southerndown Rd. Sta.; St Brides Major (village); Sutton; Sutton Quarries; The Flats; Traeth Bach; Trywyn y Witch; Tychau Rhiw-clai; Ty-maen; Ty'n-y-caeau; Vicarage; Whitmore Stairs
• Llampha (113); Llampha; Pentre-hwnt; Tai'r-croes; Tair Croes Down;

Description of parish from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis

St Brides Major - on Wikipedia

Directories

History

Aerial photograph of Dunraven Iron Age hillfort and remains of Dunraven Castle, 1992 - on the Gathering the Jewels site

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Population

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St Brides Major

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