Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COYCHURCH, or Coed-Dhu-Church

COYCHURCH, or Coed-Dhu-Church, two hamlets and a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan. The hamlets are Higher and Lower C.; and lie on the eastern branch of the river Ogmore, adjacent to the South Wales railway, 2½ and 1½ miles E by N of Bridgend. Acres, 3, 910 and 1, 090. Real property, £1, 868 and £1, 626. Pop., 316 and 295. Houses, 61 and 65. The parish includes also Pencoed hamlet and Peterstone chapelry; and it has a post office, of the name of Coychurch, under Bridgend. Acres, 9, 105. Real property, £6, 520; of which £440 are in mines. Pop., 1, 431. Houses, 301. The surface is diversified; and includes the Caer-Caradoc mountain. Coal and lime are worked. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Peterstone-super-Montem, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £446.* Patron, the Earl of Dunraven. The church is a fine Cruciform edifice of the 14th century, similar to the church of Coyty, but larger.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "two hamlets and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Coychurch Lower and Higher CP/AP       Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: COED DHU CHURCH     |     COYCHURCH     |     COYCHURCH OR COED DHU CHURCH
Place: Coychurch

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