In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llyswyrny like this:
LLYSWORNEY, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; 2½ miles E by S of Cowbridge r. station. Posttown, Cowbridge. Acres, 897. Real property, £1,489. Pop., 189. Houses, 38. The property is divided among a few. Little Nash is a chief residence. The living is a rectory annexed to the vicarage of Lantwit-Major, in the diocese of Llandaff. ...
The church recently required some repair. Page 133 missing!! and its Post town is Pickering, under York. Acres, 6,610. Real property, £1,422. Pop., 396. Houses, 83. Much of the land is moor. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Middleton in the diocese of York. There are a church, a Wesleyan chapel, and a Primitive Methodist chapel.—The sub-district includes also Levisham parish. Acres, 9,572. Pop., 544. Houses, 113
Llyswyrny through time
Llyswyrny is now part of The Vale of Glamorgan district. Click here for graphs and data of how The Vale of Glamorgan has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llyswyrny itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llyswyrny in The Vale of Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6728
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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