In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tythegston like this:
TYTHEGSTON, a parish, with two hamlets, in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; 4 miles W by S of Bridgend r. station. Post town, Bridgend. Acres, 2,871. Real property, £3,602. Pop. in 1851, 1,152; in 1861, 1,678. Houses, 340. The increase of pop. arose from extension of collieries, and of coke and iron works. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Newcastle. The church is good.
Tythegston through time
Tythegston is now part of Bridgend district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bridgend has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tythegston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tythegston, in Bridgend and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9149
Date accessed: 30th March 2024
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