Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan

(Y Bont-Faen)

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Cowbridge is a settlement in Vale of Glamorgan

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Cowbridge within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Cowbridge in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Cowbridge, parl. bor., market town, and par., with ry. sta., SE. Glamorgan, 14 miles SW. of Cardiff and 187 miles W. of London, 116 ac., pop. 1229; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. Cowbridge (Welsh Pontfaen, a corruption of Pont-y-Fon, of which the English name is a translation) is an ancient little town. In 1091 it was surrounded with a stone wall by Robert de St Quentin. A free grammar-school was founded and endowed in the reign of Charles II. C. unites with Cardiff and Llantrisaint in sending 1 member to Parl.

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