Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDYFODOG

LLANDYFODOG, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on a branch of the river Ogmore, 5¼ miles NE of Bridgend r. station. It contains the villages of Blackmill and Pantyrid; the former of which has a post office under Bridgend. Acres, 6,508. Real property, £1,495. Pop., 254. Houses, 53. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the duchy of Lancaster. Coal and iron ore are found; and there are mineral springs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £89. Patron, Miss E. Turberville. The church is dedicated to St. Tyvodwg, and is tolerably good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llandyfodwg AP/CP       Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Llandyfodwg

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