Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for YNYSAWDRE

YNYSAWDRE, a hamlet in St. Brides-Minor parish, Glamorgan; at the confluence of the rivers Ewenny and Ogmore, 3¼ miles S of Bridgend. Acres, 386. Real property, £248. Pop. in 1851, 190; in 1861, 345. Houses, 66. The increase of pop. arose from extension of iron-manufacture.

[NB the entry is incorrect: Ynysawdre is north of Bridgend, at the junction of the Ogmore and Garw rivers — GBHGIS project]


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: St Brides Minor CP/AP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Ynysawdre

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