Corntown
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Corntown
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  Corntown Location within the Vale of Glamorgan | |
| OS grid reference | SS917773 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | CF |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Corntown (Welsh: Corntwn) is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan. It lies along the B4524 road, just outside Bridgend, 21.6 miles (34.8 km) west of the centre of Cardiff.[1] It has grown around Corntown Farm. Chapel Wood frames part of its western side. The Golden Mile Inn lies along the B4524 just to the northeast of the village.
History
[edit]Neolithic implements, especially flints, microliths and leaf arrowheads have been unearthed in the area, indicating an early settlement site nearby off Stony Lane.[2]
In around the 1610s, Edward Lewis of Van came into property in Corntown.[3] The Wescombe family are associated with Corntown and Ewenny.[4] Over the centuries the village has grown into the nearby village of Ewenny to such an extent that there is no longer a clear boundary between the two. Locally the boundary is taken to be between the ancient baptismal pool and the fortified gatehouse. The Grade II listed Corntown Court is a historical house in the village.[5]
On 4 July 1845 Edward Morse was ordained at Corntown.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
- ^ Williams, Glanmor (1984). Early Glamorgan: pre-history and early history. Printed and published for the Committee by W. Lewis (printers) limited. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-904730-04-3.
- ^ Skinner, John (1861). Archaeologia cambrensis. Cambrian Archaeological Association, W. Pickering. p. 20.
- ^ College of Arms (Great Britain) (1906). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. printed. p. 180.
- ^ The Medical register. General Medical Council. 2002.
- ^ The Baptist Magazine. 1845. p. 366.
