Gelligaer, Glamorgan

Description
Gelligaer, a village and a parish in Glamorgan. The village stands on an eminence on the E border of the county, between the rivers Rhymney and Clydach, 1 1/2 mile E of Pen-;gam station on the L. & N.W. and Rhymney, and the Brecon , .and Merthyr railways, and 14 miles N by W of Cardiff, and i has a post office under Cardiff; money order office, Pengam ; telegraph office, Maes-y-Cwmmer. A Roman camp was here, ] and gave occasion for the suffix "gaer;" and a Roman road , went hence, and has left some traces. The parish includes i the hamlets of Hengoed, Garthgwynid, Ysgwyddgwyn, Cefn .and Brithdir, and the villages of Pontlottyn, Bargoed, Bed-il-inog, Deri, Fochriw, Tirphil, and Troedyfuwch. Acreage, 16,772; population, 12,754. Several old houses are in the parish, and one of these, now a farmhouse, near Llancaiach, is said to have given a night's lodging to Charles I. A 'battle was fought here between the Welsh and the Normans in 1094. Coal mining is carried on extensively. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £200 with iresidence. The parish church, dedicated to St Cadocus, stands on high ground, and has a square tower visible-at a great distance. It was restored in 1867. Pontlottyn was formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1870. The Jiving is a vicarage in the gift of the Rector of Gelligaer; ^ro&s value, £200. There are also churches at Brithdir, Bargoed, Bedlinog, Deri, Fochriw, Troedyfuwch, Trelewis, Tirphil, Newtown, and Gwerthonor, and numerous dissenting "chapels.