Llangemor, Glamorgan

Description
Llangemor, a parish in Glamorgan, on the rivers Ogmore and Garw, 5 1/4 miles N by E of Bridgend. It contains the villages of Abergarw, Pontycymmer, and part of the hamlets of Blaengarw, Ogmore Vale or Tynewydd, Nantymoel, and Pontyrhyl. There are post offices at Pontycymmer (R.S.O.), Blaengarw (R.S.O.), Nantymoel (R.S.O.), Ogmore Vale, (R.S.O.), and Pontyrhyl. There is a station on the Garw and Ogmore sections of the G.W.R. Acreage of parish, 6654; population, 8004. Coal, iron, and limestone abound. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £58. The church is dedicated to St Ceinor. It was restored in 1893 on its original lines, showing the piscina, squints, rood-loft, &c., and has a beautiful stained-glass E window. There are chapels of ease at Ogmore Vale, Blaengarw, Nantymoel, Pontyrhyl, and Pontycymmer, and Baptist, Calvinistic Methodist, Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. There is a brewery at Abergarw.