Llangonoyd or Llangynwyd, Glamorgan

Description
Llangonoyd or Llangynwyd, a village and a parish in Glamorgan. The village stands on the upper part of the river Llynvi, and has a station on the Llynvi and Ogmore branch of the G.W.R., 1 1/2 mile S of Maesteg. and 6 1/2 miles NNW of Bridgend. It has a post office under Bridgend ; m£ney order and telegraph office, Llwydarth Road. The parish comprises the hamlets of Higher, Middle, and Lower Llangynwyd, and Cwmdu, and it contains the villages of Maesteg and Spelter, each of which has a post office. Acreage, 11,462; population, 10,560. The surface is hilly. Cevn Udva is an ancient seat of the Mackworths. There are ruins of an old castle, and remains of several ancient camps. The parish was a retreat of Edward II. in his adversity. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, 11,805. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelries of Baidan and Maesteg, in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £289 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St Cynwyd, is ancient, and was thoroughly restored in 1893. There are chapels of ease at Maesteg and Spelter, and Roman Catholic, Baptist, Calvinistic Methodist, Wesleyan, and Congregational chapels.