Marcross, Glamorgan

Description
Marcross, a parish in Glamorgan, on the Bristol Channel, near Nash Point, 6 miles SW of Cowbridge, and 7 S of Bridgend. Post town, Bridgend; money order office, Wick; telegraph office, Llantwit Major. Acreage, 920 of land, with 114 of adjacent foreshore; population, 89. There are remains of an ancient castle, remains of a monastic grange, a cromlech called "Old Church," and a mineral spring. A landslip occurred on 24 July, 1833, precipitating about 200,000 tons of limestone rock from a lofty cliff to the beach. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £169 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff. The church is Norman, and was restored in 1893.