Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan

Description
Merthyr Mawr, a parish in Glamorgan, on the river Ogmore, near its influx to the Bristol Channel, 2 miles SW of Bridgend railway station. It has a post office under Bridgend; money order and telegraph office, Bridgend. Acreage, 2248 of land and 14 of water, with 19 of adjacent tidal water and 422 of foreshore; population, 121. The .manor belonged formerly to the Siwards and the Stradlings. Merthyr Mawr House is the seat of the Nicholl family, and its grounds contain two fine sculptured crosses. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £91. The church was built in 1852.