Pendoylan, Glamorgan

Description
Pendoylan, a village and a parish in Glamorgan, adjacent to the river Ely, 2 miles W by N of Peterston station on the G.W.R., 5 NE of Cowbridge, and 9 W of Cardiff. There is a, post office under Cowbridge; money order office, Peterston-super-Ely; telegraph office, Bonvilston. Acreage of parish, 3579; population, 352. Hensol belonged to the Talbots, and passed to the Crawshays. There are limestone and mineral springs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff;. gross value, £185 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5