Ystradowen, Glamorgan

Description
Ystradowen, a parish in Glamorgan, 2 1/2 miles NE of Cowbridge, with a station on the Taff Vale railway. Post town, Cowbridge. Acreage, 1568; population, 215. Ash Hall is the chief residence. A seat of Prince Owen ab Cyllin stood here, and was an annual meeting-place of the bards till 1720. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is modern.