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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llangeinwyr like this:
LLANGEINOR, a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan; on the rivers Ogmore and Garw, 5 miles N by E of Bridgend r. station. It contains the villages of Abergarw, Newmill, and Roughmill; and its Post town is Bridgend. Acres, 6,710. Real property, £1,395. Pop, 363. Houses, 75. Coal, iron, and limestone abound. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £71. Patron,R. M. Talbot, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Gwinear. Charities, £12.
Llangeinwyr is now part of BRIDGEND District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRIDGEND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llangeinwyr itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llangeinwyr, in Bridgend and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6383
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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