Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ystradowen

Ystradowen, par. and ry. sta., Glamorgan, 2¼ miles NE. of Cowbridge, 1568 ac., pop. 222; has traces of a seat of Prince Owen ab Cyllin, the annual meeting-place of the bards until 1720.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ystradowen AP/CP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Ystradowen

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