A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PYLE, a village and a parish in Bridgend district, Glamorgan. The village stands adjacent to the South Wales railway, near its intersection by the Llynvi Valley railway, 5¾ miles W N W of Bridgend; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office‡ under Bridgend. The parish, together with Kenfigg and Skerr, comprises 4, 526acres of land and 725 of water. Real property of P. alone, £3, 949; of which £1, 619 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 991; in 1861, 1, 192. Houses, 231. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of collieries and of coke and ironworks. The property is nearly all in one estate. An excellent building-stone is quarried. The living is a conjoint vicarage with Kenfigg in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £110. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good. Charities, £9.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pyle AP/CP Bridgend and Cowbridge RegD/PLU Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Pyle |
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