Aberthin

Coordinates: 51°28′01″N 3°25′46″W / 51.46704°N 3.42948°W / 51.46704; -3.42948
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Aberthin
Aberthin
Aberthin is located in Vale of Glamorgan
Aberthin
Aberthin
Location within the Vale of Glamorgan
OS grid referenceST008752
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCowbridge
Postcode districtCF71
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
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List of places
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Wales
Vale of Glamorgan
51°28′01″N 3°25′46″W / 51.46704°N 3.42948°W / 51.46704; -3.42948

Aberthin is a small village, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, on the north side of a shallow valley, less than a mile northeast of Cowbridge across the A48 road.[1] Cowbridge Comprehensive School lies just to the southwest of the village. About 250 metres to the south is an old quarry, with a "faulted strip of grey oolite".[2] Aberthin is also the name of a brook, the River Aberthin.[3] The village was served by the Aberthin Platform railway station between 1905 and 1920, now a field to the west of Aberthin.

Etymology

Thomas Morgan recorded an early belief that the village had been a place of druidic sacrifices, and that the name derived from the word Abertha (sacrifice). However, this derivation is now considered a folk etymology.[4] As the Nant y Berthyn's confluence (or "Aber" in Welsh) with the River Thaw located just to the west of the village's centre, the name is most likely a contraction of "Aber-Nant-y-Berthyn".

Notable landmarks

It has no shops, but does have two

Peter Williams gave a speech in which he was disowned by the Methodists.[6] Houses in the area include Llansannor Court and Great House, Aberthin.[1]

Culture

The village hall committee organises many events throughout the year, such as a duck race (where plastic yellow ducks are raced down the stream), a free

live music
and a dog show.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9780117007543
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  2. ^ Geological Survey of Great Britain (1927). The Geology of the South Wales Coal-field ...: The country around Bridgend (Sheets 261, 262 of the map), by Aubrey Strahan and T. C. Cantrill, with parts by H. B. Woodward and R. H. Tiddeman. 1904. Printed for H.M. Stationery off., by Wyman and sons, limited.
  3. ^ Willett, Mark (1825). The Stranger in Monmouthsire, and South Wales; or, Illustrative sketches of the history, antiquities, and scenery, of South Wales, and its borders. p. 354.
  4. ^ Morgan, Thomas (1912). The Place-Names of Wales. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 163. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
  6. ISBN 9780850889161
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