St Brides Major
St. Brides Major
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Fox and Hounds pub, St. Bride's Major | |
Location within the Vale of Glamorgan | |
Population | 1,940 |
OS grid reference | SS894750 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | CF |
Police | South Wales |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
St. Brides Major (Welsh: Sant-y-brid) is a village within the community also called St Brides Major in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales.
The village is located approximately 1.5 mi from the Glamorgan Heritage Coast. It is connected by bus to the nearby towns Llantwit Major and Bridgend 3 miles (5 km)).
Notable buildings
The village is the location of
The 12th-century Church of St Bridget is now in the combined Parish of Ewenny and St Brides Major, within the Diocese of Llandaff.[1] For much of its history it was a Parish in its own right, co-inciding with the civil parish and more recently community boundaries. Until the Reformation the Church was, along with Ewenny Priory and other local churches, a possession of Gloucester Abbey, both having been given to the abbey in 1141.[2] It contains a number of medieval tombs and memorials, but the building itself was heavily restored by Egbert Moxham in 1851.[3]
There were two
Electoral ward
St Brides Major was transferred from the Borough of
At the first
Prior to 1996 St Brides Major was a ward to
References
- ^ The Parish of Ewenny and St Brides Major, The Church in Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ The Story of St Bridget’s Church, St Brides Major, The Church in Wales. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ St Brides Conservation Area Appraisal, June 2008, Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures, St Brides Major. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ A Brief History of St Brides Major, Stbridesmajor.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- Plymouth University). Retrieved 20 July 2019.