Llangynwyd Lower

Llangynwyd Lower
Welsh: Llangynwyd Isaf
Coytrahen
Llangynwyd Lower Llangynwyd Lower shown within Bridgend
Population	440 ^[1]
OS grid reference	SS870855
Community	Llangynwyd Lower
Principal area	Bridgend
Ceremonial county	Mid Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRIDGEND
Postcode district	CF32
Dialling code	01656
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Bridgend
Welsh Assembly	Bridgend
List of places UK Wales Bridgend

Coordinates: 51°33′28″N 3°37′51″W / 51.557709°N 3.630937°W / 51.557709; -3.630937

Llangynwyd Lower is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It is located to the north west of Bridgend and contains the village of Coytrahen. At the 2001 census, the population of the community was 467,^[2] reducing to 440 at the 2011 Census.

The community is the southern part of the old parish of Llangynwyd, and was created by government reorganization in 1974. The majority of Llangynwyd Lower is made up of hilly farmland and is sparsely populated. The western border of the community is a woodland valley, while the eastern border roughly follows the River Llynfi and the A4063 road.

Buildings of note

To the west of the community on the slopes of Mynydd Ty-talwyn, are the remains of a several medieval house platforms.

Coytrahen House^[3]^[4] is an 18th and 19th century landscaped park containing a once elegant three-storey country house. The house and gardens were built during the ownership of John Popkin, but during the industrialisation of the area the western edge of the park was opened up to the Great Western Railway. The track of the original 1828 Maesteg to Porthcawl Tramway runs through the area, on the hillside, west of the present rail line.

At the community's northern border is the farm of Cefn Ydfa, the home of Ann Maddocks.

References

↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 6 November 2015.
↑ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
↑ "Coytrahen Estate Papers". archifaucymru.org.uk.
↑ "Coytrahen House, Bridgend, Wales". parksandgardens.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

External links

Bridgend County Borough

Bridgend County Borough Council

Communities	Brackla Bridgend Cefn Cribwr Coity Higher Coychurch Higher Coychurch Lower Cornelly Garw Valley Laleston Llangynwyd Lower Llangynwyd Middle Maesteg Merthyr Mawr Newcastle Higher Ogmore Valley Pencoed Porthcawl Pyle St Bride's Minor Ynysawdre

Towns and villages	Aberkenfig Bettws Blackmill Bridgend Bryncethin Brynmenyn Bryntirion Caerau Cefn Cross Coity Coychurch Coytrahen Cwmfelin Danygraig Garth Heol-y-Cyw Kenfig Kenfig Hill Laleston Litchard Llangan Llangeinor Llangynwyd Maudlam Maesteg Merthyr Mawr Nantymoel Newton North Cornelly Nottage Ogmore Vale Pantygog Pantyrawel Pen-y-fai Pencoed Pontycymer Porthcawl Price Town Pyle Sarn South Cornelly Tondu Tythegston Wild Mill Wyndham

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Rivers	Ewenny River River Garw River Llynfi River Ogmore

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