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St. Bride's Major (Welsh: Saint y brid) is a village within the modern "community" or civil parish of the same name in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. The community, which also includes the villages of Ogmore-by-Sea and Southerndown had a population of 2,009 in the UK census of 2001. [The writer was unable to access the 2011 census data because the Office of National Statistics would not accept either St. Bride's Major or St Brides Major in their search engine. Answer to complaint awaited.] Prior to 1974 St. Bride's Major was located in historic county of Glamorgan and from 1974 until 1996 in the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan.
St. Bride's Major is a community (or civil parish) on the western edge of the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. Its largest settlement is the village of St. Bride's Major, and also includes the villages of Ogmore-by-Sea and Southerndown, and the hamlets of Ogmore Village, Castle upon Alun, Heol y Mynydd, Norton and Pont yr Brown. [edit] EconomyAgriculture has been the traditional mainstay of the local economy, with farms being historically found in all the old villages, plus the hamlets of Pitcot, Durval, Heol y Mynydd, Norton and Pont yr Brown and isolated farms. Mining and quarrying have also been carried on in various parts of the community. Along the coast both "Sutton Stone" (a stone that can be carved and sawn, due to its lack of grain and slow hardening once it is exposed to air) and lead and other minerals have been extracted. Inland, the Duchy quarry near Castle upon Alun is now disused, but two large quarries, the Pant Quarry and Lithalun Quarry produce both aggregates and cement from the limestone (along with the nearby Ewenny Quarry, in Ewenny community or parish). [edit] Research Tips
[edit] MapsThe first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
These maps of Glamorgan post-1974 were found on another site and are very useful for sorting out the up-to-date geography of the area
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