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Name | Coety |
Alt names | Coity | source: spelling variation | | Coyty | source: spelling variation | | Coety Higher | source: part of parish | | Coity Higher | source: spelling variation | | Coety Lower | source: part of parish | | Coity Lower | source: spelling variation | | Hendre | source: settlement in parish | | Litchard | source: settlement in parish | | Nolton | source: settlement in parish | | Oldcastle | source: settlement in parish |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 51.521°N 3.552°W |
Located in | Glamorgan, Wales ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Mid Glamorgan, Wales (1974 - 1996) | | Bridgend (principal area), Wales (1996 - ) |
See also | Newcastle Hundred, Glamorgan, Wales | hundred in which it was situated | | Pen Y Bont Rural, Glamorgan, Wales | rural district in which it was located 1894-1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Coety (or Coyty) from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "COYTY, a parish in Bridgend [registration] district, Glamorgan; on the river Ogmore, and on the South Wales railway, around and above Bridgend. It consists of the hamlet of Higher Coyty, which includes the village of Hendre, and the hamlet of Lower Coyty, which includes the town of Bridgend and the villages of Nolton and Oldcastle. Acres of Higher [Coyty]: 2,911. Real property: £1,964. Population: 511. Houses: 107. Acres of Lower [Coyty]: 1,660. Real property: £5,366. Population: 2,174. Houses: 429. Post town, Bridgend. The property is not much divided. The manor belongs to the Earl of Dunraven. Coyty Castle, 2 miles NE by N of Bridgend, was built in 1091, by Pain de Turberville; passed through the Berkrolles, the Gamages, and the Sydneys, to the Wyndhams; and is now an extensive ruin, not possessing much architectural interest. A number of the inhabitants are miners. The living is a rectory, united with the [perpetual] curacy of Nolton, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £416. Patron, the Earl of Dunraven. The church is a fine Cruciform edifice of the 14th century, well restored in 1859: has a tower in decorated English, windows variously decorated and perpendicular, and a massive groined roof; and contains several monuments. Hopkin, the poet, was a native."
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Coity is a village in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. Coity is part of the community of Coity Higher and is notable for being home to Coity Castle, one of the best preserved castles in Glamorgan. Other buildings of note in the village include St Mary, a 14th-century church, and Ty Mawr, a fine 16th-century house.
Coity Higher
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Coity Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It contains the north western suburbs of Bridgend which includes the villages of Litchard and Coity. The southern boundary of the community adjoins the community of Brackla, while the northern border is defined by the M4 motorway.
Coity Higher was part of the rural district of Pen Y Bont from 1894 until 1974.
Coity Lower
Coity Lower is not covered in Wikipedia. See quotation from Wilson's Gazetteer above.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Glamorgan Lots of leads to other sources and descriptions of former parishes.
- The FamilySearch Wiki on Glamorgan has recently been updated (early 2016) and looks remarkably like Wikipedia. Their map "Glamorgan Parish Map.jpg" enlarges to show all the original parishes. The sub-section "Parishes of Historic Glamorgan" lists all the parishes of Glamorgan and the newer preserved counties and principal areas in both English and Welsh. (Currently this website is still under construction.)
Maps
The first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
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These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
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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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