St Mary Hill

Human settlement in Wales

Llangan

Vale of Glamorgan

South Glamorgan

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St Mary Hill (Welsh: Eglwys Fair Y Mynydd) is a settlement in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of the market town of Cowbridge. It is part of the community of Llangan along with Treoes and the village of Llangan itself.^[1]

History

In the Middle Ages St Mary Hill was located partly within two manors, Gelligarn and Ruthin. Gelligarn, known historically as Kilticar, belonged to the De Alweias (De Haweys) during the 12th century.^[2] The De Alweias held the manor under the Le Sores of St Fagans, before it switched ownership to Neath Abbey during the reign of Henry II.^[3] The lordship of Ruthin, of which Gelligarn once formed part, contained the medieval parish church, known locally in the Welsh language as Eglwys Fair y Mynydd to distinguish it from a second St Mary Church located in Llanfair, also in the Vale of Glamorgan.^[3]

Notes

^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
^ Williams (1973), p.120
^ ^a ^b Williams (1973), p.121

Bibliography

Price, Aeron (1973). "Llangan, St Mary Hill and Llansannor". In Stewart Williams (ed.). Glamorgan Historian. Vol. III, The Garden of Wales (2nd ed.). Cowbridge: D Brown and sons.

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Vale of Glamorgan County Borough

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Main settlements

Communities

Villages

Landmarks and
listed buildings

Grade I	Church of St John the Baptist Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge Coedarhydyglyn Ewenny Priory Fonmon Castle Hensol Castle Ogmore Castle Old Beaupre Castle St Donat's Castle St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major
Grade II*	Barry Castle The Blue Anchor Inn Cowbridge Grammar School Cowbridge Town Hall Dyffryn Gardens Gileston Manor Llandough Castle St Quintins Castle