St Mary Hill

St Mary Hill

St Mary's Church
St Mary Hill
St Mary Hill shown within the Vale of Glamorgan
OS grid reference SS958787
Community
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district CF35
Dialling code 01446
Police South Wales
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

St Mary Hill 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

  1. 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.
  2. Williams (1973), p.120
  3. 1 2 Williams (1973), p.121

Bibliography

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