.OIRECTORY. SOUTH WALES.
LLANTHISSANT, WITH THE PARISHES AND VILLAGES OF LLANIIARRAN, LLANIIARRY, LLANILID, BRYN SADtER, CROSS INN, CROSS VANE, MISKIN, PONTCLOWN AND TONYREFAIL. • LLANTRISSANT, or Llantrisaint, implying the Church' August 12th and October 29th. The ~arish, which in oj Three Saints. is a small market town and extensive cludeE the villages of BRY~ SADLER (CntMER, DrNA~, see parish, between 4 and 5 miles s. from and in the union Pontypridd), MrsKD! and ToNYREFAIL, contained in 1861, and county court district of Pontypridd, Bristol district 5,492, and in 1871, 8,086 inhabitants. court of bankruptcy, hundred of l\Iiskin, and county of ToNYREFAIL is a rising village in the above parish, about Glamorgan, Ely Valley. It is 170 miles w. from London ~ r:::iles from Llantrissant, and 5 from Pontypridd. The (by rail 181), 11 !<.W. from Cardiff, 10 N.E. from Bridgend, chapelry of St. John, situated near the village, is a neat situated on one of the hills which form the northern boun- stone edifice. There is a chapel for :&ptists, and one for dary of the vale of Glamorgan. It commands an extensive Calvinistic Methodists. The Ely Valley Railway Company and pleasing view of that fertile and lovely district. The have a goods station here. streets are confined and narrow, and the houses are mostly LLANblARHAN is a parish and village about 3! miles from ancient and. ill-built. Near the centre of the town are the Llantri10sant, and 7! from Bridgend, in the Bridgend and ruins of a castle, apparently of remote antiquity- so Cow bridge union and county court distl'ici. The South remote, indeed, that the founder's uame has been lof.lt in \Vales and J
works were constructed at Pontclown for that purpose. 1 trissant, and the same distance from Cowbridge, its post The church is an ancient Norman structure, with a fine 1 town, and (j from Bridgend, in the Bridgend and Cow bridge tower and six bells, deuicated to the " Three Saints," i.e. union and county court district. The parish church, whicili St. Dyfodwg, St. Wonno and St. Iltyd. The living is a. was re-built in 1867 at the expense of the parishoners, is a
vicarage in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of 1 neat stone edifice, without tower. The living is a rectory, Gloucester. There are two chapelries in the parish-the i in the patronage of E. Ballard, Esq. There is also a Talygarn, on the Cowbriclge road, and the St. John, at chapel for Independents, and a day school. There ttre Tonyrefail; also chapels for Baptists, Independents, and mines of coal and iron in the parish, but owing to the Wesleyan and Calvinistic Methodists, and two National. depression of trade all are stopped with one exeeption schools, one near the town, a handsome and commodious 1 the Trecastle mine, which is now being worked by tho stone building erected at the cost of the inbabitanh, the Mwyndy Iron Company. .John Samuel Gibbon, Esq. is other at CY:\1;\IER; two Boad. schools have also been lmilt, lord of ihe manor. 'l'he South Wales and Cowbridge one at BEnnm; and the other at MrsKrN. The magistrates ntilways interstJct the parish. Population in 1861, 2715, meet every fortnight at tho Cross Keys Inn. The South and in 1871, 290. Wales and Ely Valley railways intersect the parish, and LLANILI!> is a small parish, about S~ miles from Llan. the Taff Vale Railway Company ,have opened a new line trissant, and 5 from Cowbridge, its post town, in the same which passes close to the town, and which connects union and county court district. The church is an ancient Penarth with Rhondda and Llynvi valley. Tho market, structure, dedicated to St. Gulit. The living is a rectory, which was discontinued for some time, in consequence of annexed to the curacy of Llanharran. Population in 1861, the proximity of the one held at Pontypridd, is again held 150, and in 1871, 135. at present on Friday. Fairs : February 13th, May 12th, POST OFFICE, LLANTRISSANT, John Thomas, Post 11Iaster.-Letters arrive (from Cardiff) d half-past six morning and forty minutes past twelve afternoon, anJ are despatched at twenty minutes past two afternoon and twenty-five minutes past seven evening. 1'riuney O)'(ler an£l Telegraph Office and Savin,g.s Bank. Post Office, BRYN SADLER, Evan Tbomat!, Post Master. Letters arrive (from Llantrissant) at half-past seven morning, and are despatched at five minutes bcfme six evening. The nearest .Jloney Orde1· Office is at LLANTRISSANT. Post Office, LLANIIARRAN, Jones, Post 1liaster.-Letters arrive (from Llantrissant) at ha.lf-past nine morn- ing, and are despatched at forty minutes past four afternoon. The nearest 1~Ioney Order Office is at LLANTRISSANT. Post Office, ToNYREFAIL, Thomas Lewis, Post Master. Letters arrive (from Lla.ntrissant} at half-past eight morning, and are despatched at half-past five evening. ' Jl;[oney Order Office and Saving.~ Bank. * • * Letters for Llanharry and Llanilid should be addressed " near CowBRIDGE." Griffiths Ev::tn, Esq. Ty Mab Ellis Richards Mr, David, Common rd. GENTRY & CLERGY. Rouse Llantrissant Baker Rev. Thomas, Llantrissant Harris John M. Esq. Trafyrlmg, Llan- · Samuels Mr. Edward, Llantrissa.nt Clark George F. Esq. Talygarn House trissant l Smallridge Rev. John, Glyn terrace; Cook Mr. William, Pontclown Holder Fra'1 '.c E. Bsq. CaecladerHonse,! Llantrissant . Cozens Collwy, Esq. Yn ys plwm, Llantrissant , Spearman Sir Joseph Lionel E. :Sad. Llantrissant Jenkins Mr.;. Caroline Ann Blandy, i Lanelay House, Llantrissa.nt Crockett John. Esq. Castlllla Rouse Llanharran House l Taylor Mr. Bees, Windsor Villa, Pont- John Mr. Evan, Llantrissant 1 clown Davies David William1 Esq. Llan- trissant John Mr. William, Brynteg House, Thomas Mr. Joht>. Llantrissa.nt Davies Mr. Nannton,!Llantrissant Llantrissant Vivia.n William M. Esq. Mwyndy, Davies Rev. Willitun C. Cross Inn Jones Hev. John Powell, The Vicarage, LlantrisBan~ Evans Mr. David, Llantrissant Llantrissant Williams Gwilym, Esq. I.P. Millkin Evans John, Esq. Crofta Hall Jones Rev. T. D. Tonyrefail . House, Lla.ntrissa.nt Evans Rev. William, Tonyrefail Matthcws Mr. John, Bryn Sadler Williams Rev. William, The Rectory, Francis Re"\1. David, Llantrissant Morg:1n M~. Taliesill, Llantrissant ~ Llanharry l n 199