618 MWBAELCBURCH-ON-ARROW. SOUTH WALEfS . • Morrh; Johns miller {water).&! farmer'lPoweII John, farmer, Lower Gser IWilde Richard ID -P9ria, lj\rmerij Miltoq mills f9well Thomas,. farmer, Gwernybwtch 'Chure$. ho:use MIORAELSTONE-LE-rIT is a. parish on the Oad. 17,83- The li~ing is arectory, tithe rent-charge £70, net oxton river, 4 miles south-west froII\ Cardiff stations on yearly value £85. including 20 acres of glebe, in the gif~ the Great Western and Taff Vale railways and 3 west from of Miss Rous, and held since 1882 by the Rev. Archibald Penarth station on the Taff Vale railway, and li miles James Holme Russell RA., L.Th. of University and from Dinas Powis station, in the Southern divisiou of the King's Colleges, London, who resides at Penarth. Court. county of , Dinas Powis hundred, Cardiff union 1-rala H(}use is the property and residence of Miss Rous, and county court district, Penarth petty sessional divi- who is also the principal landowner. The soil is red sion, rural deanery of Lland~ Lower (eastern division) clay; subsoil, mar! and blue lias.· The chief crops are and archdeaoonry and' . The chUl'cft oats and Wheat, but the land is mostly in grass. The of St. Michael is an ancient building of stone, mainly area is 799 acres; rateable value £926; and the popula­ of the 14th century, in the Perpendicular style, with some tion in 1891 was 102. traces of Early English, and consists of chancel, nave, Parish Clerk, Thomas Morgan. ahort transepts, south porch snd a central tower with Letters ;received through Cardiff at 7.30 a.m. Dina' saddleback roof containing I bell; the' font is Early Powis is the nearest post, money order &; telegraph English; the east window and one oth9'1" are stained ~ office there are 70 sittings. The register datell from the year The children of t'his place attend the school at Llandough Rous Mis~, Court-y-rala. house IGreatrix Edmund, miller (water) IThomlll5 John, farmer & overseer Ba-vies Wm.bailiff for Mrs. Thos.Jones Jones Thomas, farmer

• MICBAELSTONE-SUPER-AVON 1Vith CWMA.VON. ~lICH.A.ELSTONEis a parish, divided into the townships ing thilf parish with that of Margam. The Jerusalem of Higher and Lower Michaelstone, I i miles north-easb Calvinis-tic Methodist chapel here was erected in Z826, from Aberavon, 2 miles north-east from Port Talbotl and rebuilt in 1845 and J:876, and will seat 800 persons. railway station, on the Newport and ,Swansea section of Pwllygwl'aw is a hamlet in thilll parish. about 1 of 8 the Great Western railway, 7 miles south from mile nO:fth from Cwmavon. ~ a.nd 189 from London., in the Mid division of the county Post,Parcel,M. 0.& T. O.,S. B.Express Delivery &Annuity of Glamorgan, hundred of Neath, petty sessional division &; Insurance Office, Cwmavon. J ames Caleb Alford, of Aberavon, Neath union and county court district, .ub-postmsster. Letters received through Port Talbofl rural deanery' of Upper Groneath (western division) and archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff. The river Avon at 7.30 &; 9.20 a.m. & 5.40 p.m.; Ilundays, 7.30 a.m. ; dispatchedi at 7.50 &; 9.35 a.m. &; 3.40 &; 7.25 p.m.; runs through the parish, which is surrounded by hills sundays, 7.25 p.m . varying from 1,200 to 1,400 feet high. The parish church Post, Parcel, M. 0., S. B. &; Annuity &; InllUl'anCe OfliC'e~ of St. Michael, Cwmavon, which has been enlarged, is an Pontrhydyfen (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should bE! edifice in the Norman style, and consists of chancel, nave, no:rth aisle, south porch and a small embattled western addressed Pontrhyxlyfen &8,0. Glamorganshire).­ tower, with spire, containing two bells; in the chancel i. Thomas Jenkins, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from a fine stained window, erected by the parishioners; the London at 7 a.m. &; 6.55 p.m. dispatched 2·405 &:; 7.25 stone altar !llab appears to have been formerly a tomb­ p.m. week days only stone; the church was restored in 1850 at a cost of Wall Letter Boxes, Pelly st. Cwmavon, -cleared 3 &; 6.25 £..goo, .and has 350 sittings. The register of baptisms p.m. week days only; &s PwllygwIa.w, cleared %0.30 and burials dates from the year 1785; marriages, 1786. 6.m. &; 6.30 p.m week days only The living is a vicarage.. ne~ yearly valne £280, with County Police Stations, Cwmavon; George Hill, sergeant residence. in the gift of trustees, and held since 1890 by in charge; & 2 constables; & Pontl'hydfen, Alfred the Rev. David Bankes-Williams RA. of St. David's Summerhill, constable Oolleg~, Lampeter. A piece of land of about li acres was Public Officers. given by the ,Earl of Jersey in 1885 for an additional burial ground. .All Saints'. Owmavon, a chapel of east! to Certifying Factory Surgeon, Medical Officer. &; Public St. Michael, is a structure of Welsh sandstone, with Vaccinator, 2nd Eastern District, Neath Union, John Forest stone dressings, erected in 1855, at a cost of . Roos James, High street £6,000, from the designs of the late Mr. J. Prichard, Collector of Rates &; Clerk to the Michaelsoone Lower architect, 01 LlandiUf, and consists of chancel, nave, Parish Council. Alfred Roberts, Avon villa south aisle, south porch and a lofty eastern tower of Places of Worship, with times of Services. Forest stone, containing a very'fine bell, manufactured at St. Michael's Parish Church, Owmavon, Rev. Davtd Cwmavon at! a cost of about 60 guin-eas; the organ was Bankes-Williams B.A. vicar, Rev. Samuel Rees, curate; presented by a gentleman connected with the- copper works-, and the reredos was given by the parishioners; 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed, 7.30 p.II1 A.ll Saints' Chapel of Ease, Cwmavon, Bev. David Bankes~ there are 900 sittings, all free; there is also " Mission Room in connection with the church, which was built in William.s B.A.vicar; 11 a.m.&; 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m 1890; it is a stone building and will seat 350 personl. Mission Room, Cwmavon, Rev. David Bankes-William:t The Earl of Jersey P.C., G.C.M.G. is lord of the manor B.A. vicar; tues. 6.30 p.m and principal landowner. The soil is &and and gravel r Congregational Zion (Welsh), Cwmavon, Rev. l>an Evans; subsoil, coal and iron stone. The chief crops are whello' 10.30 a.m. &; 6 p.m. ; mono &; thurs. 7. IS p.m.; seat 800 and pasture., The Brea iil' Michaelstone Lower, 1,012 Congregational Bethania (Welsh), Cwmavon, Rev. Griffith acres of land and 7 of water'; Michaelstone Higher, 4,067 Lloyd Evane; 10 a.m. &; 6 p.m.; mono & thurs. 7 p.m. ; seah 500 acres of land and 21 of water; rateable valuef £16'397; the population in 1891 was-Higher 829. and Lower 5,280, Congregational, Pwllygwlaw (Welsh), Rev. Davis Rees; which is the part of the parish inclnded in the Aberavon 10 110.00.. Ai; 6 p.m.; mon. & thurs. 7 p.m parHamentary limits. Wesleyan (English), CwmavoD; XI ,..m. &; 6 p.m.; mono Parish Clerk, John Hanbury. & wed. ., p.m Baptist, Penuel (Welsh), Rev. Hobert S. Morris. Cwm.­ ~ CWM!VON .is a village in this parish, 2 miles north avon; 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. mono &; thurs. 7 p.m. ; seat 900 from, , with 8 station on the Rhondda and Calvinistic Methodist (Welsh), Cwm.avon, Rev. Thomas E. Swansea Bay railway; it is almost entirely occupied by' Edwardll; 10 a.m. &; 6 p.m.; mono &; thurs. at 7 p.m. ; iron, sreel, tinplate and copper works: the copper seat 1,000 smelting works of the Rio Tinto Company Limited include Calvinistic Methodist, Jerusalem (Welsh), Pontrhydyfen; a culvert So mile long, which running up the side of a. moun­ 10 a.m. &; 6 p.m.; mono & thurs., 7 p.m tain, carries the fumes away from the village; the make of .Schools. refined copper i81 from 400 to 500 tons per 'week. There are also the works of Messrs. Wright, Butler and Co. Works, Cwmavon, for 550 boys; average attenda.nce, 320; Limited, iron and steel manufactur"ers', and the Cwm­ Rhy. Nicholas, master avon Brick Works Co. The village is supplied with goas Works, Cwmavon, (girls & infants) fat 450 girls &; 350 from works the property of Messrs Wright. Butler &; Co. infants; average attendance 330 girls &:; 190 infants;. Limited. The W'Orking Men's Reading Room and Insti­ Miss Lizzie Morris,tn.istress,& :Mrs. Mary Ann Williams, . tute, erected in 1894, has So billiard room attached. infants' mistress I Pontrhydyfen is a village, in Michaelstone Higher town­ Works, Tymaen, Cwmavon, (infants) for 240 chIldren; ship, li miles nOl'th from Cwmavon, and has lIo station on average attendance, 120; Miss Hannah Gl'iffiths, mist the Rhondda and Swansea Bay railway. There ;i~ a Railway Stations, Cwmavon,John Morgan,station master; viaduct of 5 arcbes across the river of this place, connect- Pontrhydyfen, Edward Evans. station, maste'l'