62G YSTRADOWEN YSTRADYFODWG, &c.

Thomas David, carpenter ThomR.!I William, farmer Thomas Edward, shoemaker Williams Philemon, f&rmer Thomas William, farmer Y BTRADOWEN, a parish and viiJage in the Bridgend and Cow bridge union and county court district, 3 miles from Cowbridge, and in the diocese and archdeaconry of Llandaff and deanery of Lower Llanda.ff, eastern division. The parish contains 1,003 acres; the rateable value is £1,100. Mrs. Ricketts, of Dorton House, Bucks, is lady of the manor, and, with the Spearman family, owns the soil. The line of railway to Cowbridge intersects the parish. The only place of worship is the parish church. The Rev. David Jones is the incumbent. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Cowbridge, which is the nearest money-order office and its post town. Owen Daniel, Esq. Matthews William, farmer COMMERCIAL. Morgan Enoch, farmer Da.vid Jacob, blacksmith Samuel John, wheelwright Davies Da.vid H., innkeeper Thomas William, farmer Evans David, farmer Williams Miles, farmer Harry Howell, farmer Williams Rees, builder Howe John, farmer Williams Thomas, farmer • • YsTRADYFODWG: WITH THE HAMLET OF THE RIGHOS AND THE VILLAGE OF . Y STRADYFODWG is a large parish, situated in the . Valley, 10 miles from Pon typridd, and is connected to that place by a branch of the . It is in the Pontypridd union and county court district, diocese and archdeaconry of Landaff, and deanery of Upper Llandaff, northern division. The area of the parish, including the hamlet of th~ Righos, is estimated at 25,000 statute acres, the greater portion of which is moun­ tain waste, serving ouly for the feeding of sheep, but immensely rich in mineral wealth, and will become one of the principal coal producing dis­ tricts of South . Many collieries are at the present time working to a great extent, and upwards of twenty are at the present time sinking. The soil and minerals belong to the Marquis of Bute, Countess of Dun­ raven, Griffith Llewellyn, Rsq., Crawshay Bailey, Esq., M.P., Herbert William De Winton, Esq., Miss Turberville, and others. The rateable value is £32,760. The parish church of St. Dyfodwg is a low building, standing near the Ystrad Railway station. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Llantrissant, annual value £120, and held by the Rev. William Morgan. There is also a district church at Treherbert, ofwhich the Rev. D. Price is curate. There are chapels for Baptists and Inde­ pendents, and schools condncted on the National and British systems. The population in 1861 was 3,857. PosTAL HEGULATIONS. Post-office, Treherbert. Letters arrive from Pontypridd at 10.15 a.m., dispatched thereto at 2.35 p.m. Money-orders granted and paid. Mr. Richard Thomas, 6Ub-postmaster. Post-office, Ystrad. Letters arrive from Pontypridd at 9 a.m., dis­ patched thereto at 3.55 p.m. Ann Phillips, sub-postmistress. Post town, Pontypridd. Ht. Dyfodwg Parish Church -Rev. \Yilliam Morgan, incumbent. Di~trict Church, Treherbert. R~v. D I 'rice, curate.