HUNT & CO.'S DIRECTORY. BRIDGEND, called in the Can1brian language Pen-y-Bont­ ar-Ogw,·, is a thriving market town in the parish of Coity, hundred of Newcastle, and county of Glamorgan, being 177 tniles W. of London, 18 S.E. of Neath, and about 7 W. of Cow bridge. The to,vn., which is of irregular con­ struction, is divided by the river Ogmore; the two portions thus severed aa·e styled Oldcastle and Newcastle, the latter of which, situated upon a steep hill, contains among other subjects of interest, a castle and a church dedicated to St. Illtyd, and the former has a chapel of Ease to Coit)·, called Noltan, the minister of which is the Rector of Coity. The river Ogmore is well stored with salmon, trout, sewin, .,' and other finny ramblers of the deep, which afford ample ,. ' .., "· r:-···-, <' employment to a number of professed fishern1en in the •"•r'1i ' ' .., .:r. ·.. ' ~~.'.· locality ; but, as the river is preserved, a sn1all gratuity ~·:' ,( -... is expected from the amateur disciple of Izaac Walton before ...' • ·' he is duly qualified to thrash the stream • The coal and iron n1ines in this neighbourhood are both rich and numerous and as their productions are of excel­ lent quality, they form prominent features in mercantile affairs. The South Wales Railway, no'v in active progress, will run close to the town ""here there will be a station. A tram­ \vay for coal traffic, intended to be altered for locomotive purposes, runs fron1 the to,vn and joins the Llynvi Valley Raihvay at Ffoase about five miles distance. ,. ' The only courts held in this place are those for the manor ' ' ' ' of Coity, \\'hich occur annually, and are under the Earl of ' Dunraven, lord of the above manor; but the petty sessions take place every Saturday before the resident magistrates, in a n1odern built town hall, which edifice is also used by those who have the management of public business. In addition to the places of worship already mentioned, B .