Coychurch, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Coychurch, two townships and a parish in Glamorgan. The townships are Higher and Lower Coychurch, and lie on the eastern branch of the river Ogmore, 2½ and 1½ miles E by N of Bridgend. Acreage, 3928 and 1099; population, 325 and 309 respectively. The parish includes also Pencoed hamlet and Peterstone chapelry, and it has a post office, of the name of Coychurch, under Bridgend; money order and telegraph office, Bridgend. Population, 1801. The living is a rectory, united with the perpetual curacy of Peterstone-super-Montem, in the diocese of Llandaff; gross value, £194 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Dunraven. The church is a fine cruciform edifice of the 14th century, similar to the church of Coyty, but larger, and was restored, in 1873 and 1888. The central tower fell in 1874, doing great injury to the chancel and transepts. It retains sedilia, piscina, and aumbrey, and two curious 14th century effigies. There are Congregational and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Bridgend | 1837 - 1970 |
Registration district | Mid Glamorgan | 1970 - 1974 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with the National Library of Wales and the Welsh County Archivists Group, have the following parish records online for Coychurch:
Parish | Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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Coychurch | 1797-1912 | 1755-1927 | 1736-1935 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Coychurch from 1837 to 1970 you should search for the Bridgend Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Coychurch from 1970 to 1974 you should search for the Mid Glamorgan Registration District.
Maps
Online maps of Coychurch are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: