St Brides Minor, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Brides-Minor, St, a township and a parish in Glamorgan. The township lies on the river Ogmore, 2½ miles N by W of Bridgend. Acreage, 1919; population of the township, 1072; of the ecclesiastical parish, 2120. The parish includes also the hamlet of Ynysawdre, and its post town is Bridgend. Remains of Ogmore Castle are in the parish of Merthyr Mawr, and consist of a small square Norman keep with fragments of walls. The living is a rectory in the diocese of LIandaff; net value, £104 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Dunraven. The church has been restored.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 St Brides Minor:

Findmypast, in conjunction with the National Library of Wales and the Welsh County Archivists Group, have the following parish records online for St. Bride's Minor:

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in St Brides Minor from 1837 to 1970 you should search for the Bridgend Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in St Brides Minor from 1970 to 1974 you should search for the Mid Glamorgan Registration District.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• South Wales Echo