St. Brides Major ( cy, Sant-y-brid) is a village within the

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also called St Brides Major in the

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol ...

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. The village is located approximately 1.5 mi from the Glamorgan Heritage Coast. It is connected by bus to the nearby towns Llantwit Major and

Bridgend Bridgend (; cy, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the medieval bridge over the River Og ...

Notable buildings

The village is the location of St. Bridget's

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, the Fox & Hounds and the Farmer's Arms

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s, Pitcot Pool and St. Brides

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. The 12th-century Church of St Bridget is now in the combined Parish of Ewenny and St Brides Major, within the

Diocese of Llandaff The Diocese of Llandaff is an Anglican (Church in Wales) diocese that traces its roots to pre-Reformation times as heir of a Catholic bishopric. It is headed by the Bishop of Llandaff, whose seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Pet ...

. For much of its history it was a Parish in its own right, co-inciding with the civil parish and more recently community boundaries. Until the

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the Church was, along with

Ewenny Priory Ewenny Priory ( cy, Priordy Ewenni), in Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, was a monastery of the Benedictine order, founded in the 12th century. The priory was unusual in having extensive military-style defences and in its state of preserva ...

and other local churches, a possession of Gloucester Abbey, both having been given to the abbey in 1141. It contains a number of medieval tombs and memorials, but the building itself was heavily restored by Egbert Moxham in 1851.St Brides Conservation Area Appraisal, June 2008
Vale of Glamorgan Council. Retrieved 20 July 2019. There were two non-conformist Chapels within St Brides Major village. Bryn Sion Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Penylan Road, was built in 1859, replacing a building of 1824.Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures, St Brides Major
Retrieved 20 July 2019. It closed in 1987 and is now a house.
Stbridesmajor.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2019. Horeb Baptist Church, Ewenny Road, was built in 1863 and closed in 2003. The building was sympathetically restored during 2019 and is now a hairdressers and beauty clinic.

Electoral ward

St Brides Major was transferred from the Borough of

Ogwr The Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996. History It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the urban districts of Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore and Garw and Porthcawl, a ...

to the Vale of Glamorgan on 1 April 1996. St Brides Major became an electoral ward to the

Vale of Glamorgan Council The Vale of Glamorgan Council is the governing body for the Vale of Glamorgan, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. It was run by the Conservative Party after the 2008 United Kingdom local elections, taking over the council from no overall contr ...

, electing one county councillor. The ward also includes the community of

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. At the first 1995 elections, the ward elected a Labour Party councillor, though at subsequent elections it elected a

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representative. Prior to 1996 St Brides Major was a ward to

Mid Glamorgan County Council Mid Glamorgan County Council () was the upper-tier authority for the Welsh county of Mid Glamorgan between its creation in 1974 and its abolition in 1996. History Local government in England and Wales was reorganised in 1974 under the Local Gover ...

and

Ogwr Borough Council The Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996. History It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the urban districts of Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore and Garw and Porthcawl, a ...

References

External links

St Brides Major, Southerndown and Ogmore by Sea Community WebsitePrimary schoolGeograph : Photos of St Brides Major and surrounding area
{{authority control Saint Brides Major Vale of Glamorgan electoral wards