Corntown () is a small village in the

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. It lies along the

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, just outside

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, west of the centre of

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. It has grown around Corntown Farm. Chapel Wood frames part of its western side. The Golden Mile Inn lies along the B4524 just to the northeast of the village.

History

Neolithic implements, especially flints, microliths and leaf arrowheads have been unearthed in the area, indicating an early settlement site nearby off Stony Lane. In around the 1610s,

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came into property in Corntown. The Wescombe family are associated with Corntown and Ewenny. Over the centuries the village has grown into the nearby village of

Ewenny Ewenny () is a village and community on the River Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Over the years the village has grown into the neighbouring village of Corntown to such an extent that there is no longer a clear boundary between the ...

to such an extent that there is no longer a clear boundary between the two. Locally the boundary is taken to be between the ancient

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al pool and the fortified

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. The Grade II listed

Corntown Court Corntown () is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan. It lies along the B4524 road, just outside Bridgend, west of the centre of Cardiff. It has grown around Corntown Farm. Chapel Wood frames part of its western side. The Golden Mile Inn l ...

is a historical house in the village. On 4 July 1845 Edward Morse was ordained at Corntown.

References

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