Corntown

Corntown (Welsh: Corntwn) is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan. It lies along the B4524 road, just outside Bridgend, 21.6 miles west of the centre of Cardiff.[1] 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.

For the hamlet in the Scottish Highlands, see Corntown, Highland.

Corntown
Corntown
Location within the Vale of Glamorgan
Principal area
Ceremonial county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtCF
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

History

Neolithic implements, especially flints, microliths and leaf arrowheads have been unearthed in the area, indicating an early settlement site nearby off Stony Lane.[2]

In around the 1610s, Edward Lewis of Van came into property in Corntown.[3] The Wescombe family are associated with Corntown and Ewenny.[4] Over the centuries the village has grown into the nearby village of Ewenny 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 baptismal pool and the fortified gatehouse. The Grade II listed Corntown Court is a historical house in the village.[5]

On 4 July 1845 Edward Morse was ordained at Corntown.[6]

References
  1. Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. Williams, Glanmor (1984). Early Glamorgan: pre-history and early history. Printed and published for the Committee by W. Lewis (printers) limited. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-904730-04-3.
  3. Skinner, John (1861). Archaeologia cambrensis. Cambrian Archaeological Association, W. Pickering. p. 20.
  4. College of Arms (Great Britain) (1906). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. printed. p. 180.
  5. The Medical register. General Medical Council. 2002.
  6. The Baptist Magazine. 1845. p. 366.
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