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Towards the end of the eighteenth century, Iolo Morganwg wrote his poem about the Cowbridge Topers: ‘Cowbridge hath no sober rules None of your milksop thinkers, None of your philosophic fools But great and glorious drinkers.’.
Of the history of Cowbridge between the departure of the Romans and the post-Norman conquest setdement of south Wales, there is litde evidence; the documented history of Cowbridge begins with the granting of the borough charter in 1254.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cowbridge like this: COWBRIDGE, a small town, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Glamorgan. The town stands on the river Ddaw and on the Roman maritime way, 5 miles SSW of Llantrissant r. station, and 12 W by S of Cardiff.
Cowbridge & The Rural Vale. One of Wales’ most fashionable places - independent shops and cafés, historic buildings and a Physic Garden. Nearby are majestic castles and Dyffryn House & Gardens, while the beautiful countryside beyond is home to award-winning food and drink producers.
- Where Is Cowbridge?
- Bronze Age Cowbridge
- Iron Age and Roman Cowbridge
- Cowbridge A Medieval Town
- The Church of The Holy Cross
- Cowbridge Physic Garden
- Cowbridge Town Hall
- Cowbridge Walks
Cowbridge – Y Bont Faen is a small town in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is an important historic market town and part of a designated conservation area along with nearby Llanblethian. Archaeological evidence suggest it is built upon a Roman settlement and there are many clues to its later Medieval growth in the modern layout. It is said to have been f...
The Vale of Glamorgan has a rich prehistoric landscape that includes the Neolithic burial tombs at both Tinkinswood and St Lythan’s. The story of Prehistoric Vale continues to be added to with recent findings during road improvements near Barry. Closer to Cowbridge near the A48 a Bronze Age axe was found, and in the grounds of the former Cowbridge ...
Roman material from a bath house with dated stamps on tiles date it to around the 1st century AD. They are stamped with “Legio II Augusta”, the same legion that established the fort at Caerleon (Isca) a few years earlier. To the east of Cowbridge is the Iron Age Llanquian Wood Hillfort and this along with Caer Dynnaf Hillfort nearby might suggest w...
The Medieval town grew from the late 11th century founded by Robert St Quentin on a site of previous Roman settlement. It received its’ borough charter in 1254 from Richard de Clare. It was fortified around 1266 when Gilbert de Clare called for the building of walls around the boroughs of Cowbridge, Neath and Cardiff. A large curtain wall was built...
The Church of the Holy Cross at Cowbridge was a chapel of ease to the medieval parish church of Llanblethian. It was most likely built after 1254 but its earliest documentary reference is 1443. The nave and chancel are probably 13th century and the tower is 14th century. In the 15th century a south aisle and chantry chapel were added and in 16th ce...
A physic Garden is a garden primarily created to house plants with medicinal properties. This type of garden has a long history of use starting with monks planting within monastic gardens during the medieval period. The garden in Cowbridge has been restored, its origins are based in the mid-1700s purchase of Old Hall and its gardens by the Edmonde ...
A Guildhall once stood at the crossroads on the town’s main thoroughfare, High Street. As the town grew it became necessary to demolish this building in favour of building a new Town Hall. The present Town Hallwas built in 1829. It was built over a much older building which had had been used as a prison for many years, latterly as the County Jail ....
There are a number of walks that take in Cowbridge as part of its routelolo Morganwg Heritage Trail, The Vale Millenium Heritage Trail and Valeways Llanfair Walk For articles relating to areas near Cowbridge see Llanblethian and Llantwit Major.
Cowbridge, known as “Y Bont-Faen” in Welsh, was originally a Roman settlement established in the 1st century AD. It was strategically located on the main Roman road between the forts of Neath...
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Jun 8, 2010 · A brief history of Cowbridge and how The Duke of Wellington pub was renamed after the Duke stayed overnight on a journey to see General Picton ...
