Blackmill

Blackmill (Welsh: Melin Ifan Ddu) is a small village within Bridgend County Borough Council, in south Wales. It is located at the confluence of the Ogwr Fach and Ogmore rivers, around 8 km north-east of Bridgend town and 5 km west of Gilfach Goch.

It is sited within the community (parish) of Ogmore Valley.[1] The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 2,493.[2]

The settlement was the site of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel which was built in 1885, although as of 2005 the building was no longer in use as a church and was due to be converted to housing.[3] In 1915 a new church (All Saints) was opened in the community.[4]

References

  1. "Blackmill: Bridgend". Explore Britain. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. Gareth Hicks (10 July 2008). "Llandyfodwg: Chapels database". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  4. "Timeline:Before 1920...". Ogmore Valley Local History & Heritage Society. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

Coordinates: 51°34′11″N 3°32′21″W / 51.5697°N 3.5393°W / 51.5697; -3.5393

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