BAYDEN, a chapelry, in the parish of LLANGONOYD, hundred of NEWCASTLE, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 4. miles (N. W. by
N.) from Bridgend, containing 167 inhabitants. This chapelry is also called Lower Llangonoyd: it contains some well-
wooded enclosures on the southern declivity of an extensive common. The chapel, which is supposed to have been a private
one, is now in ruins. There is a small charitable bequest for such poor persons as do not receive parochial relief. This
place separately maintains its own poor: the average annual expenditure is £45.3.