GLYN-CORWG, a parish, in the hundred of NEATH, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, consisting of the chapelry of Blaen-
Gwrach, and the hamlet of GlynCorwg, each of which is separately assessed for the maintenance of its poor, and containing
547 inhabitants, of which number, 133 are in the hamlet of Glyn-Corwg, 8 miles (N. by E.) from Neath. This parish, which
is very extensive, including a wild and mountainous region of about twelve thousand acres, derives its name from the small
river Corwg, which, after flowing through a portion of it, falls into the Avon. It comprises some of the highest mountains
in Glamorganshire, and the picturesque aspect of its surface is greatly increased by woods and numerous projecting crags.
In Blaen-Gwrach, through which flows the Neath river, is a lake called Llkn-bich, nearly a mile in circumference; and the
entire parish contains an abundance of fine springs, and is watered by numerous brooks: in Blaen-Gwrach is also Ynys-las
Cottage, a seat of the Earl of Dunraven. The soil is various, that of the mountains being peaty, and in some places of an
argillaceous texture. The portion of arable land is comparatively small; and the species of grain cultivated upon it are
chiefly barley and oats, little wheat being grown except near the river Neath: the more extensive mountainous districts
are appropriated to the pasturage of sheep and young cattle during summer. In the mountains are found strata of bituminous
coal, and in the lower portions of the parish, near the Vale of Neath, some of stone coal and culm, from two to fifteen
feet in thickness: these species of fuel are now worked, and exported in large quantities by means of the Neath canal.
Iron-ore is also found, and is now worked in the Blaen-Gwrach portion of the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy,
with that of Blaen-Gwrach annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £200
parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Rev. E. Thomas, by whom it has been lately purchased from the Earl of
Jersey. The church, situated in the hamlet of Glyn-Corwg, is dedicated to St. John the Baptist; and in the churchyard are
some remarkably fine yew trees, one of which measures thirty feet four inches in girth. Upon the summit of Craig y Lltn,
in this parish, is Carn Moesen, a tumulus of loose stones, marking out a spot which is reputed the most elevated point in
the county of Glamorgan; and not far distant from this is Lltn Mawr, a large pool nearly a mile in circumference. The
average annual expenditure for the support of the poor amounts to £207. 1., of which sum, £46. 4. is raised for the hamlet
of Glyn-Corwg.