PENCOED (PEN-COED), a township, in the parish of COYCHURCH, union of BRIDGEND-AND-COWBRIDGE, hundred of NEWCASTLE, county
of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Bridgend; containing 421 inhabitants. This place, the name of which
signifies " the head of the wood," is situated on the road from Bridgend to Llantrissant, at a short distance from the
right bank of the Ewenny river. A house has been built for the poor, at the expense of £32, out of a sum of £47 left by
two individuals; and a trifling sum is annually distributed among them, arising from a bequest by two other persons. There
is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists, by whom a Sunday school, containing 100 males and females, is
gratuitously conducted; and a day school, in which are 25 children, is partly supported by subscriptions from the rector
of the parish and a lady, and partly by payments from the children.