BRIDE'S-ST-MINOR, a parish partly in the hundred of NEWCASTLE, and partly in the hundred of OGMORE, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH
WALES, 2 miles (N.) from Bridgend, containing 306 inhabitants. This parish is pleasantly situated on the river Ogmore,
which, after running through it in a southerly direction, unites with the river Ewenny at its influx into the Bristol
channel. The lands, with the exception of a comparatively small portion, are enclosed and in a good state of cultivation;
and the surrounding country, which is in many parts highly picturesque, affords some pleasing mountain scenery and some
interesting views. The soil is various, and coal of good quality is found in divers parts of the parish, and is worked
with considerable success, affording employment to such of the inhabitants as are not engaged in agriculture. A tram-road
from the coal-works in the neighbourhood passes through the parish, and communicates with the Bridgend and Porthcawl rail-
road, by means of which the produce of the works is conveyed to its destination. The living is a discharged rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf, rated in the king's books at £5. 3. 6g., and in the patronage of the Earl of
Dunraven. The church, dedicated to St. Bride, is a small neat building. There is a place of worship for Preshyterians. The
average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor amounts to £103. 10.