COYCHURCH-HIGHER, a hamlet, in the parish of COYCHURCH, union of BRIDGEND-AND-COWBRIDGE, hundred of NEWCASTLE, county of
GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 5 miles (N. E. by E.) from Bridgend, containing 259 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the
river Ewenny, and contains some collieries of bituminous coal, called the Hirwaun collieries, which are situated at the
foot of the Cevn Hirgoed mountain. There is a place of worship for Independents, with a Sunday school in connexion with
it. Some small benefactions, amounting to about £24, have been given for the benefit of the poor of this hamlet, of which
414 were applied towards the erection of a house for their reception; and the sum of fifty shillings per annum, arising
out of a tenement, is regularly distributed among such as do not receive parochial relief. This hamlet is assessed
separately for the support of its poor: the average annual expenditure is 4, 109. 11.