PETERSTON-super-MONTEM, a chapelry, in the parish of COYCHURCH, union of BRIDGEND-AND-COWBRIDGE, hundred of NEWCASTLE,
county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 8. miles (N. E. by E.) from Bridgend; containing tee inhabitants. It is in Welsh called
Llanbedr-ar-Vynydd, " the church of St. Peter on the mountain," and is situated on the confines of the hundreds of Ogmore
and Cowbridge, at some distance from the mother church. It occupies the southern declivity of the mountain called Mynyddy-
Rhiw, and the inhabitants are exclusively engaged in agriculture; the river Ely partly bounds. it on the north. The chapel
is dedicated to St. Peter, and annexed to the rectory of Cryehurch: the tithes have been commuted. for a rent-charge of
£75, subject to rates, averaging £9. 1. 8. There is a day school, in which thirty-five children are instructed at their
parents' expense; and a Sunday school contains forty males and females, who are gratuitously taught. A sum of £15 has
been left to thepoor of the chapelry; besides which, twenty-five shillings per annum, the interest of a bequest of £25 by
Mrs. Ann Thomas, in 1700, are distributed among those not receiving parochial relief.