Coity Higher

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Coity Higher
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Coity Higher
Location within Bridgend
Population6,078 (2011)
OS grid reference SS923814
Community
  • Coity Higher
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRIDGEND
Postcode district CF31
Postcode district CF35
Dialling code 01656
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Bridgend
51°31′16″N3°33′09″W / 51.521232°N 3.552489°W / 51.521232; -3.552489 Coordinates: 51°31′16″N3°33′09″W / 51.521232°N 3.552489°W / 51.521232; -3.552489

Coity Higher is a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It contains the north western suburbs of Bridgend which includes the villages of Litchard and Coity. The southern boundary of the community adjoins the community of Brackla, while the northern border is defined by the M4 motorway. Notable buildings and landmarks within the community include Coity Castle, Parc Prison, the 14th century Church of St Mary, Pendre Hospital, Ty Mawr House and a burial chamber. At the 2001 census, the community's population was 835, [1] being re-measured at 6,078 t the 2011 Census. [2]

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Scheduled Monuments

There are six Scheduled Monuments in the Coity Higher Community:-

Coity Burial Chamber
A Chambered tomb, (Location: 51°31′34″N3°32′54″W / 51.5262°N 3.5482°W / 51.5262; -3.5482 (Coity Burial Chamber) SS926819.) The ruins of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with four large stone slabs. [3]
Pant-y-Pyllau Enclosure
A Prehistoric Earthwork. (Location: 51°31′50″N3°32′52″W / 51.5306°N 3.5478°W / 51.5306; -3.5478 (Pant-y-Pyllau Enclosure) SS927824). A banked enclosure with external ditches. Parts have been destroyed by farm buildings and tracks. [4]
Coity Castle
A property in the care of Cadw (Location: 51°31′20″N3°33′12″W / 51.5221°N 3.5534°W / 51.5221; -3.5534 (Coity Castle) , SS923814). A circular castle with 3-storey keep. It had fallen into ruin by the 18th century. [5]
Derwen Moated Site
(Location: 51°31′49″N3°34′00″W / 51.5304°N 3.5666°W / 51.5304; -3.5666 (Derwen Moated Site) SS914824). A medieval moat, possibly in the former parkland of Coity Castle, with no visible trace of habitation. [6]
Angleton Iron Works
An Industrial monument (Location: 51°31′35″N3°34′51″W / 51.5263°N 3.5809°W / 51.5263; -3.5809 (Angleton Iron Works) SS904820). Built by Robert Sydney in 1589, it was the only pre-1700 ironworks in Glamorgan. Sandstone slabs are the standing remains, part buried by the railway embankment. [7]
Cefn Hirgoed Rabbit Warren
(Location: 51°32′02″N3°33′51″W / 51.534°N 3.5642°W / 51.534; -3.5642 (Three Pillow Mounds on Cefn Hirgoed) , SS916828), On the boundary with St Bride's Minor community, the three pillow mounds are from a medieval warren built to house rabbits. They are now alongside the M4, near Sarn Park Services. [8]

Governance

Coity Higher was an electoral ward to Ogwr Borough Council from 1973 until 1996, electing two councillors. [9] At the 1995 elections to the new Bridgend County Borough Council it elected two Labour councillors.

Since 1999 the community has been divided into three wards, Coity, Litchard and Pendre, which each elect one councillor. [10] Since the 2017 elections Coity has been represented by independent councillor Amanda Williams, Litchard by Conservative Sadie Vidal and Pendre by Labour councillor Richard Young.

From the local elections in May 2022 Coity Higher once again became a BCBC ward, coterminous with the Coity Higher community, represented by 3 councillors. [11]

Coity Higher is also represented by Coity Higher Community Council. The community council has 11 members representing the three wards of Coity, Litchard and Pendre.

Notes

  1. ↑ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; et al., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 160. ISBN   978-0-7083-1953-6.
  2. ↑ "Community population 2011" . Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ↑ coflein NPRN: 300382, Coity Burial Chamber
  4. ↑ www.coflein.gov.uk NPRN: 300355. Earthwork at Pant-y-Pyllau, Coity Higher
  5. ↑ coflein NPRN: 94504, Coity Castle
  6. ↑ coflein NPRN: 300354, Derwen Moated Site
  7. ↑ coflein NPRN: 34070, Remains of Iron Furnace Near Angleton
  8. ↑ coflein NPRN: 24458, Three Pillow Mounds on Cefn Hirgoed
  9. ↑ "Ogwr Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Bridgend County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "The County Borough of Bridgend (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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