Coity
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Coity () is a village in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, part of Bridgend town urban area. Coity is part of the community of Coity Higher and is notable for being home to Coity Castle, one of the best-preserved castles in Glamorgan. Other buildings of note in the village include St Mary, a 14th-century church, and Ty Mawr, a fine 16th-century house.
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- Locality
- Coity
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 41,352
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Coity
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Coity Higher
- Image
- Gilead Chapel, Coity, Bridgend - geograph.org.uk - 1690859.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- SS923814
- historic county
- Glamorgan
- P8168
- Ariel University
- Commons category
- Coity
- P12749
- Freguesia de Vila Chã
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Key statistics (c.2011)
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- Notes
Coity () is a village in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, part of Bridgend town urban area. Coity is part of the community of Coity Higher and is notable for being home to Coity Castle, one of the best-preserved castles in Glamorgan. Other buildings of note in the village include St Mary, a 14th-century church, and Ty Mawr, a fine 16th-century house.
==History== The oldest monument in Coity is a burial chamber near Coed Parc Garw woodland. It consists of a large megalith, tilted upwards and supported by other smaller stones.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coity” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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