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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Monknash contained the following places:
"MONKNASH, a parish in the hundred of Ogmore, county Glamorgan, 7 miles from Bridgend, its post town, and 5 S.W. of Cowbridge. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on the Bristol channel near Nash light. It was given by Richard de Grenville to Neath Abbey. There are ruins of a monastic barn, &c., which formerly belonged to the priory of Ewenny. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff, value £67. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."
"BROUGHTON, a hamlet in the parish of Monknash, hundred of Ogmore, in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 5 miles to the S.W. of Cowbridge."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018