Blackmill

Blackmill (Welsh: Melin Ifan Ddu) is a small village within Bridgend County Borough Council, in south Wales. It is located at the confluence of the Ogwr Fach and Ogmore rivers, around 8 km north-east of Bridgend town and 5 km west of Gilfach Goch.

It is sited within the community (parish) of Ogmore Valley.^[1] The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 2,493.^[2]

The settlement was the site of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel which was built in 1885, although as of 2005 the building was no longer in use as a church and was due to be converted to housing.^[3] In 1915 a new church (All Saints) was opened in the community.^[4]

References

↑ "Blackmill: Bridgend". Explore Britain. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 10 April 2015.
↑ Gareth Hicks (10 July 2008). "Llandyfodwg: Chapels database". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
↑ "Timeline:Before 1920...". Ogmore Valley Local History & Heritage Society. Retrieved 17 December 2010.

Bridgend County Borough

Bridgend County Borough Council

Communities	Brackla Bridgend Cefn Cribwr Coity Higher Coychurch Higher Coychurch Lower Cornelly Garw Valley Laleston Llangynwyd Lower Llangynwyd Middle Maesteg Merthyr Mawr Newcastle Higher Ogmore Valley Pencoed Porthcawl Pyle St Bride's Minor Ynysawdre

Towns and villages	Aberkenfig Bettws Blackmill Bridgend Bryncethin Brynmenyn Bryntirion Caerau Cefn Cross Coity Coychurch Coytrahen Cwmfelin Danygraig Garth Heol-y-Cyw Kenfig Kenfig Hill Laleston Litchard Llangan Llangeinor Llangynwyd Maudlam Maesteg Merthyr Mawr Nantymoel Newton North Cornelly Nottage Ogmore Vale Pantygog Pantyrawel Pen-y-fai Pencoed Pontycymer Porthcawl Price Town Pyle Sarn South Cornelly Tondu Tythegston Wild Mill Wyndham

Castles	Candleston Castle Coity Castle Ewenny Priory Kenfig Castle Llangynwyd Castle Newcastle Castle Ogmore Castle

Rivers	Ewenny River River Garw River Llynfi River Ogmore

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Coordinates: 51°34′11″N 3°32′21″W / 51.5697°N 3.5393°W / 51.5697; -3.5393

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