Tythegston
Tythegston, known in Welsh as Llandudwg, is a small conservation-area village in Bridgend, South Wales. It lies about 3 miles from the seaside town of Porthcawl and roughly 24 miles from Cardiff and 19 miles from Swansea. The village covers around 2,871 acres and is part of the Merthyr Mawr community.
At the heart of Tythegston is Tythegston Court, a Grade II listed manor house on a 1,200-acre estate. The Knight family has owned the estate for about 350 years and runs farming and property work, including an industrial estate, green energy projects and food production. The estate is registered at Grade II on Cadw/ICOMOS’s Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
The parish gets its name from St Tudwg; the Welsh name Llandudwg means “Dudwg’s Town.” The area has a long history, with Bronze Age remains and evidence of a possible Roman villa nearby. The church, St Tudwg, dates to the 11th century but was deconsecrated around 1990 and turned into offices in 2010 after restoration. Glamorgan Archives hold baptism, marriage and burial records for the parish.
Politically, Tythegston sits in Bridgend for both the UK Parliament and the Welsh Senedd. The current MP (as of 2019) is Jamie Wallis. The MS for Bridgend was Carwyn Jones until 2021. The village has one Grade II building and one Grade II* building, and the Tythegston Court estate is listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens. Bridgend railway station nearby offers direct trains to London in about two hours.
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