Aberthin
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| OS grid reference | ST008752 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cowbridge |
| Postcode district | CF71 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Aberthin is a small village, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, on the north side of a shallow valley, less than a mile northeast of Cowbridge across the A48 road.[1] Cowbridge Comprehensive School lies just to the southwest of the village. About 250 metres to the south is an old quarry, with a "faulted strip of grey oolite".[2] Aberthin is also the name of a brook, the River Aberthin.[3] The village was served by the Aberthin Platform railway station between 1905 and 1920, now a field to the west of Aberthin.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]Thomas Morgan recorded an early belief that the village had been a place of druidic sacrifices, and that the name derived from the word Abertha (sacrifice). However, this derivation is now considered a folk etymology.[4] As the Nant y Berthyn's confluence (or "Aber" in Welsh) with the River Thaw located just to the west of the village's centre, the name is most likely a contraction of "Aber-Nant-y-Berthyn".
Notable landmarks
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It has no shops, but does have two pubs, a village hall which when built in 1749 was created as Wales's second purpose-built Calvinistic Methodist meeting house,[5] and a notable tree in the middle of the roundabout. The Methodist church and village was visited in 1746 by Howell Harries and it was at the church where Peter Williams gave a speech in which he was disowned by the Methodists.[6] Houses in the area include Llansannor Court and Great House, Aberthin.[1]
Culture
[edit | edit source]The village hall committee organises many events throughout the year, such as a duck race (where plastic yellow ducks are raced down the stream), a free bonfire and fireworks display (held on the Downs overlooking the village), quiz nights, amateur dramatics, barn dances, and an annual Village Day, which has a barbecue, live music and a dog show.
References
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External links
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