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OGMORE, a hamlet and a hundred in Glamorgan. The hamlet is in Ewenny parish, and lies at the confluence of the Ogmore and the Ewenny rivers, 3 miles S Wby S of Bridgend. Ogmore Castle here was built in the time of William Rufus; formed a very remarkable specimen of a Norman stronghold, surrounded by a moatabout 50 feet wide, and from 20 to 30 feet deep; and is now represented by little more than the keep. The hundred comprises much of the basin of the Ogmore river, particularly of the E side; extends along the coast south-eastward to the vicinity of Lantwit-Major; and contains Ewenny parish and fourteen other parishes. Acres, 36, 793. Pop. in 1851, 4,061; in 1861, 4, 176. Houses, 850.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Ogmore |
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