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Walterston ( cy, Tre-walter) is a small farming
hamlet
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just north of
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in the
Vale of Glamorgan
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in
South Wales
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and west of
Dyffryn.
Walterston lies just to west of the
Five Mile Lane leading down to Waycock Cross, Barry. The hamlet is very small and has just a few farms, all of which are twelfth to thirteenth century in origin. There are also several houses of which the two largest are the
thatch
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ed 'Walterston Fach' and its neighbouring 'Trewalter Fawr'. The old
monastic
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village of
Llancarfan
Llancarfan is a rural village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The village, located west of Barry and near Cowbridge, has a well-known parish church, the site of Saint Cadoc's 6th-century clas, famed for its learning. Cainnech of A ...
lies a further two miles to the west.
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Walterston and surrounding area*
Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan
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