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Trerhyngyll is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, about north of
Cowbridge Cowbridge ( cy, Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately west of the centre of Cardiff. The Cowbridge with Llanblethian community and civil parish elect a town council. A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for e ...
and south of
Ystradowen Ystradowen is a small village twelve miles west of Cardiff, located in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales; its nearest town is Cowbridge which is about three miles to the south. The village was served by Ystradowen railway station between 18 ...
, near Maendy, off the
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.
Trerhyngyll and Maendy Halt railway station Trerhyngyll and Maendy Halt railway station was a railway halt in the Vale of Glamorgan. History In spite of requests from residents, the Taff Vale Railway had refused to provide a station in the area in 1887 because the company considered suc ...
operated here from 1905 to 1951, though the line was closed to passengers as early as 1930 between Cowbridge and
Aberthaw Aberthaw ( cy, Aberddawan) is an area containing the villages of East Aberthaw and West Aberthaw, on the coast of South Wales about west of Barry. It is home to Aberthaw Cement Works, Aberthaw Lime Works, and Aberthaw Power Station, a coal power ...
. In 1986 it was described as a "typical vale village with between 50-60 houses, most of which are 10-50 years old though 8 are over 200 years old." Trerhyngyll typically houses commuters who work in Cowbridge or Cardiff.


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Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan {{ValeofGlamorgan-geo-stub