Waterton is an area south of

Bridgend Bridgend (; or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the Old Bridge, Bridgend, medieval bridge over the River Og ...

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. It is mainly an industrial zone, as it is home to Bridgend Industrial Estate, Waterton Industrial Estate, Waterton Park, the Ford Engine Plant & Waterton Retail Park. CGI Inc., the Global IT and business services company are located at Waterton Industrial Estate

History

In mediaeval times the manor of Waterton was held from the Turbervilles, Lords of

Coity Coity () is a village in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, part of Bridgend town urban area. Coity is part of the community of Coity Higher and is notable for being home to Coity Castle, one of the best-preserved castles in Glamorgan. Othe ...

. During the 14th century the Denys family held the manor from that lordship. A charter of 1379 concerns ''Johan Denys de Watirton'' being leased land by

Margam Abbey Margam Abbey () was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales. History The abbey was founded in 1147 as a daughter house of Clairvaux by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and was dedicated to ...

at Bonvilston during the wardship of John Norreis, son and heir of John Norreis of Lachecastel. Sir Gilbert Denys (died 1422) of

Siston Siston (pronounced "sizeton") is a small village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is east of Bristol at the confluence of the two sources of the Siston Brook, a tributary of the River Avon. The village consists of a number of cottages a ...

, Gloucestershire was probably born in about 1350 in Glamorgan, probably the son of John Denys of Waterton. In 1415 Sir Gilbert Denys, by then well established in Gloucestershire, is recorded as renting land in Waterton from the late Lord of Coity, Sir Roger Berkerolles (died 1411), whose lordship was then held during the minority of his heir by Isabel de Beauchamp, ''suo jure'' Lord of Glamorgan. The Denys family are recorded in ancient Glamorgan charters, the earliest mention being in 1258, when ''Willelmo le Denys'' witnessed a charter effecting an exchange by Gilbert de Turberville, Lord of Coity, of lands in Newcastle, Glamorgan, with Margam Abbey. Clark, supported by the Denys pedigree in the "Golden Grove Book of Welsh Pedigrees" believed this William Denys to have originated in Gloucestershire and to have married a Turberville.Footnote to Clarke's ''Cartae'' no. MXLIII ''supra''

Sources

*Clark, G. ''Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de Glamorgan Pertinent''. (6 vols.), Cardiff, 1910 *Nicholl, Lewis D. ''The Normans in Glamorgan, Gower & Kidwelli'', Cardiff, 1936
''Golden Grove Book of Pedigrees'', by anonymous author c. 1765, Carmarthenshire Archives. 2nd. part (G), ''Advenae'' of Glamorganshire, G 1026, p. 78, pedigree of Denys

References

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