Aberthin
Coordinates: 51°28′01″N 3°25′46″W / 51.46704°N 3.42948°W
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Aberthin shown within the Vale of Glamorgan |
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| Principal area | Vale of Glamorgan |
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| Ceremonial county | South Glamorgan |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cowbridge |
| Postcode district | CF71 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Vale of Glamorgan |
| Welsh Assembly | Vale of Glamorgan |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Vale of Glamorgan | |
Aberthin is a small village, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
[edit] Amenities
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,[1] and a very special tree[citation needed].
It is pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable, unlike most Welsh town names which begin with 'Aber'. The village's name is actually a corruption of the name of the brook, Nant y Berthyn.
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.
[edit] References
- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg500 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
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