Ynysawdre
Sign in to saveYnysawdre is a small community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It is located to the east of Aberkenfig in Wales, and comprises the two villages of Tondu and Brynmenyn. The name Ynysawdre is also usually used for a small section of Tondu. At the 2001 census, the population of the community was 3,698, reducing to 3,367 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tondu
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ynysawdre
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.static_image
- Tondu Ironworks - geograph.org.uk - 880445.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Tondu Ironworks
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.community_wales
- Ynysawdre
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Bridgend
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Mid Glamorgan
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bridgend
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Ogmore
- UK place.post_town
- BRIDGEND
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Bridgend County Borough
- Population
- +3003
- Area
- +191.34
- Image
- Tondu Ironworks - geograph.org.uk - 880445.jpg
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Ynysawdre is a small community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales. It is located to the east of Aberkenfig in Wales, and comprises the two villages of Tondu and Brynmenyn. The name Ynysawdre is also usually used for a small section of Tondu. At the 2001 census, the population of the community was 3,698, reducing to 3,367 at the 2011 Census.
==Buildings of note== The community of Ynysawdre is home to several notable buildings. Tondu Ironworks is an important remnant of Britain's industrial heritage. Built in 1820 by Sir Robert Price, the ironworks, although derelict, still survive as a series of large roofless stone buildings. Structures surviving include the charging bank, the blast-engine house, a range of seven iron ore calcining kilns, each 62 ft by 32 ft in size, and over a hundred beehive-shaped coking kilns. The calcining and coking kilns are rare surviving examples of the thousands of kilns once found throughout Britain.