Aberthin

Aberthin is a small village, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

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 Calvanistic Methodist meeting house, ["The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales". John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg500 ISBN 9780708319536] and a very special treeFact|date=March 2008.

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.

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2755649 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Aberthin and surrounding area]
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