Great Brynhill is a small hamlet and farm in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It consists little more than a few farms including the Little Brynhill Farm and Thorn Falcon Farm (Little Brynhill) and the Great Brynhill Farm. It is located in the historical parish of Merthyr Dyfan and near Colcot[1] now northern districts of the town of Barry.[2] It is accessed via a lane from Port Road (the A4050 road) but can also be accessed from Dyffryn along the lane to the New Wallace Farm and Goldsland which lie just to the northeast.[3]
| Great Brynhill | |
|---|---|
 Great Brynhill Farmhouse | |
  Great Brynhill Location within the Vale of Glamorgan | |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | CF |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
"Bryn" means "hill" in Welsh, so the name literally means "Great hill hill".[4] The Little Brynhill Farm is owned by the Tanner family who are notable milk suppliers in Barry under the company name "W. A. Tanner & Son".[5] One of the farms sold off some of their land along with neighbouring Highlight Farm when Brynhill Golf Club was formed in 1921. According to the Barry & District News, Thorn Falcon Farm sold for £400,000 on 25 November 2005.[6]
References
edit- ^ Owen, D. Huw (1989). Settlement and Society in Wales. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-0985-8.
- ^ Williams, Stewart; Denning, R. T. W. (1971). Stewart Williams' Glamorgan historian. D. Brown. p. 151.
- ^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
- ^ Baugh, Albert Croll; Cable, Thomas (1993). A History of the English Language. Routledge. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-415-09379-8.
- ^ "W A TANNER & SON". Cylex. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ "Thorn Falcon Farm Great Brynhill Lane". Barry & District News. Retrieved 19 April 2012.