Bryn, Neath Port Talbot

Bryn
Bryn
Bryn is located in Neath Port Talbot
Bryn
Bryn
Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population913 (2001)
OS grid referenceSS815923
Community
  • Bryn
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPORT TALBOT
Postcode districtSA13
Dialling code01639
PoliceSouth Wales
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Neath Port Talbot
51°37′01″N 3°42′43″W / 51.617°N 3.712°W / 51.617; -3.712

Bryn (meaning: hill) is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot County Borough in Wales. It has a population of 913.[1] The village is located in the hills between Cwmafan, in the Afan Valley, and Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Port Talbot and 2 miles (3.2 km) from Maesteg. The name of the village now familiarly 'Bryn', is Bryntroedygam. So wrote the first vicar of St Theodore's in Port Talbot. There was a farm situated above Meadow Row named Bryn-Troed-y-Garn as shown on the 1876 OS map, as many more immigrants came to 'Bryntroedygam' it seemed the name of the village was to be shorted to Bryn. 12% of the village (112 out of 913 people) speak Welsh.[2] The population rose to 923 by 2011.[3]

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Neath Port Talbot Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 January 2010
  2. ^ "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Cyfrifiad 2011: Ystadegau Allweddol ar gyfer Cymru, Mawrth 2011 - ONS".
  3. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".