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Cowbridge history
Roman times
The town lies on the site of a Roman settlement identified by some scholars as the fort of Bovium (cow-place) Recent excavations have revealed extensive Roman settlement.
Middle Ages
Cowbridge is one of very few medieval walled towns in Wales. On 13 March 1254, it received its first borough charter from Richard de Clare, the Lord of Glamorgan. The town centre is arranged on its medieval plan, with one long street divided into “burgage plots”
Georgian times
Iolo Morganwg, inventor of present-day rituals of National Eisteddfod of Wales, kept a bookshop in the High Street. He held the first meeting of the Gorsedd, an assembly of bards, in 1795. Cowbridge Grammar School was founded in 1608 and had close links with Jesus College, Oxford.
Notable buildings
Cowbridge Town Hall served as a prison until 1830, when it was converted into a town hall. The conversion was completed in 1830 by Isaiah Verity of Ash Hall who in gratitude was made a Freeman of Cowbridge. The main street contains a number of Georgian houses, including the former town houses of important local families such as the Edmondes and Carnes.
Modern times
Cowbridge was named one of the best places to live in Wales in 2017. The town once had a railway station, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1951. The Bear Hotel, the Horse and Groom, the Edmondes Arms, the Duke of Wellington and the Vale of Glamorgan.
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