Old Welsh Village of Laleston Bridgend

Laleston is a village and a community in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, directly west of Bridgend town centre. The village takes its name from the Norman Lageles family who settled in the area. Buildings of note in the village include St David's Church, which still possesses features dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries, the Great House which was built in the early 16th century and Horeb Welsh Presbyterian Church (1831).
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[@alunhughes2632]

Thank you. I'm in my 70s now, but back in the 1960s/70s {my hippy days} walked through Laleston many times on our way to Porthcawl. Didn't realize how much history we were walking through., I wish I did with history always being a love of mine, would have stopped and taken a closer look had we known. Thank you Taff,

[@taffystravelvideos]

Thanks for your comment Alun. You are just a youngster then, I'm 80 .yes there's a lot of history around Bridgend area.

[@eileenpritchard9154]

Hi Alun,I was into flower power in my 70s also,mini dress up to my bum flowers in my hair and a bell around my neck, GOD only knows what I looked like ,but it was happy times NOT much money worked FROM 15 yrs ,great times ,much RESPECT to you .EILEEN. 😎😎🤪🤪

[@barrycrump6189]

How delightful. Thankyou for sharing.

[@taffystravelvideos]

Thank you for watching Barry.
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[@taffystravelvideos]

By the way Barry I took your advice and re did Bracelet Bay czcams.com/video/LnVgpjKcYhc/video.html

[@rabbastern]

Wundervoll - ich mag die alten, traditionellen Orte sehr gerne - dafür sind wir immer besonders gerne nach GB gereist!
Gruß Konrad.

[@taffystravelvideos]

Thank you Konrad, best wishes to you and your family.
Colin.

[@nickycotton6137]

Aye, charming vid' about a place have rarely been tbh.😞, but wish had. Ta' ✌

[@taffystravelvideos]

Thanks for your comment Nicky.
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[@gwendawnseto2284]

Thank you. It’s great and very interesting indeed. Maybe we could have had something on Laleston House maybe? Thank you very much. Loved watching it :)

[@taffystravelvideos]

Hi Gwen, thank you for your comment. Was Laleston house the building that burnt down in my video?

[@gwendawnseto2284]

@@taffystravelvideos Hi Taffy
That was Laleston Cottage i believe. Laleston House was a huge house on Wind street, with stables and land. It was all where Church view houses are now. It was a very interesting and historical house. I don’t know if it was a monastery right at the beginning. I believe the tunnel from Great House to St David’s also extended to Laleston House. Wonderful video, thank you for it Taffy 😊😊

[@taffystravelvideos]

@@gwendawnseto2284 looking online Gwen , the building that replaced the one that burnt down on my video is called Laleston house find-an-architect.architecture.com/latitude-architects-and-designers-ltd/london/laleston-house

[@gwendawnseto2284]

@@taffystravelvideos Thanx Taffy. This wasn’t the real Laleston House. I believe the name Laleston House was taken after the real Laleston House was sadly demolished. It was an amazing house, huge with many rooms and bathrooms, an Adams fireplace and beautiful terrace, pond and gardens and adjoining fields for the horses of Laleston House.

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@@gwendawnseto2284 Thank you Gwen for the info. Be interesting to find out what is on that plot now.

[@gillhargrove6807]

Beautiful

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Thanks Gill.
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[@QuoVadistis]

The modern replacement for the burnt building is a disgrace showing the degradation of society.