a market-town in Glamorganshire, Wales, 18 miles W.N.W. of Cardiff. The river Ogmore divides it into two parts called the Old and New Castle, connected by two bridges. It has a town-hall, county-hall, mechanics' institute, savings-bank, dispensary, &c., and is the seat of the county elections. The manufacture of flannels and woollen shawls is successfully conducted here, and there are numerous coal and iron mines in the vicinity. Market-day Saturday. The South Wales railway has a station here.