Editing Colwinston (section)

===Norman rule and new land ownership===
Caradog ap Gruffudd and Iestyn ap Gwrgant from the north and west usurped the princes in about 1070,<ref>Smith, B.J. The Kingdom of Morgannwg and the Norman Conquest of Glamorgan in Glamorgan County History Vol. III. Ed. Pugh, T.B. University Of Wales Press Cardiff 1971. pp 6-7.</ref> and [[Robert Fitzhamon]] led the Norman invasion of the area from Bristol, probably by sea.<ref name="Arnold-Baker2001">{{cite book|author=Charles Arnold-Baker|title=The Companion to British History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D71aIFaur3EC&pg=PA904|year=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-18583-7|pages=904–}}</ref> Local folklore says that the nickname of "Golden Mile"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hellohistoria.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/robert-fitzhamon-twelve-knights-golden.html|title=ROBERT FITZHAMON, THE TWELVE KNIGHTS & 'THE GOLDEN MILE'|website=Hello Historia|date=23 March 2012|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> (the area shown on old maps as being between Twmpath Farm and the main village, or the northern edge of the village's original common) arises either from Fitzhamon's forces lining up to receive their payment along a section of the A48 adjacent to Colwinston, or from [[English Civil War|Civil War]] troops gathering in the same location for payment;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/TV/colwinston.htm|title=Colwinston|website=Hellfire Corner|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref> another theory is that the name originated because of yellow gorse plants growing along the old road at this point.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chris Hawker|title=Colwinston: a historical journey|publisher=Cowbridge History Society|year=2018|isbn=9781999687403}} p. 9.</ref>

[[William de Londres]] was granted the lordship of Ogmore (which included Colwinston) by Fitzhamon, and also established [[Ewenny Priory]] in 1141 under the Benedictine Abbey in Gloucester.<ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales|title=An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume III - Part 1b: Medieval Secular Monuments the Later Castles from 1217 to the present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhnYtVAUhQEC&pg=PA125|year=2000|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales|isbn=978-1-871184-22-8|pages=125}}</ref> He gave 'the Church of St Michael of Ewenny, the Church of St Bridget with the Chapel of Ugemore de Lanfey, the Church of St. Michael of Colvestone with the lands, meadows and all other things belonging unto them’<ref>quoted in List of Donations in the Gloucester Chronicles, quoted in Morris, P. The Priory Church of St Michael Ewenny, Ewenny Priory Church, 2006</ref> to the Abbey. The grant of a  66-acre farm (possibly Ty Maen Farm) was later added to this.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chris Hawker|title=Colwinston: a historical journey|publisher=Cowbridge History Society|year=2018|isbn=9781999687403}} p.10.</ref> There is evidence that [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwinston]], was founded in 1111, predating the Priory by 30 years.<ref name=council>{{cite web|url=http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/files/Living/Planning/Policy/County_Treasures/Colwinston.pdf |title=Colwinston-Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures |year=2007 |page=16 |publisher=Vale of Glamorgan Council |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184220/http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/files/Living/Planning/Policy/County_Treasures/Colwinston.pdf |archivedate=March 3, 2016 }}</ref>