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===Hillhead=== On the hillside of the Colhugh Valley there are a row of houses situated at Hillhead in Llantwit Major.<ref name="sites.google.com">{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/alanjauncey/history|title=History of Hill Head - Hillhead|website=sites.google.com}}</ref> The houses were built in the early years of the 19th century for the poor of the parish.<ref name="llantwitmajorhistorysociety.co.uk"/> With the introduction of the [[Poor Law Amendment Act 1834]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/history/poorlaw/plaatext.html|title=The Poor Law Amendment Act: 14 August 1834|website=www.victorianweb.org}}</ref> a workhouse was opened in Bridgend. The houses became surplus to requirements and were then sold as private residences.<ref name="llantwitmajorhistorysociety.co.uk"/> Llantwit Major came under the Bridgend and Cowbridge Poor Law Union. Each unit was originally divided into two separate upper and lower accommodation, the upstairs entrance was from the west and the entrance to the lower accommodation came from the east.<ref name="sites.google.com"/>
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