Blackmill

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Blackmill ({{langx|cy|Melin Ifan Ddu}}) is a small village within Bridgend County Borough Council, in south Wales. It is located at the confluence of the Ogwr Fach and Ogmore rivers, to the north-east of Bridgend town.{{cite web |title=Blackmill (Ordnance Survey) |url=https://www.bing.com/maps |publisher=Bing Maps |accessdate=29 March 2020}}

It is sited within the community (parish) of Ogmore Valley.{{cite web|url=http://www.explorebritain.info/locality-bridgend-blackmill-ss9386|title=Blackmill: Bridgend|publisher=Explore Britain|accessdate=19 July 2012}} The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 2,493.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/blackmill-w05000595#sthash.nX3ZxY74.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011 |accessdate=10 April 2015}}

The settlement was the site of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel which was built in 1885, although as of 2005 the building was no longer in use as a church and was due to be converted to housing.{{cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Llandyfodwg/Chapels.html |title=Llandyfodwg: Chapels database |author=Gareth Hicks |date=10 July 2008 |work= |publisher=genuki.org.uk |accessdate=29 July 2010}} In 1915 a new church (All Saints) was opened in the community.{{cite web |url=http://www.ovlhs.co.uk/other-information.html#timeline2 |title=Timeline:Before 1920... |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Ogmore Valley Local History & Heritage Society |accessdate=17 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316063517/http://www.ovlhs.co.uk/other-information.html#timeline2 |archive-date=16 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}