Editing Cowbridge (section)

===Modern times===
Cowbridge contains the following [[public house|inns]]: the Bear Hotel, the Horse and Groom, the Edmondes Arms, the Duke of Wellington and the Vale of Glamorgan. The latter is located at the premises of the former Vale of Glamorgan Brewery.

Closely attached to the town of Cowbridge is the village of Aberthin. Aberthin contains two inns; The Hare and Hounds and The Farmers Arms.

Cowbridge once had a railway station, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1951.<ref>{{cite book|first=C. |last=Chapman |year=1985|title=The Cowbridge Railway |publisher=Oxford Publishing Company |page=22}}</ref>

On the 21 March 1950 a [[Bristol Freighter]] (Registration: G-AHJJ) on a test flight took off from [[Bristol Filton Airport]]. The aircraft crashed near Cowbridge after a structural failure of the fuselage. It caused the aircraft to enter spin and crash. The accident killed all four  passengers and crew on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19500321-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Bristol 170 Freighter 21 G-AHJJ Cowbridge|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>

Cowbridge was named one of the best places to live in Wales in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=These towns have been named as the best places to live in Wales| date=10 March 2017 |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/towns-named-best-places-wales-12719747|publisher=Wales Online}}</ref>