Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ystradgunlais

Ystradgunlais, par., Brecknockshire, 1½ mile NE. of Ystalyfera sta. and 12½ miles NE. of Swansea, 21,954 ac., pop. 4114; P.O., T.O.; consists of two townships - Lower Ystradgunlais, pop. 3592; Upper Ystrad-gunlais, pop. 522; has collieries and ironworks.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Brecknockshire AncC
Place: Ystradgynlais

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