Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Blaenavon

Blaenavon, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., SW. Monmouthshire, 5½ miles NW. of Pontypool, pop. of dist. 9451; P.O., T.O.; is a seat of ironworks.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Blaenavon

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