Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CWMDU

CWMDU, a village and a sub-district in Crickhowell district, Brecon. The village is in Llanfihangel-Cwmdu parish; stands on an affluent of the river Usk, amid romantic scenery, under the Black mountains, 4½ miles NW by N of Crickhowell; and has a post office under Crickhowell. The sub-district is conterminate with the parish.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanfihangel Cwm Du AP/CP       Crickhowel RegD/PLU       Brecknockshire AncC
Place: Llanfihangel Cwm Du

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