Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRYNMAWR

BRYNMAWR, a large seat of iron-works, on the northern border of Monmouth; on the Merthyr and Abergavenny railway, in the vicinity of Nantyglo. It has a post office‡ under Tredegar, a r. station, an inn, a church, and several chapels. A railway from it to Blaenavon was authorised in 1866.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a large seat of iron-works"   (ADL Feature Type: "industrial sites")
Administrative units: Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Bryn Mawr

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