A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
RHYMNEY railway, a railway partly in Monmouth, but chiefly in Glamorgan. The company first, by authority obtained in 1854, formed a line fully 9 miles long, from Rhymney, down the valley of the Rhymney river, to a junction with the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford line at Hengoed; they next, by authority obtained in 1855, extended the line, about 9 miles further southward, to a junction with the Taff Valeline, at Walnut-Tree Bridge; they also, by the same authority of 1855, acquired running powers over 6 miles of the Taff Vale line on to Cardiff; they next, by authority obtained in 1855 and revived in 1861, formed a branch to Bargoed, giving access to Dowlais, and to the Brecon and Merthyr, the Mid Wales, and the other Welsh railway systems; and they next acquired powers in 1864, to form junction lines of 3 miles with the Brecon and Merthyr, and with the Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny lines, and to construct a line of 12½ miles from Caerphilly to Cardiff, giving them access to Cardiffinde pendent of the Taff Vale line.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Glamorgan AncC |
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