Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RHIGOS

RHIGOS, a hamlet in Ystradyfodwg parish, Glamorgan; 10 miles S W of Merthyr-Tydvil. Real property, £1, 752; of which £100 are in mines, and £350 in railway s. Pop. in 1851, 1,047; in 1861, 822. Houses, 154. The decrease of pop. arose from the stoppage of the Hirwain iron-works.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rhondda AP/CP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Rugos

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