In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Panteg like this:
PANTEAGUE, a village and a parish in Pontypool district, Monmouth. The village stands ¾ of a mile E of the river Avon-Llwyd, 1 S E of Pontypool r. station, and 2¼ S E of Pontypool; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office under Pontypool. The parish contains also the villages of Pontymoel, Sebastopol, Cwmynysgoy, Penyrheol, and Upper-Race. ...
Acres, 3, 458. Real property, £10, 214; of which £1,000 are in mines. Pop.in 1851, 2, 349; in 1861, 2, 828. Houses, 555. The property is subdivided. There are extensive iron-works. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £343.* Patron,H. Leigh, Esq. The church is good:and there are three school-chapels, an Independent chapel, two national schools, and a mechanics' library and reading-room.
Panteg through time
Panteg is now part of Torfaen district. Click here for graphs and data of how Torfaen has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Panteg itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Panteg, in Torfaen and Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1142
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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