In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clawrplwyf like this:
CLAWRPLWYF, a hamlet in Mynyddyslwyn parish, Monmouth; 7½ miles SW of Pont-y-pool. Acres, 5, 870. Real property, £9, 668; of which £1, 340 are in mines, and £3, 446 in railways. Pop., 2, 409. Houses, 485.
The location is where the name "Clawr-y-plwyf" appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map of Monmouthshire of 1879/80, as accessible online via old-maps.co.uk, accessed 30 Oct 2011. Additional information about this locality is available for Mynyddislwyn
Clawrplwyf through time
Clawrplwyf is now part of Caerphilly district. Click here for graphs and data of how Caerphilly has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clawrplwyf itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clawrplwyf, in Caerphilly and Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25167
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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