A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Tredegar, market and mining town, partly in Llangunider par., Brecknockshire, but chiefly in Bedwelty par., Monmouthshire, on river Sirhowy, 7½ miles E. of Merthyr Tydfil by rail, 7029 ac., pop. 18,771; 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Saturday. Tredegar has valuable mines of coal and ironstone, with extensive blast furnaces and steel works. Now a large and prosperous town, not many years ago it was an insignificant village.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market and mining town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Tredegar |
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