Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rhymney (or Rumney)

Rhymney (or Rumney), river, South Wales; rises in Brecknockshire, and flows 30 miles SE. along the border of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan to the Bristol Channel 2 miles E. of Cardiff; the Rhymney Valley has some fine scenery, and is rich in minerals.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Brecknockshire AncC       Glamorgan AncC       Monmouthshire AncC
Place names: RHYMNEY     |     RHYMNEY OR RUMNEY     |     RUMNEY
Place: Rhymney

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