Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELWY, or Ely (The)

ELWY, or Ely (The), a river of Glamorgan. It rises near Ystrad-Owen; and runs south-eastward, about 15 miles, to the estuary of the Severn, at the Taf's mouth, 2 miles S by W of Cardiff.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Glamorgan AncC
Place names: ELWY     |     ELWY OR ELY THE     |     ELY     |     THE ELWY     |     THE ELY

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