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.
BRITHDIR, a hamlet in Gilligaer parish, Glamorgan; on the river Rumney, at the verge of the county, 8 miles SE of Merthyr-Tydvil. Real property, £37,322; of which £14,394 are in mines, and £8,844 in iron-works. Pop., 3,879. Houses, 683. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in the iron-works and in collieries. The hamlet forms a curacy with Gilligaer.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Brithdir |
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