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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BASSALEG, or Bassalleg	Monmouthshire	vale of the Ebbw, at the junction of the Western Valleys and the Sirhowy railways, adjacent to Tredegar Park, 3 miles	Imperial
  BLAINA	Monmouthshire	Ebbw-Vale, Monmouth; on the Western Valleys railway, 2 miles SSE of Nantyglo. It has a station on the railway	Imperial
  BRENDON-HILLS	Somerset	Ebbw vale company are working the vein; and have constructed a railway to it from Watchet. A British camp, called	Imperial
  Coalbrook	Monmouthshire	Coalbrook , mining dist., Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, 8 miles NW. of Pontypool.	Bartholomew
  COALBROOK	Monmouthshire	COALBROOK , a seat of iron-works in Ebbw Vale, Monmouth; 8 miles NW of Pontypool.	Imperial
  CRUMLIN	Monmouthshire	Ebbw vale, Monmouth; on the Western Valleys railway, 5 miles WSW of Pontypool. It has a station on the railway	Imperial
  EBBW, or Ebbwy (The)	Monmouthshire	ramifies up the Sirhowy, and up the Ebbw's two head-streams; and connects, laterally, with the Taff Vale Extension.	Imperial
  Ebbw Vale	Brecknockshire	Ebbw Vale , seat of ironworks with ry. sta., partly in Llangattock and Llangunider pars., Brecknockshire, but chiefly in Aberystruth and Bedwelty	Bartholomew
  EBBW VALE	Monmouthshire	EBBW VALE , a seat of iron-works in the NW of Monmouth; in the vale of the western headstream of the Ebbw	Imperial
  LLANDAFF	Glamorgan	Ebbw-Vale. The deanery of Netherwent W contains the rectories of Kemeys-Imperior, Llanmartin, Wilcrick, Llangstone, Llanwern, and Widson; the vicarages	Imperial
  Llangattock	Brecknockshire	miles NW. of Clydach ry. sta., 9597 ac., pop. 4731; contains part of Brynmawr and Ebbw Vale; has large ironworks.	Bartholomew
  Llangunider (or Llangynider)	Brecknockshire	miles NW. of Crickhowell, 13,908 ac., pop. 3625; P.O., called Llangynidr ; contains parts of Ebbw Vale, Rhymney, and Tredegar.	Bartholomew
  MONMOUTHSHIRE, or MONMOUTH	Monmouthshire	vales of the Ebbw, the Sirhowy, and the Rumney. The number of collieries in 1859 was 74. The number of coalminers	Imperial
  MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY	Monmouthshire	from Newport, past Crumlin, to Nantyglo, with a branch from Aberdeen, up Ebbw-vawr vale, to the vicinity of Beaufort.	Imperial
  NANTYGLO	Monmouthshire	Ebbw-fach vale, and at the terminus of the Western Valleys railway, amid a wild tract of upland country, ¾of a mile	Imperial
  Newtown	Monmouthshire	Newtown , in NW. of Monmouthshire, at head of Ebbw vale, 1 mile from Ebbw Vale sta.; P.O.	Bartholomew
  Sirhowy	Brecknockshire	miles SE. to the Ebbw near Kisca, Monmouth; its vale is rich in coal and iron, and contains many works.	Bartholomew
  SIRHOWY (The)	Brecknockshire Monmouthshire	Mynyddyslwyn, to the Ebbw, ¾ of a mile above Risca. Its vale is rich in minerals, and teems with mineral works.	Imperial
  Victoria	Monmouthshire	Victoria , seat of ironworks and ry. sta., Monmouthshire, 2 miles SE. of Ebbw Vale.	Bartholomew
  Waunllwyd	Monmouthshire	Waunllwyd , 2 miles from Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire; P.O.	Bartholomew

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