Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mynydd-y-slwyn

Mynydd-y-slwyn, par. and vil., Monmouthshire - par. (partly in town of Risca, and containing Abercarne), 16,077ac., pop. 8827; the vil. is 2 ½ miles SE. of Tredegar Junction and 9 ½ miles NW. of Newport; has chemical works, iron and tinplate works, and collieries.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Mynyddislwyn

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