Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dowlais

Dowlais, dist. and ry. sta., forming a NE. part of Merthyr Tydfil bor., Glamorgan, 184 miles NW. of London, pop. 16,476; 1 Bank; has large ironworks; Dowlais Top, ry. sta., is 2 miles NE. of Dowlais sta.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "district and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Glamorgan AncC
Place: Dowlais

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