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.
RHYMNEY, a village and a chapelry in Bedwelty parish, Monmouth. The village stands on the river Rhymney, at the terminus of the Rhymney railway, adjacent to the meeting-point with Breconshire and Glamorgan, 2½ miles W of Tredegar; and has a post-office‡under Tredegar, and a railway station with telegraph. The chapelry was constituted in 1839. Pop. in 1861, 7, 630. Houses, 1, 390. Extensive iron-works are here; and have furnaces in a massive Egyptian form of architecture. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £300.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place: | Rhymney |
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