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PONTNEWYNYDD, a hamlet and a chapelry in Trevethin parish, Monmouth. The hamlet lies on the river Avon and on the Eastern Valleys railway, ¾ of a mile N N W of Pontypool; and has a station on the railway and a post-office under Pontypool. The chapelrywas constituted in 1844. Pop., 2, 753. Houses, 540. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Trevethin.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Trevethin CP/AP Monmouthshire AncC |
Place: | Pontnewynydd |
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