Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENYDARREN

PENYDARREN, a suburb of Merthyr-Tydvil, in Glamorgan; on the N side of the town, and within the borough. It has a post-office under Merthyr-Tydvil; and is a seat of iron-works, which long employed about 2,000workmen.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a suburb"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Glamorgan AncC
Place: Penydarren

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