Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BUTE DOCKS

BUTE DOCKS, a harbour in Glamorgan; at the mouth of the river Taff, 1¼ mile S of Cardiff. It has a post office‡ under Cardiff. Docks here were constructed by the Marquis of Bute. See Cardiff.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a harbour"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Glamorgan Ancient County
Place: Butetown

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