Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARGOED

BARGOED, a station on the Rhymney railway, on the mutual border of Monmouth and Wales, 18½ miles N of Cardiff. The Bargoed Rhymney valley here joins that of the Rhymney river; and is crossed by the railway on a handsome viaduct.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a station"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Bargoed

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