Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ABERPERGWM

ABERPERGWM, a chapelry in the parish of Cadoxton, Glamorgan; at Glyn-Neath r. station. Post Town, Glyn Neath under Neath. The scenery of vale and mountain, with the vale of the Pergwm rivulet, a waterfall, and the fine grounds of Aberpergwm House, is very rich. Coal is worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £119. Patron, Rees Williams, Esq.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Glamorgan Ancient County
Place: Aberpergwm

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