Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PONTNEWYDD

PONTNEWYDD, a hamlet in the S W of Monmouthshire; on the Crumlin canal and the Western Valleys railway, 5¼ miles N by W of Newport. It has a station on the railway, and tin-plate works.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Pontnewydd

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