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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pont Nedd Fychan like this:
PONT-NEDD-FYCHAN, or Pont-Neath-Vaughan, a village on the S verge of Breconshire; adjacent to the confluence of the rivers Neath and Pyrddin with the rivers Mellte and Hepste, near the Neath and Aberdare railway, 8 miles N W by W of Aberdare. It lies under a narrow gorge of the river Neath's v ...
alley; has a picturesque one-arched bridge over the Neath; serves as a tourists' centre for exploring much romantic scenery in its neighbourhood; and has an inn, and fairs on the Saturday after 12 March, the Saturday before 12 May, the Saturday before 5 July, the Saturday before 26 Aug., 21 Sept., and 14 Nov.
Pont Nedd Fychan is now part of POWYS District. Click here for graphs and data of how POWYS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pont Nedd Fychan itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pont Nedd Fychan, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21595
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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