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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mynydd Maen like this:
MYNYDDMAEN, a hamlet in Mynyddyslwyn parish, Monmouth; 4¾ miles N E by N of Caerphilly. Real property, £8,067; of which £4,000 are in mines, £6in quarries, and £220 in iron works. Pop. in 1851, 1, 519; in 1861, 1, 782. Houses, 346. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of tin works and collieries.
Mynydd Maen is now part of TORFAEN District. Click here for graphs and data of how TORFAEN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mynydd Maen itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mynydd Maen, in Torfaen and Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23388
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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