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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newbridge on Wye like this:
NEWBRIDGE, or Newbridge-on-Wye, a hamlet on the S W border of Radnor; on the river Wye, and on the Llanidloes, Builth, and Talyllyn railway, 7¼ miles S S E of Rhayader. It has a station on the railway, a post-office under Builth, Breconshire, and a great fair on 17 Oct.
Newbridge on Wye is now part of POWYS District. Click here for graphs and data of how POWYS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newbridge on Wye itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newbridge on Wye, in Powys and Radnorshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24437
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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