Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HENGOED

HENGOED, a hamlet in Gelligaer parish, Glamorgan; on the river Rumney and on the Cardiff and Rumney railway, 5¾ miles N of Caerphilly. It has a station on the railway. Real property, £5, 823; of which £4, 559 are in mines. Pop., 578. Houses, 115.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Gelli Gaer CP/AP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Hengoed

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