In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newbridge like this:
NEWBRIDGE, a hamlet in the W of Monmouth; on the river Ebbw, and on the Western Valleys railway, 5¼ miles W S W of Pontypool. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Newport, Monmouth.
Newbridge through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Newbridge has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Caerphilly. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Newbridge and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newbridge, in Caerphilly and Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20379
Date accessed: 19th May 2013
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