Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FORCHAMAN

FORCHAMAN, a hamlet in Aberdare parish, Glamorgan; at the confluence of the Amman and the Cynon, 5½ miles SSW of Merthyr-Tydvil. Real property, £54, 871; of which £16, 718 are in mines, £15, 000 in ironworks, £90 in railways, and £480 in gas-works. See Aberdare.


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

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

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