Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CWMDARE

CWMDARE, a hamlet in Aberdare parish, Glamorgan; on the rivers Dâr and Cynon, 5 miles SW of Merthyr-Tydvil. Pop., 2, 404. The stream of a waterfall here, on Hirwain common, emits inflammable gas.


(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: Cwmdare

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