Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CEFNPENNAR

CEFNPENNAR, a hamlet in Aberdare parish, Glamorgan; on the river Cynon, the Merthyr-Tydvil canal, and the Taf Valley railway, under Twynmawr, 4½ miles SW of Merthyr-Tydvil. Real property, £32,867; of which £15,096 are in mines, £8,000 in iron-works, £2,185 in canals, and £60 in quarries. Pop., 834.


(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: Cefnpennar

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