Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BLACKWOOD

BLACKWOOD, a village in the W of Monmouth; 16 miles NW of Newport. It. has a post office‡ under Newport, Monmouth, and a r. station with telegraph.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Blackwood

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