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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BEDWAS, a village and two hamlets in Newport district, Monmouth; and a parish partly also in Cardiff district, Glamorgan. The village stands near the Rhymney railway, 2 miles NNE of Caerphilly; and has a r. station. The hamlets lie around the village; bear the names of Lower and Upper Bedwas; and jointly comprise 4,207 acres. Pop. of L. B., 422. Houses, 88. Pop. of U. B., 597. Houses, 115. The parish includes also the Glamorgan hamlet of Van. Post Town, Caerphilly, under Cardiff. Acres, 5,032. Real property, exclusive of Van, £3,806. Pop., 1,081. Houses, 214. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Ruddry, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £380.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and two hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place: | Bedwas |
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