Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TAWE (The)

TAWE (The), a river of Brecon and Glamorgan; rising in Llyn-y-fan-fawr, in Brecon; and running about 36 miles, south-westward, past Capel-Celwen, Ystrad-gynglais, Cilybebyll, Trehannos, and Llansamlet, to Swansea bay at Swansea.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Brecknockshire AncC       Glamorgan AncC
Place names: TAWE     |     TAWE THE     |     THE TAWE

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