Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RHYDGWERN

RHYDGWERN, a hamlet in Machen parish, Glamorgan; on the river Rumney, 5½ miles E of Caerphilly. Pop. in 1851, 185; in 1861, 323. Houses, 68.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Glamorgan AncC
Place: Rhyd Y Gwern

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