Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MYNYDDMAEN

MYNYDDMAEN, a hamlet in Mynyddyslwyn parish, Monmouth; 4¾ miles N E by N of Caerphilly. Real property, £8,067; of which £4,000 are in mines, £6in quarries, and £220 in iron works. Pop. in 1851, 1, 519; in 1861, 1, 782. Houses, 346. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of tin works and collieries.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Mynyddislwyn AP/CP       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Mynydd Maen

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