Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hay

Hay.-- market town and par. with ry. sta., E. Brecknockshire, on river Wye, 20½ miles NW. of Hereford, - par., 2602 ac., pop. 2154; town, 100 ac., pop. 1916; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thursday.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Hay CP/AP       Hay Urban CP       Brecknockshire AncC
Place: Hay

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