Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ebbw Vale

Ebbw Vale, seat of ironworks with ry. sta., partly in Llangattock and Llangunider pars., Brecknockshire, but chiefly in Aberystruth and Bedwelty pars., Monmouthshire, on W. headstream of river Ebwy, 6 miles NW. of Aberbeeg Junction and 178 miles NW. of London, pop. 14,700; P.O., T.o., 2 Banks.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat of ironworks with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "industrial sites")
Administrative units: Brecknockshire AncC
Place: Ebbw Vale

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