Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAVOD-Y-PORTH

HAVOD-Y-PORTH, a hamlet in Margam parish, Glamorgan; 3 miles SE of Aberavon. It contains the village of Taibach. Real property, £11, 387. Pop., 2, 502. Collieries and the copper works of Taibach are here.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Margam CP/AP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Hafod Y Porth

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