Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BLAENHONDDAN

BLAENHONDDAN, a hamlet in Cadoxton parish. Glamorgan; in the Vale of Neath, 2½ miles NE of Neath. It includes the village of Cadoxton. Real property, £11,461; of which £6,550 are in mines, and £200 in iron-works. Pop., 1,661. Houses, 314. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in copper mines.


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

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Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Glamorgan AncC
Place: Blaenhonddan

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