In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hengoed like this:
HENGOED, a hamlet in Llanelly parish, Carmarthen; partly within Llanelly borough and on the railway to Mynydd-Mawr, near Llanelly town. Real property, £5, 543; of which £350 are in mines and £51 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 776; in 1861, 2, 024. Houses, 390. Pop. of the part within Llanelly borough, 362. Houses, 69.
Hengoed through time
Hengoed is now part of Carmarthenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carmarthenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hengoed itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hengoed in Carmarthenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23000
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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