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SIRHOWY
BRECKNOCKSHIRE
MONMOUTHSHIRE a village, with extensive iron-works Imperial
SIRHOWY BRECKNOCKSHIRE village with railway station Bartholomew
SIRHOWY BRECKNOCKSHIRE Bartholomew
* John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales (1872)
* Frances Groome's The Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1885)
* John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
the river Sirhowy, and on the Vale of Sirhowy
tramroad to Newport and bridge
" . . . such as pig-iron and coal, from other parts of South Wales,
particularly from Sirhowy (Tredegar, Mon),"
so a hamlet not a parish
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and
Wales described Tredegar like this:
"TREDEGAR, a town, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Bedwelty parish
and district, Monmouth. The town stands on the river Sirhowy, and on
the Vale of Sirhowy and the Merthyr and Abergavenny railways, 12½
miles WSW of Abergavenny; was merely an insignificant village so late
as 1800; grew to importance around iron-works, established by the
Homfrays; acquired a tram railway southward, for the conveyance of
minerals, so early as 1802; carries on great industry in the working
and exporting of coal and iron; presents an appearance repulsive to
lovers of tidiness and good scenery; comprises a central square and
radiating streets; and has a head post-office,† two r. stations with
telegraph, a banking office, a town hall, a market house, a good
modern church, eight dissenting chapels, a weekly market on Saturday,
and three annual fairs. Pop. in 1851, 8,305; in 1861, 9,383. Houses,
1,720.
The chapelry was constituted in 1840. Pop. in 1861, 20,318. Houses, 3,643.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff.
Value, £300. Patron, the Incumbent of Bedwelty.
The sub-district comprises all the Manmoeland Ushlawrcoed sections of
Bedwelty parish. Pop. in 1851, 24,544; in 1861, 28,548. Houses,
5,140."
so Bedwelty ?
Address: Sirhowy
Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent
UK
from
http://maps.google.com/maps?num=100&hl=en&q=++sirhowy+&ie=UTF...
my guess is Bedwelty in 1836
Hugh W
On 31/01/2008, Llew and Mary <maryllew(a)bordernet.com.au> wrote:
Dear Listers, could someone please tell me what County and/or Parish
would
Sirhowy have been in circa 1836. With thanks,
Llew Hodges
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