A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Aberavon, par., and parl. and mun. bor., SW. Glamorgan, 1 mile from Port Talbot ry. sta., on river Avon, near its mouth on Swansea Bay, 32 miles W. of Cardiff and 202 miles from London by rail -- par., 1331 ac., pop. 4681; parl. bor., 3708 ac., pop. 13,494; mun. bor., 2598 ac., pop. 4859; 2 Banks. It consists of Aberavon proper, and the part embracing the harb. called Port Talbot. The works at Cwm Avon, in the vicinity, comprising collieries, iron-works, tinplate, charcoal, and copper smelting works, are among the largest in Wales. The bor. forms one of the Swansea parl. dist. of boroughs.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish, and parliamentary and municipal borough" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Port Talbot CP/AP Aberafan Borough Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Aberafan |
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