Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLYN-CONNON

GLYN-CONNON, a hamlet in Llanwonno parish, Glamorgan; on the river Taf, and on the Cardiff canal, 6 miles S by W of Merthyr-Tydvil. It includes the villages of Home and Havoddryinog, and part of Newbridge; and has the Pont-Cynon aqueduct of the Cardiff canal over the river Taf. Real property, £7, 084; of which £36 are in quarries, £900 in mines, and £25 in iron-works. Pop., 415.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanwynno AP/CP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Glyncynon

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