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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sirhowy like this:
SIRHOWY, a village, with extensive iron-works, on the mutual boundary of Brecon and Monmouth; on the S. river, ¾ of a mile N of Tredegar.
Sirhowy is now part of BLAENAU GWENT District. Click here for graphs and data of how BLAENAU GWENT has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sirhowy itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sirhowy, in Blaenau Gwent and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/20172
Date accessed: 05th December 2025
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