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Gilwem, Breconshire

Historical Description

Gilwem, a village in Llanelly parish, Breconshire, 4 miles ENE of Brynmawr, and 4 WSW of Abergavenny. It has a station on the L. & N.W.R.½ and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Abergavenny. There are Congregational, Baptist, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodi&t chapels

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Breconshire is online.


Newspapers and Periodicals

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