Blaengwrach, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Blaengwrach, a township in Glyncorrwg parish, Glamorgan, in the Vale of Neath, adjacent to Glyn-Neath station on the G.W.R., 9 miles NE of Neath. Post town, Glyn-Neath, under Neath. Acreage, 2871; population, 206. Many of the inhabitants are employed in copper and iron mines. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the Jierpetual curacy of Glyncorrwg, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is small, and was restored in 1853.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Maps
Online maps of Blaengwrach are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
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