Aberystwth, Monmouthshire
Historical Description
Aberystwth, a parish in Monmouth, 1 mile from Blaina station on the G.W.R., 9 miles WSW of Abergavenny. Post town, Blaina. Acreage, 11,753; population of the parish, 25,913; of the ecclesiastical district of Aberystruth St Peter, 8283. The surface is chiefly upland round the higher reaches of the Ebbw river. Collieries and iron and tin works, round Nant-y-glo, the Tillery Valley, and other centres, employ a great proportion of the inhabitants. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £300. The parish church of St Peter, a cruciform structure in the Norman style, was rebuilt in 1857. There is no village of Aberystruth, but the parish includes Blaina, Nant-y-glo, Abertillery, Cwmtillery, &c.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Monmouthshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Aberystwith St. Peter | |
Hundred | Abergavenny | |
Poor Law union | Abergavenny |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Aberystwth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Aberystwith (St. Peter))
Newspapers and Periodicals
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