Bridgend, Wales

(Pen-y-Bont ar-ogwr)

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Bridgend is a settlement in Wales

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bridgend within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bridgend in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bridgend.-- market town with ry. sta., Coyty and Newcastle pars., Glamorganshire, 17½ miles W. of Cardiff and 191 NW. of London, pop. 4153, P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. Market-day, Saturday; has mfrs. of woollen, and trade in corn; also, iron-works, stone quarries, and coalmines.

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