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NEWBRIDGE, or Newbridge-on-Wye, a hamlet on the S W border of Radnor; on the river Wye, and on the Llanidloes, Builth, and Talyllyn railway, 7¼ miles S S E of Rhayader. It has a station on the railway, a post-office under Builth, Breconshire, and a great fair on 17 Oct.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Radnorshire AncC |
Place names: | NEWBRIDGE | NEWBRIDGE ON WYE | NEWBRIDGE OR NEWBRIDGE ON WYE |
Place: | Newbridge on Wye |
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