Trede'gar, a market-town on the north-west border of Monmouthshire, 12 miles WSW. of Abergavenny and 7 ENE. of Merthyr-Tydvil. Grown from a mere village since 1800, it stands in the midst of a district rich in coal and ironstone; but its iron and steel works are a thing of the past. Pop. (1851) 8305; (1881) 18,771; (1891) 17,484.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 283
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