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BRIDGEND
, a See also:market See also:town in the See also:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Glamorganshire, See also:Wales, on both sides of the See also:river Ogwr (whence its Welsh name Penybont-ar-Ogwr)
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Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901.) 6062
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It has a station 165 m. from See also:London on the See also:South Wales See also:trunk See also:line of the See also:Great Western railway, and is the junction of the See also:Barry See also:Company's railway to Barry via Llantwit See also:Major
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Bridgend has a See also:good market for agricultural produce, and is an important centre owing to its being the natural outlet for the See also:mining valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and the two Ogwr See also:rivers, which converge about 3 M. See also:north of the town and are connected with it by See also:branch lines of the Great Western railway
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Though without large manufacturing See also:industries, the town has See also:joinery See also:works, a See also:brass and See also:iron foundry, a tannery and brewery
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There are See also:brick-works and See also: |
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