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Pontypool is seated between two hills, and is a small place, though noted for its iron-mills, and great manufacture of japanned ware. It is fifteen miles south-west of Monmouth, and 146 west-by-north of London. – It has a market on Saturday; and fairs April 22, July 5, and October 10.

Source: The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture 1791. Volume the Fifth.