Rhigos (Rhegoes) - From 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849) RHIGOS (RHEGOES) a township, in the parish of Ystrad-Dyvodog, poor-law union of Merthyr-Tydvil, hundred of Miskin, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 7½ miles (W.) from Merthyr-Tydvil; containing 615 inhabitants. It is situated on the border of Brecknockshire, near the Hîrwaun iron-works, and on the road from Neath to Merthyr. There are places of worship for dissenters, a day school, &c.—See Ystrad-Dyvodog. |