Pontypool

[ pon-tuh-pool ]

/ ˈpɒn təˌpul /

a town in Torfaen, in SE Wales.

Example sentences from the Web for pontypool

The 3d division was to be under the command of a person of the name of William Jones, a watchmaker, at Pontypool.

The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2 |Camden Pelham
His great-great-great-grand-father, Capel Hanbury, bought property at Pontypool and began the family iron-works there in 1565.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 |Various
The Baptist theological college of Pontypool was removed to Cardiff in 1895.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 |Various
Left Cardiff about six in the morning, and reached Newport about ten, where many came from Pontypool and other parts to hear me.

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) |Luke Tyerman

One of the chief seats of the industry was at Pontypool, but the business drifted to Birmingham.

Chats on Household Curios |Fred W. Burgess

Pontypool

/ (ˌpɒntɪˈpuːl) /

an industrial town in E Wales, in Torfaen county borough: famous for lacquered ironware in the 18th century. Pop: 35 447 (2001)