May Cross Bonares

Huelva Gazetteer, 1892 – Bollullos, Bonares & Cabezas Rubias

(Translated extract from Guía de Huelva y Su Provincia para el Año 1892 – Don José Merelo y Casademunt)

Bollullos

Population: 7,257
Judicial District: La Palma

A town with charitable institutions, a notable parish church and a municipal hall, oil mills, pottery workshops, distilleries, molasses production, and other industries. Its territory produces excellent wines and a variety of other products.

Three kilometres from the town stands the chapel of the Virgin of las Mercedes. The municipal capital comprises 1,429 buildings of one and two storeys, forming several clean and well-paved streets.

Its principal commercial activity is the export of wines. It has a third-class road and is located six kilometres from the La Palma station, on the Seville railway line and 39.004 km from Huelva​.


Bonares

Population: 3,782
Judicial District: Moguer

A town situated in very fertile and productive land. The municipal capital consists of 627 buildings of beautiful appearance, their façades displaying the characteristic whiteness of Andalusian villages.

Its principal wealth lies in the production of abundant and exquisite wines, which form the basis of its commerce, along with fruit, vegetables, and extensive pine forests. Seen from a distance, the town presents a surprising, pleasant, and poetic ensemble.

A road is planned, and it lies four kilometres from the station at Niebla (on the Seville and Río Tinto railway lines) and 22.288 km from Huelva​.


Cabezas Rubias

Population: 1,330
Judicial District: Valverde

A village in a hollow surrounded by hills. The municipal capital consists of 311 buildings, mostly single-storey, forming a few streets in a modest state of preservation.

Its territory produces cereals and good pastureland. It is connected by a third-class road and lies 61.292 km from Huelva​.