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Abercwmboi in the parish of Aberdare
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"Abercwmboi parish, formerly known as Cap Coch was a conventional district of Aberaman. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, was closed in 1974 " Archives Network Wales
"Abercwmboi (formerly Cap Coch) is 2½ miles south- east and is ecclesiastically a conventional district. St. Peter’s church is an iron building with 200 sittings. The Rev. David Ogwen Davies has been curate in charge since 1921. Abercwmboi Workmen’s Hall and Institute, built in 1914, contains a hall that is let for entertainments, and has a seating capacity for 750 persons, also reading and billiard rooms; the cost was about £2,500." [Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923 (ArchiveCDBooks) - transcribed by Gareth Hicks]
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For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives
| Non Conformist Registers Deposited | |||||
| Chapel | Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | OS Map Ref | Deposited/ Copies |
| Cap Coch, Wesleyan | 1857-1933 | - | - | SO 02250008 | NLW |
| Cap Coch, Wesleyan* *not on WGAS online list | 1966-1968 | - | - | SO 02250008 | WGAS |
| Cap Coch, Wesleyan | - | 1964-1969, 1972-1986 | - | SO 02250008 | GRO |
WGAS - West Glamorgan Archive Service
NLW - National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
GRO - Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Abercwmboi Ecclesiastical Parish records "Abercwmboi parish, formerly known as Cap Coch was a conventional district of Aberaman. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, was closed in 1974" "........ records including registers of baptisms, 1920-1976; marriages, 1924-1974; confirmations, 1960-1974; services, 1931-1964; miscellaneous records, 1933-1969........."
Abercwmboi photographs - on Aberdare online
Abercwmboi - on the Rhondda Cynon Taf Libraries Heritage Trail site
Abercwmboi - on wikipedia
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Abercwmboi in the parish of Aberdare to another place.
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Sketch of Abercwmboi . In 19th century, Abercwmboi was a wonderful place to be, until the Phurnacite plant came to destroy people's life
- Opening of the phunacite plant abercwmboi
- Polluted wood by Phurnacite works. 1973 and 1974. Trees dying, foliage black, ground flora alive Abercwmboi pond. Phurnacite works from burning tip, 23/10/84
- The original stone on the front of Abercwmboi's workmen's hall. Photographed on Monday 16th February 2015.
- Abercwmboi Workmens Hall and Institute
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST024999 (Lat/Lon: 51.689342, -3.413331), Abercwmboi in the parish of Aberdare which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- An early twentieth century newspaper article featuring small reports related to the village of Abercwmboi.
- A twentieth century newspaper article about Abercwmboi Working Men's Hall and Institute
Abercwmboi Colliery on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Phurnacite Project 1981 "The Phurnacite Project was a study of the Phurnacite plant at Abercwmboi in the Cynon Valley and its economic and environmental impact. It is made up of a number of interviews of union officials at the plant, workers at the plant and those working at collieries that supplied the plant. A documentary was compiled from the interviews and some additional footage. Some funding was received from the Welsh Arts Council."