Cwmbach in the Parish of Aberdare

Cwmbach Library
Philip Row
Cwmbach
Aberdare
CF44 0EF

The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing Monumental Inscriptions for the following burial grounds :-

• Unitarian Church

For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives

The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdelene, and is in the Benefice of Cwmbach. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website. The church can be found at grid reference SO024017.

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Aberdare Ecclesiastical Parish records Include " .......... St Mary Magdalene, Cwmbach, 1906-1914......"

Cwmbach photographs - on Aberdare online

Cwmbach on the Rhondda Cynon Taf Library Service Heritage Trail site

Cwmbach - on Wikipedia

Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Cwmbach in the Parish of Aberdare to another place.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO024018 (Lat/Lon: 51.70642, -3.413863), Cwmbach 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.

Victoria Pit, Gadlys Colliery, Cwmbach on the Welsh Coal Mines site

Lletty Shenkin, Cwmbach Colliery on the Welsh Coal Mines site

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Abernant deeds 1800-1877 "In 1837, Thomas Wayne and the David family formed a company and sank a pit on the family's land at Abernant-y-groes, Cwmbach, locating a rich four-foot seam of anthracite coal. ................................"

Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

• Colliers enjoying a drink in Cwm-bach, Aberdare, about 1910
• Cwmbach Relief Committee - 1910

Cwmbach Male Choir "The Cwmbach Male Choir was formed in 1921............"