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MERTHYR TYDFIL

MERTHYR TYDFIL


Hen Dŷ Cwrdd, Old Chapel Road, Cefncoedycymer 
11 Sep 2 - 4.30, 12 Sep 2.30-7 (service at 6) The Hen Dy Cwrdd (Old Meeting House) stands within its walled graveyard at the centre of the village, just off the main road. Founded in 1747, as an offshoot of the Dissenting Congregation of Cwmglo (previously of Blaencanaid, c.1640), it is the oldest Nonconformist cause in the area. The chapel was rebuilt in 1853 and 1895. In 1991 it was re-erected using the masonry and fittings of the 1895 building and is an (almost) exact replica of that structure. The twin-aisled interior is galleried on three sides on cast iron columns and there is a high pulpit of ample dimensions against the far wall. The woodwork is of pitch pine. Lucy Thomas (Waunwyllt), ‘the mother of the Welsh Steam-Coal trade’, husband Robert, and a number of their descendants are buried in the graveyard. LOC Map DIS Two steps at chapel entrance. The graveyard is unsuited to wheelchair access.

Yr Hen Dŷ Cwrdd, Capel yr Undodwyr, Old Chapel Road, Cefncoedycymer 
11 Medi 2 - 4.30, 12 Medi 2.30-7 (gwasanaeth a 6) (gwasanaeth am6) Yr Hen Dy Cwrdd yw'r achos anghydffurfiol hynaf yn yr ardal. Codwyd y capel gwreiddiol, cangen o gynulleidfa anghydffurfiol Cwmglo (o Flaencannaid gynt), ym 1747 ac fe'i ailadeiladwyd ym 1853 a 1895. Ailgodwyd y capel ym 1991 gan ddefnyddio cerrig a ffitiadau adeilad 1895, ac mae bron yn gopi manwl o'r adeilad hwnnw. Mae'r tu mewn aleog â galerïau ar dair ochr ar golofnau o haearn bwrw ac mae pulpud uchel yn erbyn y mur pellaf. Ffawydd coch yw'r gwaith coed. ANL dau ris i'r fynedfa; mynediad i'r fynwent yn anaddas i gadair olwyn. LLEO Map ANB Dau ris i'r fynedfa; mynediad i'r fynwent yn anaddas i gadair olwyn.