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Abercanaid in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil
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"ABERCANAID is 1½ miles south [of MT]. St. Peter's church, Abercanaid, is a small building of stone, consisting only of chancel and nave; the Rev. John Charles Kempthorne Buckley L.Div. of St. David’s College, Lampeter, has been curate in charge since 1919. Merthyr Vale is 5 miles south; Pen-yr-Heolgerrig is three-quarters of a mile north-west; Pontmorlais is a continuation of High street, Merthyr; Plymouth is 1 mile south; Twyn-y- Rodyn is a quarter of a mile east, and Tydfils Well three-quarters of a mile north. There are stations on the Great Western railway at Merthyr Vale, Quaker's Yard, Abercanaid, Aberfan and Treharris" [From Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923 (ArchiveCDBooks) - transcribed by Gareth Hicks]
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Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Sion Chapel, Abercanaid
- Old Graig Chapel, Abercanaid at the turn of the century
- Graig Chapel Abercanaid Centenary Programme - 14 March 1948
- Graig Chapel Abercanaid
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. Peter, is in the Benefice of Abercanaid, and diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website.
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Abercanaid on Alan George's site
Abercanaid - on Wikipedia
Historic Landscape Characterisation - Abercanaid and Llwyn-yr-Eos "An important surviving example of a 19th century settlement associated with the Graig and Gethin Pits, initially developed by 1850 and substantially extended during the following quarter century............................"
And Upper Abercanaid
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Abercanaid in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil to another place.
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Killed in Action 27-01-1917. An article from the Merthyr Pioneer about the death of Evan Thomas from Abercanaid during the First World War. - on the People's Collection Wales site
Old Abercanaid Pit, 1896 on the People's Collection Wales site (use search box)
Abercanaid Colliery on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Gethin Colliery, Abercanaid on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Aerial photograph of forestry north-east of Aberdare with Cwm Pit Colliery at Abercanaid visible in the distance. Taken on 14 October 2009.
- Abercanaid, old pit. 1896c
"Abercanaid & Pentre-bach. These places are populous districts on both sides of the river Taff near Merthyr. They are connected with the extensive works at Pentre-bach, where National schools have been established many years ago. Here again the Dissenters are obliged to submit to Church Catechism, and Church attendance. There is no public school on unsectarian principles, at Abercanaid, Pentre bach, or Troedyrhiw, in this neighbourhood although they have Dissenting Chapels numerous."
From The Journal of William Roberts ('Nefydd'), 1853-62 by E D Jones, National Library of Wales journal Vol IX/1 Summer 1955.