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3 unusual facts about Aberdare


Gwawr, Aberaman

Gwawr, Aberaman was a Baptist chapel in Regent Street, Aberaman, formed as a branch of Calfaria, Aberdare

R. Ifor Parry

Ifor Parry (1908-1975) was a Congregationalist minister and schoolteacher at Aberdare.

Richard Fothergill

The campaign was led by Thomas Price of Calfaria, Aberdare, although ironically he and Fothergill soon buried their differences and became allies in the world of local politics.


Aberdare by-election

Aberdare by-election could refer to two by-elections held for the Parliament of the United Kingdom;

Alexander Brogden

The Gazette entry gives many addresses: Queen Anne’s Gate and Victoria Chambers, Westminster; Aberdare; Tondu; Meathop, Westmorland; Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire; The Hague; Cross Street, Manchester; 46 Dulwich Road, Herne Hill; Ulverstone; Grange-over-Sands; and Wellington, New Zealand.

Bethel, Abernant

Bethel, Abernant is a Baptist Chapel at Abernant in the Aberdare Valley and one of the few nonconformist chapels in the area that still functions today.

Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Aberdare

Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Aberdare, was one of the largest baptist churches in the South Wales Valleys and the oldest in the Aberdare valley.

Dai Llewellyn

He was born in Aberdare, the son of 1952 Summer Olympics gold medallist showjumper Sir Harry Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet and the Hon Christine de Saumarez, who was the daughter of the 5th Baron de Saumarez, a family from Guernsey with British naval ties.

Heolyfelin, Aberdare

The chapel was designed in 1852 by Thomas Joseph, an engineer from Hirwaun who was involved in colliery enterprises at Aberdare.

John David Jenkins

After his appointment to Aberdare, a town where Dissenters were strong, Jenkins organised choral services with psalms being sung to Anglican chants and the canticles to Gregorian chants.

Local Boy in the Photograph

During an interview with Sky Arts HD after his performance at the Hay festival in June 2010, Kelly Jones explained the meaning of a few of his songs and said that "Local Boy in the photograph" was based on the true story of local boy Jamie, who was killed by a train travelling between Cwmbach and Aberdare.

Stephanie James

Stephanie Beth James (born 17 August 1985, Aberdare, Glamorgan) is a Welsh actress who began her career in 2004, at the age of 19, when she portrayed the role of single mother Leigh-Anne Williams in the feature film "A Way of Life", in which she portrayed a struggling single parent who was at the centre of a storyline featuring a racially motivated murder.


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