Calvaria Chapel Substation

Places of Interest Nearby

Calfaria Chapel

Chapel

Photo: Macs15, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Aberdare, was one of the largest baptist churches in the South Wales Valleys and the oldest in the Aberdare valley. The chapel had an ornate interior, including a boarded ceiling with a deeply undercut rose, while the balcony balustrading had a cast iron front with an intricate foliage design.

Aberdare Library

Library

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberdare Library is situated 580 feet northwest of Calvaria Chapel Substation.

St Elvan’s Church

Church

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Elvan's Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the centre of the town of Aberdare. It was built in 1851–1852, largely at the instigation of John Griffith, vicar of Aberdare from 1847 until 1859. St Elvan’s Church is situated 530 feet northeast of Calvaria Chapel Substation.

Places in the Area

Abernant

Village

Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abernant is a small village north-east of the town of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Like many in the South Wales Valleys, it was once a coal-mining village.

Trecynon

Village

Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trecynon is a village near Aberdare, situated in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It dates from the early nineteenth century and developed as a result of the opening of the Aberdare Ironworks at Llwydcoed in 1800.

Aberaman

Village

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aberaman is a village near Aberdare in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It was heavily dependent on the coal industry and the population, as a result, grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century.

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