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Rhondda Cynon Taf
Aberdare

St John’s Church, Aberdare

St John the Baptist's is an ancient parish church in the centre of the town of Aberdare, Wales.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church in Aberdare, Wales
  • Also known as: “St John the Baptist”, “St John the Baptist’s Church, Aberdare”, and “St. John The Baptist Parish Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Siloa Chapel, Aberdare and Aberdare Library.

Church
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Siloa Chapel was the largest of the Welsh Independent, or Congregationalist, chapels in . Services are held in the Welsh language. Established in 1844, Siloa is one of the few Welsh-language chapels in the locality to remain open today.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 340 feet southeast of St John’s Church, Aberdare.

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 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. is situated 940 feet southeast of St John’s Church, Aberdare.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trecynon and Abernant.

Village
Photo: Darren Wyn Rees, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village near , situated in the Cynon Valley, , Wales. It dates from the early nineteenth century and developed as a result of the opening of the Aberdare Ironworks at in 1800.

Village
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village north-east of the town of , , Wales. Like many in the South Wales Valleys, it was once a coal-mining village.

Village
Photo: Aberdare Blog, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village very close to , in , Wales. The village's history is intertwined with coal-mining, and since the decline of the industry in the 1980s, it has become primarily a commuter base for the larger surrounding towns of Aberdare and and , as well as the cities of and .

St John’s Church, Aberdare

Latitude
51.71377° or 51° 42′ 50″ north
Longitude
-3.44887° or 3° 26′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C3RPH72+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 97370431
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q17743272
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“St John’s Church, Aberdare” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “施洗者圣约翰教堂”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Ioan Fedyddiwr”

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Highlights include Aberdare Methodist Church and Aberdare Constitutional Club.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St John’s Church, Aberdare”. Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.