Wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Aberdare

Calfaria Chapel

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.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Macs15, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Chapel
  • Description: Baptist chapel in Aberdare
  • Also known as: “Calfaria Baptist Chapel”, “Calfaria Chapel, Aberdare”, “Calfaria Chapel,Monk Street”, and “Calfaria Welsh Baptist Chapel”
  • Address: Monk Street, Aberdare, CF44 6ZZ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aberdare Library and St Elvan’s Church.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 610 feet northwest of Calfaria Chapel.

Church
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Elvan's Church is a Grade II* listed church in the centre of the town of . It was built in 1851–1852, largely at the instigation of John Griffith, vicar of Aberdare from 1847 until 1859. is situated 500 feet north of Calfaria Chapel.

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. is situated 780 feet northwest of Calfaria Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abernant and Trecynon.

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: 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: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village near in the county borough of , south . It was heavily dependent on the coal industry and the population, as a result, grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century.

Calfaria Chapel

Latitude
51.7119° or 51° 42′ 43″ north
Longitude
-3.44598° or 3° 26′ 46″ west
Inception
January 1st, 1851
Levels
2
Open location code
9C3RPH63+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 989847912
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Wiki­data ID
Q16256112
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“Calfaria Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه كالفاريا المعمدانيه”
  • Welsh: “Calfaria, Aberdâr”
  • Welsh: “Capel Calfaria”

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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 “Calfaria Chapel”. Photo: Macs15, CC BY-SA 3.0.