The Gwrhyd

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Gwrhyd Chapel, Cefn Gwrhyd

[Photographs taken November 14, 1998]

"High on the uplands of Cefn Gwrhyd stands the lonely and isolated Gwrhyd Welsh
Independent Chapel. It was built in 1856 at a cost of £350.
This exposed site was chosen because in the 1850s, it was central for rural chapel-goers
who came from the surrounding farms on horseback or on foot."
["Around Pontardawe" The Archive Photograph Series]

Above and below; the chapel is surrounded by a small graveyard containing about 150 graves

Above: Alongside the chapel is what was once the schoolhouse

Above:The bleak upland landscape of Cefn Gwrhyd on which the chapel is situated

Above: "At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them....."

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