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Merthyr Tydfil town is a goldmine of fascinating sights for the passing photographer. There are many sculptures and other interesting landmarks, the Carnegie Library, old Town Hall & County Court, several Churches and Chapels, and of course the people of Merthyr itself!
When walking through the town centre, cast your head back high and take a look at some of the architectural detail high-up on the older buildings. Some of it is breathtaking.
On a walk from Merthyr town centre to the Pontmorlais area of town, we snapped some photos of the Hope and Market Square United Church.
Full Set of Photos here on Flickr.
St Mary’s Church, Welshpool gives a splendid vantage point over the town of Welshpool. You can see the lush green rolling hills beyond the town from the Church.
Welshpool War Memorial is situated within the grounds of St Mary’s Church, a 20ft memorial built of sandstone.
See the Full Set of Photographs here (on Flickr)
Hi, ho, it’s Westward we go to Ystradgynlais.
And whilst there we couldn’t resist snapping a few of the local landmarks, including :
We’ve added a whole bunch of photos of St Luke’s Church, Cwmdare.
One of Cynon Valley’s youngest churches, it was opened in June 1887.
Built in a simple style, it has outlived many of the larger ornate places of worship built nearabouts in the Cynon Valley.
Elim Chapel in nearby Bwllfa Road, Cwmdare has been closed for many years.
Click here to go the St Luke’s Church Photos in the Gallery.
An Icarean sculpture seems like a good idea!
Aberdare was bathed in some sun today and the forecast remains good for the rest of the week.
We have added photos of Tom Harvey’s Fall of Icarus to the Gallery.
Sculpted in Indian Cedar and measuring 9′ tall, the sculpture forms part of the Cwmaman Sculpture Trail and is located near St Joseph’s Church, Cwmaman.
It is a pleasure to be able to publish photos of local sculptures. The Cwmaman Sculpture Trail offers a very pleasant walk in a beautiful nook of the Valley reclaimed from former industrial land.
Lucky, lucky Cwmbach-ophiles… we make it our mission to spoil you.
Many more photographs of St Mary Magdalene Church, Cwmbach have been added to the Gallery.
Click here to see the full set of Photographs.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church was established in 1882. Quite late in the day to be frank.
According to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Heritage Trail on Cwmbach : “Religious buildings opened, with the Baptists opening a chapel in 1841, the independents opening a small chapel known as Capel Bricks in 1846 and the Calvinistic Methodists opening a chapel at Tir Bach in 1852.”
In nearby Bridge Street, Wales’ first Co-Operative Store was opened on March 8th, 1860.
Rev. Bernard Jones became the new Aberdare Rural Dean this week.
Rev. Bernard is currently (Church in Wales) Vicar for the Parish of Hirwaun responsible for two Churches within the Parish : St Lleurwg’s Church (Hirwaun) and the sister church at Penywaun, St Winifred.
The role of Aberdare Rural Dean involves extra responsibilities and duties within other Parishes in the Deanery of Cynon Valley. A key role for the Rural Dean is to support parishes during vacancies. The previous Rural Dean was Rev. Robert Davies of Aberdare Parish.
Congratulations to Rev. Bernard and we wish him well in this new role.
St Mary’s Church, Fishguard : According to scholars from the
University of Lampeter in their Imaging the Bible Project website, “St Mary’s Parish Church, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, was built in 1855–57 on the site of a medieval chapel, to the designs of an amateur architect, Thomas Clark of Trowbridge. The church is in an idiosyncratic Romanesque style, but contains several features of interest, including important work by
John Petts (1986 and 1989) and Celtic Studios (1953, 1969 and 1970).” – Reference
http://www.imagingthebible.org/wales/research/fieldwork/fishguard.html
Note – the Imaging the Bible website (see link above) has some examples of the interior of this Church including stained glass designs by John Petts
Hermon Capel y Bedyddwyr, Abergwaun – Hermon Welsh Baptist Church, Fishguard
According to Ceridwen at the Geograph project website : “An impressive chapel in the High Street with a strikingly original facade, built in 1832 (the other date 1776 presumably represents an earlier foundation). The subtle dark and light green colour scheme enhances the classical simplicity of the architecture.”
The Bethel English Baptist Church, is situated in West Street in the harbour village of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.
It was built in 1908.
According to Bethel Baptist Church’s website : “We are a small congregation of about 35 members, dedicated to the preaching of the gospel and the furtherance of God’s kingdom here on earth.
Bethel is a small church with a “Big” welcome. Visitors and visiting preachers alike frequently comment on the warmth of the welcome they receive.
Although we do not currently have a minister, we are blessed by the messages we receive each week from visiting speakers that attend on a regular basis and who have become firm friends.”
Presbyterian Church of Wales, London Road, Neath
Orchard Place English Baptist Church, Neath.
St Carannog Church, Llangrannog
St Michael’s (Roman Catholic) Church, St Davids, Pembrokeshire.
Blaenporth is a village and parish in Ceredigion.
It is located around five miles north of Cardigan town, on the A487 road.
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