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Parish Pages - Llanelly / Llanelli - Photos

With thanks to John Ball [JB] for the photographs, which are annotated and dated where possible. If you have any photos you'd be willing to show here, please email them to us.

Late 19th Century Ordnance Survey map showing the cluster of buildings around Llanelly's parish church.
The church (identified in red) is illustrated in the photographs that follow.
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Entrance to St Elli's Churchyard. [JB - June 1998]
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Signboard, St Elli's Church. [JB - June 1998]
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St Elli's Church, viewed from the northwest. [JB - June 1998]
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The west tower is medieval, but the slated spire dates from 1897. [JB - June 1998]
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St Elli's Churchyard. The churchyards are maintained as managed wild life areas.
[JB - June 1998]
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Late 20th Century Ordnance Survey map showing the cluster of buildings around St Elli's Church.
The buildings identified in red are illustrated in the photographs that follow.
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The buildings on the left are to the southwest of the church; the nearest was once the Five Bells public house.
On the map, the house directly ahead is named Laurel Cottage. [JB - June 1998]
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Another view of Laurel Cottage. [JB - June 1998]
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These buildings lie behind Laurel Cottage. The nearest is named Delfryn on the map. [JB - June 1998]
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Late 20th Century Ordnance Survey map showing the settlement around St Elli's Church in relation to Maes-y-gwartha and Bethlehem Chapel (circled in red), illustrated in the photographs that follow.
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Bethlehem Baptist Chapel, Maesygwartha. [JB - June 1998]
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Bethlehem Baptist Chapel. The chapel was established in 1830. [JB - June 1998]
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Chapel entrance and plaque, dated 1830. [JB - June 1998]
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Eastern aspect of Bethlehem Chapel. Note the tombstones stacked against the east wall.
[JB - June 1998]
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Modern Ordnance Survey map showing the settlement around St Elli's Church in relation to Maes-y-gwartha, Clydach and Blackrock.
The following photographs were taken from Blackrock Lane, the minor road shown in brown.
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Old cottage. [JB - May 2005]
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Disused limekilns at Blackrock. [JB - May 2005]
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Houses on north side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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The Old Post Office. [JB - May 2005]
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The north aspect of the former Drum and Monkey Inn. Its southern aspect overlooked the A465 Heads of the Valley road. [JB - May 2005]
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Houses on north side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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House on north side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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The former Hafod Inn on south side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Vale View on south side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Houses on north side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Detail of old advertising hoardings on building shown in previous photograph. [JB - May 2005]
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View looking up Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Ebenezer Calvinistic Methodist Chapel on south side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Dated wall plaque on Ebenezer Chapel. [JB - May 2005]
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English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and Sunday School on south side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Dated wall plaque on English Wesleyan Chapel. [JB - May 2005]
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View looking up Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Houses on north side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Houses on north side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Old steps leading to house on north side of Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Modern Ordnance Survey map showing Clydach Village and site of Ironworks.The following photographs were taken during a walk down the minor road shown
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Disused trackbed of the former Merthyr Tydfil & Abergavenny Railway.Note the limekilns on the left. [JB - Sep 1998]
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Another view of the trackbed and limekilns, showing the steep drop on the right. [JB - Sep 1998]
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Here the track was carried over Clydach Gorge on a magnificent stone arched viaduct. [JB - Sep 1998]
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Part of the viaduct viewed from Blackrock Lane, across the valley. [JB - May 2005]
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Part of Clydach Village, viewed from above. [JB - Sep 1998]
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A garden of curiosities in Clydach Village. [JB - Sep 1998]
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A narrow alleyway in Clydach Village. [JB - Sep 1998]
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The road through Clydach Village is steep and narrow in parts. [JB - Sep 1998]
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Clydach Village viewed from Blackrock Lane, across the valley. [JB - May 2005]
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Another view of Clydach Village from across the valley. [JB - May 2005]
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Remains of Clydach Ironworks. The first furnace at the ironworks was built in the early 1790s, but further furnaces were added as the demand for iron increased. In the left foreground were the 'pig beds', where molten iron was run into troughs forming ingots of pig iron. [JB - Sep 1998]
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Clydach Ironworks. [JB - Sep 1998]
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The A465 Heads of the Valleys road viewed from a footbridge over the road. The buildings nearest the road are the former Drum and Monkey Inn off Blackrock Lane. [JB - May 2005]
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Modern Ordnance Survey map showing the location of Gilwern in relation to the village of Llanelly.
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A modern large scale Ordnance Survey streetmap of Gilwern showing the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. The following photographs were taken around the stretch of Main Road that passes over the canal.
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The Navigation inn, on Main Road, on the south side of the canal. [JB - May 2005]
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The Navigation pub sign. [JB - May 2005]
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Looking northeastwards along Main Road from the forecourt of the Navigation. The stone walls on the left and right of the roadway identify the bridge carrying the road over the canal. [JB - May 2005]
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Stone wall plaque on the canal bridge. [JB - May 2005]
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A tranquil scene on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, viewed from the west side of the bridge. [JB - May 2005]
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Barges moored alongside the canal on the east side of the bridge. On the left is another canal-side pub: the Bridgend Inn. [JB - May 2005]
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The canal bridge, viewed from the east. The pub sign of the Navigation Inn centre top. [JB - May 2005]
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The Bridgend Inn with picnic tables alongside the canal tow-path. [JB - May 2005]
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The roadside aspect of the Bridgend Inn. [JB - May 2005]
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The junction of Back Road and Main Road. [JB - May 2005]
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Modern streetmap of Brynmawr. The photos that follow were taken from near Bailey Street.
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Streetscenes, Brynmawr [JB - Sep 1998]
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Streetscenes, Brynmawr [JB - Sep 1998]
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Streetscenes, Brynmawr [JB - Sep 1998]
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Streetscenes, Brynmawr [JB - Sep 1998]
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