Heol Dwr
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Heol Dwr
Image: © Alan Richards Taken: 28 Jun 1989
Adfail anhedd-dy o'r enw Heol Dwr a enwyd felly ar ol y ffordd a â heibio iddo. Bu Hewl Dwr, fel y'i hynganer yn lleol, yn gartref i Catherine Jones a'i merch, Eunice. Bu Catherine yn canu'r piano yng Nghapel Ebeneser, Pentrebach gerllaw. Yn drist iawn bu farw Eunice mewn ysbyty ar ol cyfnod o afiechyd ond yn drychinebol bu'r fam farw yn fuan wedyn mewn tan dinisitriol pan losgwyd y ty yn ulw yn 1964. Claddwyd y ddwy yng Nghapel y Gopa, Pontarddulais ond nid oes ganddynt garreg bedd. Yn y blaendir ar y dde gellir gweld y ffynnon. This ruined house, known as Heol Dwr (trans. water road), is named after the unsurfaced track which runs past the property. Hewl Dwr, as it is pronounced locally, was the former home to Catherine Jones and her daughter, Eunice. The former played the piano at nearby Ebeneser Chapel, Pentrebach. Sadly, Eunice died in hospital after being struck down by an illness and Catherine, tragically, perished in a fire which destroyed the house in 1964. Both were interred at Gopa Methodist Chapel but sadly there is no memorial stone. The well can be seen in the foreground on the right.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.724919
Longitude
-4.023864