Siloam Baptist Chapel, Upper Cwmbran
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Siloam Baptist Chapel, Upper Cwmbran
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 31 May 2008
According to tradition, meetings of Baptists in the Upper Cwmbran area were held in people's homes until the chapel was built in 1838. This date follows very closely on the opening of the Porthmawr Colliery- better known locally as the Clay level- and the expansion of the brickworks.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.666165
Longitude
-3.051409