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Chapel Road, ABERDARE, CF44 9JX

By the A4059, in parish of Hirwaun (Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough District), Penderyn, in boundary wall of Lamb Hotel, Chapel Road. Inscription reads:- BRECON 17 Grade II listed by Cadw. Reference Number: 26831 https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=26831 Surveyed Milestone Society National ID: BRE_BCHI17.

Viewed across Chapel Road (A4059). This view gives a better impression of the size of the 17th century inn than a view of the front. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3059530

Along this section of Chapel Road, there are houses on only this side of the road. Ahead, Chapel Road meets the A4059. In the background is Penderyn limestone quarry. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/453785

A blue plaque to the left of the front door, recognises the inn as being a 400-year-old inn which has a cellar that was used as a place of incarceration for Lewis Lewis The Huntsman – a famous revolutionary and chief protagonist who played a major role in the Merthyr Rising of 1831.

This little blue plaque commemorates the part this old roadside inn played in the Merthyr Rising of 1831, when it was used to incarcerate Lewis Lewis, a ringleader of the protesting workers once he had been arrested at the height of the protests, the roots cause of which was reduced wages, poor working conditions, harsh treatment of unemployed workers, the debtor's courts seizing goods and general simmering unrest due to the disparity between the working classes and the mineowners, ironmasters and the upper classes. Here Lewis Lewis must have learned that the likely outcome for him would be hanging, or at best transportation and penal servitude in Australia. His frustration and anger must be palpable within these walls still.

An historic roadside inn in the village.

Located opposite the Lamb Hotel. The sign pointing right towards Cwm Cadlan has the name Brecon County in the circle at the top. The County of Brecon (also known as Brecknockshire, the County of Brecknock or Breconshire) is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales. The administrative county of Brecknock was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Most of the former county is now in Powys, but Penderyn is now part of the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Pub located on the corner of Chapel Road and Lamb Road. The blue plaque on the wall to the right of the doorway lintel records that the Lamb is a 17th century inn. It was here that Lewis Lewis 'the huntsman' was incarcerated during the Merthyr Rising of 1831. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3059547 to a side view.