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Rhyd-Y-Fro Saron Congregational Old Chapelyard

Swansea, Wales

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Get directions Swansea, Wales

Coordinates: 51.73794, -3.86627
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The village of Rhyd-Y-Fro or Rhydyfro stands on the main road from Pontardawe [one mile away] to Cwmamman on the right of the river Clydach. The nearest city is Swansea which is nine miles away.
The meaning of the word is unusual. "Rhyd" means 'shallow' or 'river crossing' or the English word 'ford', while "Bro" means a piece of unpopulated land. The river Clydach has been flowing in the same bed for thousands of years.
Rhydyfro was a small village at the time the first place of worship was built.
The main part of the village stood at the place where the Egel and Gors joined to form the river Clydach. The Clydach flows into the Tawe and divides the parishes of Llangiwc and Rhyndwy-Clydach. Below the village is Cwm Clydach, deep and narrow. Further up it forms a letter "Y", with Cwmegel spreading to the right, and Cwmgorse to the left.To the North-East stands the mountain of Gwrhyd and Llangiwc and on the western side stands Gellionen and Baran.
Saron Independent Chapel was built in 1843 and rebuilt in 1904.

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