Tregeiriog area place name : Rhewl

[Richard Isaac ap Edward]

hello brevitas,
yes I have visited Tregeiriog once, I remember the old farm down the road at the crossroads & another up the other direction. There was the baptist chapel & a few chairs to sit on. I went back up the main road to the graveyard a bit out of the village but it's too modern for my lot to be there... We drove past Tregeiriog farm & had a crazy ride up & over the hill where you get to the shot out sign post where you turn right to go off to Langadwaladr. It's anyone's guess what the farmer thought might he had seen us. What I remember most is when the sun shot through the thick cloud & back for hours on end... a sort of light & grim show but the light part was fantastic on those hill sides.
I'll be going back one day & I hope to stay around the area this time for a longer period than the last 'quick stop'.
R

[Richard Isaac ap Edward]

Here's an edit for my previous post;
"there was the Calvinistic Methodist chapel" & not "a Baptist chapel"

R

[Gadget]

Hi Richard

Not sure what you mean 

Did you want to modify what you said before:

. There was the baptist chapel & a few chairs to sit on.

[Richard Isaac ap Edward]

Hi there, I'd previously written in my description from memory of being in Tregeiriog that I'd seen a Baptist church in the village, but as you had earlier pointed out, and as I was further researching I also found out that it was or is a CM church. On the 1901 census you pointed out that there was a Wesleyan Chapel, with the Smithy sitting in-between that & the CM church. Unless it was a new Smithy recently converted it could well be one in the same as the one vacated by Thomas Isaac in 1854 at the event of his early death. As far as I can guesstimate his father Edward ran it from at least 1841 & earliest mention of him being a blacksmith was in 1824, of Gilfach, he was 48 yrs old that year when his last son was born.

R

[Gadget]

I wouldn't stake my savings on it, but I'd guess that it was likely to be the same Smithy. The amount of heavy equipment, forge, etc. would mean that it would be easier to take it over from the previous owner.

Some of my ancestors were forgemen and stayed at the same forge - the remnants of which still exist.

I think there used to be a Ceiriog Valley Newsletter a few years ago - not sure if it's still going. It might be worth contacting them about it if it still exists.


brevitas

[Gadget]

Link:

http://www.ceiriogvalleynews.co.uk/

[Richard Isaac ap Edward]

Hi there,
I just had a peek at the link for ceiriogvalleynews, great stuff. Have not found it before so will be exploring shortly. I did see the photo of the Pandy Chapel... every piece of the puzzle helps. I'm referring to my later question concerning the old chapels of Glyn Ceiriog. I managed to find some info on all but one. 
Richard