Carrying on with the requested look at Merthyr’s lost chapels, here is the next batch – the lost chapels of Abercanaid down to Merthyr Vale.
ABERCANAID
Deml Welsh Baptist Chapel
Church View, Abercanaid
Built 1896. Demolished ?
(Old) Graig Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
Graig Road, Abercanaid
Built 1848. Demolished 1948
(New) Graig Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
Church View, Abercanaid
Built 1905. Demolished 1996
Silo Welsh Baptist Chapel
Upper Abercanaid
Built 1842. Demolished ?
TROEDYRHIW
Mount Zion Congregationalist Chapel
Cardiff Road, Troedyrhiw
Built 1871. Demolished 2004
Saron Welsh Independent Chapel
Chapel Street, Troedyrhiw
Built 1835. Rebuilt 1852. Demolished 1990
ABERFAN
Capel Aberfan Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
Aberfan Road, Aberfan
Built 1876. Burned down 2015
Old Bethania Welsh Independent Chapel
Aberfan Road, Aberfan
Built 1876. Rebuilt 1885. Demolished 1968
Hope Church of Christ
Bridge Street, Aberfan
Built 1900. Demolished ?
Mount Hermon Congregationalist (later Gospel Hall)
Aberfan Crescent, Aberfan
Built 1899. Demolished ?
Smyrna Welsh Baptist Chapel
Aberfan Road, Aberfan
Built 1879. Rebuilt 1902. Demolished 2002
MERTHYR VALE
Bethel Welsh Wesleyan Chapel
Wesley Place, Merthyr Vale
Built 1886. Demolished ?
Calfaria Welsh Baptist Chapel
Cardiff Road, Merthyr Vale
Built 1877. Rebuilt 1910. Demolished 1979
Trinity Presbyterian Chapel
Wesley Place, Merthyr Vale
Built 1876. Rebuilt 1904. Demolished ?
Zion English Baptist Chapel
Nixonville, Merthyr Vale
Built 1879. Rebuilt 1891. Demolished 1971
If anyone has photographs of any other chapels that are no longer with us, and there are a few I can’t find photos of, or if anyone can fill in any details, please get in touch.