Cwmbach, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Cwmbach, a hamlet in Aberdare parish, Glamorgan, Ig-mile E of Aberdare, with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Aberdare. The church was erected in 1882. There are Congregational, Baptist, Calvinistic, and Primitive-Methodist, and Unitarian chapels.

Maps

Online maps of Cwmbach are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• South Wales Echo