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Welcome to Gelligaer Historical Society

Next Monthly Meeting
Wednesday April 30th
7.00 p.m.

Artists in the Industrial Landscape
by
Huw Williams
at
Collier’s Adventure Park cafe
tea/coffee available after the talk.

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Directions to Collier’s Adventure Park cafe.

Travelling from Nelson on A472 towards Ystrad Mynach.
Turn left just after the Colliers’ Arms pub. The Adventure park is at the bottom of the Hill on your left, you can park on the right.
 
Travelling from Ystrad Mynacht towards Nelson on A472 towards.
You cannot turn right into the road to the Adventure Park. So it will be necessary to drive to the Nelson roundabout and drive back towards the Colliers’ Arms.

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If you are unable to attend, there will be a Zoom meeting of the talk.   Contact us for details
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The Society aims to study local history and heritage in the area of the old parish and urban district of Gelligaer in north east Glamorgan, which includes modern communities such as Pontlottyn, Tirphil, Brithdir, Bargoed, Hengoed, Ystrad Mynach, Trelewis, Bedlinog, Fochrhiw and Deri as well as the village of Gelligaer itself. The Society promotes this by arranging lectures, discussions and field meetings to heritage sites as well as encouraging research.
The Society meets on the last Wednesday of each month during the winter months at Llancaiach Fawr, where a talk is given (see Events tab above). The talks are not necessarily restricted to the subject of Gelligaer; one recent talk being on the Pirates of the Bristol Channel. The society has, since 1964, periodically published a journal  see Publication.
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Our Constitution as PDF

See 1841 Farms of Gelligaer
or click on map to see 1841 map of Garthgynyd Hamlet