Welcome to Gelligaer Historical Society
Next Monthly Meeting
Wednesday January 29
two talks at Colliers Adventure Park
11.00 a.m.
Joan Williams, wife of Zepheniah,
and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography
by
Les James
Lunch will be available
and can be purchased at the venue but must be ordered in advance via Gelligaer Historical Society – more details will be available later in the month
Dr Elin Jones will be giving a short talk about Rev. Gwilym Davies
2.30 p.m.
Putting Workers on Film
by
Colin Thomas
Colliers Adventure Park is near the Rowan Tree (formerly The Colliers Arms) on the road from Ystrad Mynach to Nelson. However if travelling from Ystrad you cannot turn right towards the park area: so you will need to continue to the roundabout before Nelson and come back. Turn left immediately after the Rowan Tree public house and go down the hill and into the car park on the right. Colliers Adventure Park is on the left.
If you are unable to attend, there will be a Zoom meeting for each of the talks.
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
