Soar, Cwmaman was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Fforchaman Road,
Cwmaman
Cwmaman () is a former coal mining village near Aberdare, Wales. The name is Welsh for "Aman Valley" and the River Aman flows through the village. Cwmaman literally means: valley of the river Aman. It lies in the valley of several mountains. Wit ...
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Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: ''Taf'') and Ely valleys, plus a number of towns and vil ...
, Wales.
Foundation and early history
The cause was formed during the Religious Revival of 1859 which was led by Dafydd Morgan.
A branch of
Libanus, Aberaman
Libanus Chapel was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Lewis Street, Aberaman, formed as a branch of Carmel, Trecynon. It was founded in the very early days of Aberaman as an industrial settlement, on land donated by Crawshay Bailey. Bailey was the ...
, early meetings were held at the home of Thomas Anthony, an engineer at the Shepherd's Pit in the village.
However, in 1868 the first building collapsed due to its being located directly above a coal level owned by one David Bevan. The chapel was rebuilt the following year.
In 1878 the first Cwmaman village Eisteddfod was held at Soar.
Later history
Rebuilt again in 1895 at a cost of £3,070, the new chapel had searing for 650 people. The memorial stone was laid by D.A. Thomas MP.
The first two ministers were the Rev W. Tefilan Griffiths and the Rev Williams Davies. W.D. Morris was minister for forty years from 1886 until 1926 and during this period the membership reached 350 in 1912.
Soar eventually closed in 1992 and the building was demolished in 1998.
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Chapels in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Churches completed in 1870
Methodist churches in Wales
Former Methodist churches in the United Kingdom