1810 - 1836: The following account of the history of Ynys Las has been researched and compiled using a number of resources, such as:- Tithe maps, Journals, newspaper articles and various books, a full list of resources can be seen at the end of the article...
Please find below a Google Mymaps of all the farms in and around the village and up as far as Glynneath. The map shows that the top end of the valley was a very agricultural area. Most of the farms sat on sides of the valley on the slopes leading up to Graig y Glyn...
Introduction by Rhodri Evans, (Mary Ann's grandson): The following article was written by my grandmother Mary Ann Aubrey (my mother's mother) in 1968 when she was 83 years old and covers the period from her birth in 1884 to the time she left to work as a chambermaid...