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...
PETER RICKETTS MBE - REMINISCENCES of YOUTH & CANAL RESTORATION. Family: The Ricketts’ family life in Cwmgwrach was of short duration, only 30 years in the history of the village. I am Peter Ricketts born in Church Crescent, Blaengwrach in January 1933...