Name: Siloam

Denomination: Independent

Built: 1829 Notes:

1. Siloam Chapel was built in 1829. [Source: Coflein online database (NPRN 6082)]

2. In January 2007, a contributor to a message thread on the RootsWeb Powys Mailing List wrote: Siloam Chapel at Clydach, Llanelly, Breconshire was demolished many years ago because it was precariously close to the 'new' [A465] road up the valley from Gilwern to Brynmawr. All that remains is the small graveyard and some of the boundary walls. The graveyard is on a steep incline and is heavily overgrown and surrounded by tall trees; so much so that you have to be close to it to realise that it is there. I spotted the gravestones in the undergrowth when I realised that the only turning point for my car along a narrow track was actually the old gateway to the chapelyard. Many of the gravestones have fallen, inscriptions on others have eroded, a few can still be read. [Source: Powys Mailing List Archive]

Image 1:

Photograph (undated) by kind permission of Rebecca Openshaw

Image 2:

Ordnance Survey map, published 1891, showing site of Siloam Chapel (circled).