Nantgwyllt Church

Back in 1880 there was a small community at Nant-Gwyllt Shelly lived there at the manor for a time and no doubt visited the small chapel there. People used to attend services there on a Sunday afternoon lead by a pastor who would visit on horseback. Nearby children would go to the school and a watermill cut timber and ground grain near the church. This would all change in 1893 when Birmingham Waterworks Company built a dam across the Claerwen valley. By 1896 the community had disappeared under the Caban-coch Reservoir

The old chapel before it was submerged in the reservoir

The map above is one I found and is dated just before work began on the reservoir, the chapel is not marked with a cross like OS maps  but I think is towards the bottom of the map

 In this valley there used be the little community of Nant-gwyllt

A new church was built nearby by Birmingham Waterworks Company  to replace the old drowned one.
This was the first time I came across the church back in 2008, at the time I thought it was closed up and derelict but I found the porch open and went in for a look round and some photos.

Moving on to 2104 and the place looks different, gone are the tall trees surrounding it

Nearby is the church information board with some history on it as well

 The path leading to the church

And the first view you get as you walk through the gate

Here we look at the church from the west end with the Reservoir that took it's predecessor in the background

There were no graves in the churchyard I could see but this memorial seat overlooks the  Reservoir

View from the churchyard looking towards the reservoir 

Inside the church looking down the Nave

  The Chance arch

 

Very nice wood pulpit

 

The Chancel with choir pews

The altar and chancel windows

The Altar

 

The flower son the altar with the cross.

Kneelers on one of the pews

 

The scripture open looking towards the chancel

Chancel arc and memorials in the church

View up the nave from the chancel arch


 

John Pickering memorial

One of the windows that let in so much light

The organ the peddles tell how much use it has had

A lone floral display on the window

At the back by the entrance is a small exhibit of photos taken when the work was being done building the dam 

 

The oil lamps are quite special

What I like about the church is there is no electricity only oil lamps

Former pastors and some history on the church



Simple font

The Chancel Window
Have a peaceful Sunday