Bethesda, Ton Pentre

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Bethesda, Ton Pentre, was one of the great bastions of non-conformity in the Rhondda Valley at the turn of the century but the congregation dwindled as the Rhondda lost its Welsh language culture and it closed in 1988

As I said in my previous post my grandfather managed to escape the pits after the first world war, after being accepted for ministry training. It was Bethesda that sponsored him for this.

This magnificent building is in a sad state of disrepair now.