Hi John Thanks very much for this. I guess the burial must have taken place at Alltwen chapel - maybe thre were some earlier links with this chapel. I must go and look at the graves - there seems to be no record of the MIs. Best wishes Anna At 08:19 09/10/2013, John Ball wrote: >Anna Brueton wrote: > From the Welsh newspapers online website, I've just found the burial >of my 2xg-grandmother Margaret Lewis (nee Lloyd), at "Alltwen >Chapel". As the whole family were Anglican, and the service was >conducted by an Anglican clergyman, I assume that the "chapel" in >question is the church of St John the Baptist in Dyffryn Road, Alltwen. >The Googlemap of the area suggests that the building is now in >private hands, and I'm not sure from the satellite view whether there >are, or were, any gravestones. Can anyone with local knowledge help? >==================== > >Dear Anna, > >I've not visited St John's at Alltwen for 15 years, but I do not recall any >burial ground around it. However, there was (and is) an extensive burial >yard behind Alltwen Independent Chapel. > >As you say, Google's satellite and StreetView images strongly suggest that >St John's is now a private residence and has been so at least since October >2008, the date of the StreetView images. Puzzlingly however, the BBC website >holds an article describing a funeral at "St John's Church, Alltwen" dated >September 2011: >http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-15031547 >"About 150 mourners were inside St John's Church, Alltwen, and another 250 >gathered outside as the service was relayed by loud speakers." > >There are photos of St John's Church and Alltwen Chapel, dated July 1998, in >the 'Images of Wales Webpage Archive' on my website: >http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/archive/980715.htm >Alltwen Chapel is also included in my 'Welsh Churches and Chapels >Collection': >http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/alltwen1.htm > >Kind regards, > > >John >-------------------- >John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK >E-mail: [email protected] >Personal Homepage: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk >Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/ >Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/ > >Joint Webmaster, Breconshire Local & Family History Society > http://www.blfhs.co.uk/ >GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ >Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists