Heritage Resources @St_Elvans
St Elvan's is fortunate to be supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Pen Y Cymoedd Community Fund
Our heritage work is multi-faceted and includes monthly heritage talks, FREE church and stained glass tours, visiting monthly exhibitions and heritage displays, and our permanent NLHF supported exhibition on the history of the Church and the town of Aberdare itself
Additional walking tours and online resources are also available within this site on a number of subjects
These currently include:
Aberdare Cenotaph
The Great Antiphons of Advent
The Coronation
Dare Valley Mining Trail
The Elvan Story
E. Thomas & Williams, Mining Safety Lamps
E. Thomas & Williams Heritage Trail
The Forgotten Buildings of Aberdare Heritage Trail
Seven Sacraments Trail
Women of the Cynon Valley
Our 2024/25 Heritage project "Voices From Underground" and accompanying open photography project "Coalfield Communities - Then & Now", supported by the Shared Prosperity Fund, focused on the 40th anniversary of the 1984/85 Miners Strikes. Further information on the projects is available at www.stelvans.com/voices-from-underground with our NEW Dare Valley Mining Audio Trail, narrated by BBC Wales' Roy Noble, available to explore from April 2025
Additional information and heritage resources are added here frequently, so please do call back regularly. Details of our FREE visiting exhibition series, hosted monthly in our Mezzanine Gallery, are available in the Exhibitions section of the website here
Details of our monthly WAM (Words Art Music) Nights, are also available here
Visitors are welcome to browse the church and stained glass, self-guided, any day, Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00 or attend any of our many FREE heritage events, listed in the Heritage Activities section of the site here
Our FREE Heritage Talks with visiting guest speakers take place on the last Friday of every month. To book a place, visit the events section of our website here, or to book a separate, stand alone group tour of the church or guided stained glass group tour, please contact us by email at [email protected]
If you are interested in our Heritage work, or in joining the Volunteer Research Group which meets monthly here at St Elvan's, please contact our Heritage & Community Officer Anastazia Thomas, by email at [email protected]
Our heritage work is multi-faceted and includes monthly heritage talks, FREE church and stained glass tours, visiting monthly exhibitions and heritage displays, and our permanent NLHF supported exhibition on the history of the Church and the town of Aberdare itself
Additional walking tours and online resources are also available within this site on a number of subjects
These currently include:
Aberdare Cenotaph
The Great Antiphons of Advent
The Coronation
Dare Valley Mining Trail
The Elvan Story
E. Thomas & Williams, Mining Safety Lamps
E. Thomas & Williams Heritage Trail
The Forgotten Buildings of Aberdare Heritage Trail
Seven Sacraments Trail
Women of the Cynon Valley
Our 2024/25 Heritage project "Voices From Underground" and accompanying open photography project "Coalfield Communities - Then & Now", supported by the Shared Prosperity Fund, focused on the 40th anniversary of the 1984/85 Miners Strikes. Further information on the projects is available at www.stelvans.com/voices-from-underground with our NEW Dare Valley Mining Audio Trail, narrated by BBC Wales' Roy Noble, available to explore from April 2025
Additional information and heritage resources are added here frequently, so please do call back regularly. Details of our FREE visiting exhibition series, hosted monthly in our Mezzanine Gallery, are available in the Exhibitions section of the website here
Details of our monthly WAM (Words Art Music) Nights, are also available here
Visitors are welcome to browse the church and stained glass, self-guided, any day, Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 16:00 or attend any of our many FREE heritage events, listed in the Heritage Activities section of the site here
Our FREE Heritage Talks with visiting guest speakers take place on the last Friday of every month. To book a place, visit the events section of our website here, or to book a separate, stand alone group tour of the church or guided stained glass group tour, please contact us by email at [email protected]
If you are interested in our Heritage work, or in joining the Volunteer Research Group which meets monthly here at St Elvan's, please contact our Heritage & Community Officer Anastazia Thomas, by email at [email protected]
Current Heritage Resources
Aberdare Cenotaph
The Coronation
The Elvan Story
E. Thomas & Williams, Mining Safety Lamps
E Thomas & Williams Trail
The Forgotten Buildings of Aberdare
Self Guided Tour of St Elvan's
Stained Glass Tour
Women of the Cynon Valley
If you are interested in our Heritage work, or in joining the Volunteer Research Group which meets monthly here at St Elvan's, please contact our Heritage & Community Officer by email at [email protected]
Our thanks go to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Pen Y Cymoedd Community Fund for their ongoing support of our heritage work, and to the National Lottery Heritage Fund 15 Minute Heritage programme, National Lottery Players, Cadw and Welsh Government for their support of the E. Thomas & Williams Ltd project and accompanying online trail
Our thanks go to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Pen Y Cymoedd Community Fund for their ongoing support of our heritage work, and to the National Lottery Heritage Fund 15 Minute Heritage programme, National Lottery Players, Cadw and Welsh Government for their support of the E. Thomas & Williams Ltd project and accompanying online trail
