These were the Church Burial grounds at Ebbw Vale (Pen-Y-Cae),
Monmouthshire, in date order:-
Bethesda, the Rise (1818). Record of headstones by Job creation scheme.
Held by Cwmbran PRO
Carmel, Carmel Town(1821). Transcribed Monumental Inscriptions (MI's) by
Gwent Family History Society
Wesleyan, Beaufort Road (1822) First English Weslyan Chapel. Demolished
in 1865. Headstones removed 1960 when council bought the land.
Old Penuel, Holland street (1823). New Penuel built 1865. In 1949
converted to a Brassier factory and now a UPVC window factory.
Nebo, Beaufort Road (1825) A new Nebo was built in Mount Pleasant Road
in 1896. Headstones removed 1973.
Saron, Spencer street, Briery Hill (1838). PRO Cwmbran.
Tabernacle, Spencer Street, Briery Hill (1843) as Saron.
St John's Old Parish, Newchurch (1843) closed
St Davids, Carmeltown (1889) Church still in use
Non Conformist burial grounds were administered by the chapel Trustees
and Burial Registers were often kept in exercise books and were not
secure and sometimes lost.
Best wishes
Brenda Jones, Gwent, South Wales
-Visit Gwent FHS at :-
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsgfhs/
(comprises, Ebbw Vale, Pontypool, Chepstow, Newport, Abergavenny and now
a new branch at Blackwood has been re formed ) Of interest to anyone who
has ancestral connections with the old county of Monmouthshire.--