Ystradgynlais At the beginning of the 19th century
the Gough family built a network of houses for workers in the Ironworks
and coal pits. They were built on a strip of land like an island between
the Swansea Canal and
the River Tawe,
Gough's buildings
Old
Ystradgynlais
By looking at old maps and photographs we can get a glimpse of what Victorian
Ystradgynlais must have been like.
New houses for the workers
New developments at the North end of the "island"
A community of working people
the hub of Victorian Ystradgynlais