Welsh Journals

Mynyddbach Chapel, 2000. B.M. The Mynyddbach (Tirdwncyn Newydd) Church Book, 1666-1792 by E. C. Williams On its hilltop site in the old ecclesiastial parish of Llangyfelach stands the chapel of Mynyddbach, or Tirdwncyn Newydd1 as it was originally called. This was, and remains, the home of a cause which contributed much to the development of religious nonconformity which was for so long an important part of life in the Swansea area, as it was of Welsh life as a whole. It is therefore very fortunate that the church book containing the early records of the cause has survived and is now in the safe keeping of