Chapel Row Museum, Georgetown, Merthyr Tydfil

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NPRN409706
Map ReferenceSO00NW
Grid ReferenceSO0444406666
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMerthyr Tydfil
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPark
Type Of SiteMUSEUM
PeriodPost Medieval, Modern
Description
A small museum and collection of industrial structures and artefacts is set around a short terrace of early industrial housing, Chapel Row (nprn 18306) and the shell of Cyfarthfa Chapel. The site includes a partly excavated length of the Glamorganshire Canal (nprn 34425). No.4 Chapel Row was the birthplace of composer and musician Joseph Parry. Artefacts include canal boundary stones and tramplates, and structures include cast-iron canal bridges from Old Rhydycar (nprn 407729) and SO 056 070 and a cast-iron road bridge from SO 050 065.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 30 October 2009.