[1] This provides evidence that there was a closer link between early nonconformist chapels and public houses than is often thought and that the cause commenced very early in the history of Aberaman as an industrial settlement when the local seams of the locality began to be exploited by Crawshay Bailey and David Davis, Blaengwawr.
Jones apparently fell out with Price and the Baptist denomination and sought to associate the chapel with the Latter Day Saints.
[2] Following this turbulent episode, William Jones, an assistant preacher at Calfaria, Aberdare was ordained as minister at Gwawr.
[2] In 1866 the Rev Morgan Phillips of Tabor, Brynmawr accepted a call to minister Gwawr and was inaugurated on 30 April.
[2] By this time the original building proved to be to small as the population of Aberaman grew rapidly.
[1] Davies was born in Llantood, Pembrokeshire, in 1845 and began his career as a schoolmaster at Blaenffos near his birthplace.
[1] In 1970 the congregation moved from the original building to the former Hebron Calvinistic Methodist church and the old Gwawr was demolished.