Abersychan Story (example)
As you walk down Shop Road, through the trees in front of you
will be able to glimpse Forge Row in Cwmavon. A much larger house,
Cwmavon House, is still in existence nearby. This was built in the
1820s for the ironmaster. All the houses are still residential and
there is a thriving community here. The large building to the right
of Forge Row was originally the Westlake Brewery, then the Eastern
Valley Subsistence Society set up by Quakers to provide self help
for the mining community, which was designated as a 'Depressed
Area'.