St Cynogʼs Cemetery

Saint Cynog's Church is of medieval foundation, though the present building dates from 1861, when it was completely rebuilt. For decades afterwards locals weren't sure who the church was dedicated to, with Saint Mary and Saint Cynlais both suggested, until the vicar in 1914 dug out the details of the 1861 service and found it was Saint Cynog. The church celebrated 150 years in the present building in 2011.

The graveyard is still in use, and many family monuments date back to the 19th century. It contains a number of war graves, including Private Richard Butler, who died of pneumonia while home on leave in 1918, and Brinley Davies, killed in 1944 when a V1 flying bomb hit the Guards Chapel in London.

Ystradgynlais Family History Society sells CDs of the church's registers of baptisms, marriages and burials from 1686, and of the monumental inscriptions in the graveyard.