The New Inn in Merthyr Mawr and the story of Cap Coch | Historic Pubs of Wales | Episode 2

If you love history, or know the Bridgend and Merthyr Mawr area, you must watch this amazing, 12-minute video about our most notorious, highwayman and murderer and all his deeds down at the Dipping Bridge. Welsh author & historian Graham Loveluck-Edwards visits the site of the New Inn in Merthyr Mawr (in Glamorgan / South Wales) for the second instalment of his ‘Historic pubs of Wales’ series of videos. He recreates the scene as it was in its heyday, and it includes the story of the pub’s most notorious inn keeper. A mass murdering 18th century highway man known as Cap Coch. This video tells his story as best we know it and interrogates how likely it is to be true. It also looks at issues of real crime and social history from Wales and wider Britain in the 1700s. Such as the causes of poverty & lawlessness, the problems of apprehending a murderer and solving crimes in the 18th century (UK). It also includes an old map of the area and discusses issues of transport and travel in what was known as ‘the golden age of coach travel’, along the old Roman / Antonine road (the Via Julia Maritima) which preceded the introduction of the turnpike. This video is an episode in the Historic Pubs of Wales series. Written, presented and published by Welsh author and historian; Graham Loveluck-Edwards. Author of the book 'Historic Pubs of Wales' which is published by Candy Jar Books LTD (Cardiff). In this series of short videos, I examine a moment in Welsh history from the perspective of our ancestors, when they were propping up the bar in a pub which was at the heart of the action. These are the stories I gather from visiting some of the oldest and most interesting pubs in Wales. I hope you enjoy them. And if you do, please subscribe to this channel and share them on social media.