Sorbus domestica of "serve", from Old English "syrfe", borrowed from the Latin name "sorbus"; it is unrelated to the verb "serve". Other English names include sorb, sorb tree, and whitty pear—"whitty" because the leaves are similar to rowan (i.e. pinnate), and "pear" due to the nature of the fruit. Sorbus domestica Sorbus domestica, with the common name service tree or sorb tree (because of its fruit), is a species of "Sorbus" native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa (Atlas Mountains), and southwest Asia (east to the Caucasus). It may be called true service tree, to distinguish it from wild service
Bethlehem, Mountain Ash Bethlehem, Mountain Ash Bethlehem, Mountain Ash was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Pryce Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Bethlehem were conducted in the Welsh language. The origins of the church date back to 1854, when meetings were held at a house in Commercial Street, and later at a house in Duffryn Street. A schoolroom was built in 1857, at a cost of £500, which became known as "Capel Bach". Memorial stones for this building were laid by William Lloyd, draper, of Commercial Street and Rees Evans, grocer, amongst others. There was no permanent minister until 1870. During this