GENUKI: Aber-porth chapels

For further details of this project see Cardiganshire Chapels Database

Compiled by Gareth Hicks (Feb 2007)

Not all available data was necessarily used from sources, and 1 & 4 below have been combined where appropriate, being similar in many respects

1. The Chapels Recording Project in Wales (RCAHMW)
2. The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales., by Jones, I.G. & Williams, D. UWP, Cardiff, 1976
3. Nonconformist Registers of Wales published by the National Library of Wales in 1994.
4. The Parish Churches and Nonconformist Chapels of Wales: Their Records and where to Find them, Vol. One, Cardigan - Carmarthen - Pembroke, by Rawlins, B.J. (1987).
5. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1910 - the Archive Cd Books Cd

Other sources

Aberporth Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Aberporth

Aberporth Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Aberporth SN2575351421 Started 1739/40; chapel founded 1743; built 1833 at Banc near Aberporth village; rebuilt 1859 ; renewed 1901 241 members in 1902 Still in chapel use 1998 Records 1835-1972 in Presbyterian Church in Wales archives (1) & (4)
Aberporth Welsh CM Erected in 1833 David Davies, Clerk, Helyg; Ben Shadrack, Minister 1851 (2)
Rev Morgan Parry Morgan, CM minister, living at the Manse, Aberporth 1910 (5) [Not clear which of these CM chapels he ministered at]

Blaenannerch Welsh CM chapel, Blaenannerch

Blaenannerch Welsh CM chapel, Blaenannerch SN24794910 Started 1740; chapel founded 1743 at Cwmhowni (?), built 1794; enlarged 1808; rebuilt 1838; renewed 1896 217 members in 1902 Births and bapts 1808-37 at PRO & in IGI Still open in 1998 (1)
Blaenannerch CM Erected in 1794 Griffith Davies, Preacher, Cwmcoed 1851 (2)
Bapts 1805-37 at PRO (3)
Still open in 2006
Photograph on Dyfed FHS

[Gareth Hicks: 20 Feb 2007]