GENUKI: Cellan chapels

For further details of this project see Cardiganshire Chapels Database

Compiled by Gareth Hicks (Feb 2007)

NB. Not all available data was necessarily used from sources - and sources 1 & 4 have been combined as similar

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., byJones, 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
6. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1895 - the Archive Cd Books Cd
7. My Ancestors were Congregationalists in England and Wales, by D J H Clifford, SOG, 1992.
8. Independent Chapels of Wales: History Books and Pamphlets by Huw Walters.
9. Death and Burial indexes available for purchase from Cardiganshire Family History Society
10. Online Commercial & Residential Directories as appropriate to a particular parish - apart from what may already be on Genuki, see also the Historical Directories site

Capel-yr-Erw Welsh Independent chapel, Erw, Cellan

Capel-yr-Erw Welsh Independent chapel, Erw, Cellan SN60394882 Built 1811; rebuilt 1863, renewed 1933. Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Welsh Ind, Cellan Opened 1811 Still open 1992 (7)
Capel yr Erw Ind Erected in 1811 Rees Jones, Minister 1851 (2)
Memorial Inscriptions for Capel Erw, Cellan, Independent chapel, ( Held at Carmarthen Archives)
Rev Thomas Eli Evans (Cong Minister) living at Aneddfa, Cellan 1910 (5)
Photograph on Dyfed FHS
Shown as still open on the Union of Welsh Independents site (Dec 2006)

Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for this chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Sept 2008)

Capel Caeronnen Welsh Unitarian chapel, Trebane, Cellan

Capel Caeronnen Welsh Unitarian chapel, Trebane, Cellan SN60634895 Built 1654; rebuilt 1747, 1846, 1861, renewed 1925. Records; 1. account book 1840-69 2. see Cilgwyn, Llangybi parish which had close early connections Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Caeronnen Unitarian Erected in 1846 John Jones, Deacon 1851 (2)
Williams, Thomas O. Tri chan mlwyddiant Cae'ronnen (1654-1954). Yr Ymofynnydd, cyf 54, 1954

[Gareth Hicks: 2 April 2008]