GENUKI: Cilcennin 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

Seion Welsh Independent chapel, Cilcennin

Seion Welsh Independent chapel, Cilcennin SN51986005 Built 1775; rebuilt 1804, 1835, 1859. Records; see Neuaddlwyd, Henfynyw Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Seion Welsh Ind chapel, Cilcennin Opened in 1775 Still open in 1992 (7)
Cilcennin Ind Erected in 1775 Thomas Jones, Ind Minister 1851 (2)
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 (Oct 2008)
Photograph on Dyfed FHS

Seion Ind chapel, Cilcennin shown as still open on the Union of Welsh Independents site (Dec 2006)

Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Carne, Cilcennin

Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Carne, Cilcennin SN51926042 Built 1808; rebuilt 1858. Not in existence in 1851 Records; see Soar, Aberystwyth Not still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Ebenezer Wesleyan chapel Bapts 1839-1973 NLW (3)

Carne WM David M Evans, Assistant Overseer 1851 (2)
Jones, G. M; Centenary of the founding of Ebenezer Chapel, Cilcennin, Welsh Gazette 21/8/1958

[Gareth Hicks: 14 Oct 2008 ]