GENUKI: Lampeter 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

Noddfa Welsh Baptist Chapel, Lampeter

Noddfa Welsh Baptist Chapel, Lampeter SN5801247774 School chapel built 1897 Still open 1998 (1)
Rev Daniel Jones Seats 260 1910 (5)

Soar Welsh Ind chapel, Y Commins, Lampeter

Soar Welsh Ind chapel, Y Commins, Lampeter SN5767847940 Started 1831; chapel and schoolroom built 1842, enlarged 1872/4, modified 1895. vestry added 1931 David Davies minister 1841-1871 when membership 150 Records; register of bapts 1872-87 and subs book 1843 NLW Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Soar Ind Erected in 1842 David Davies, Ind Minister 1851 (2)
Soar Welsh Ind, Lampeter Opened 1841 Still open in 1992 (7)
Soar Cong Bapts 1872-87 NLW (3)
Rev Evan Evans Seats 800 1910 (5) & 1895 (6)
Ind chapel Rev David Davies Slaters 1868 (10)
T. Eirug Davies, Timothy Richard: Trem ar ganmlwydd eglwys Soar, Llanbedr, 1831-1931, (Llanbedr Pont Steffan, 1931), 35tt. (8)

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)

Emmans Ind chapel, Pentrebach

Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Penybont

Penybont WM William Davies, Leader 1851 (2) (Listed under Lampeter)
Not shown anywhere else - is this chapel listed in error in the 1851 census for this parish ?

Shiloh Welsh CM chapel, Lampeter

Shiloh Welsh CM chapel, Lampeter SN5747448169 Started 1743; chapel built 1775, rebuilt 1806 & 1874, modified 1892; school & vestry added early C20th. Members; 158 in 1902 Still in use 1998 (1) & (4)
Seats 400 1910 (5)
Rev John Charles Evans 1895 (6)
CM chapel Rev John Jones Slaters 1868 (10)

Tabernacl Welsh CM chapel, High St, Lampeter

Tabernacl Welsh CM chapel, High St, Lampeter SN5756748104 Started 1743; chapel built 1775, rebuilt 1806, 1874. Records; births and bapts 1818-37 PRO & on IGI Not still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Tabernacle CM Erected 'one hundred and six' 1806 (sic) Enoch Stephen, Deacon 1851 (2)
Shiloh/Tabernacle, CM Bapts 1813-37 PRO (3)
Source (4) states that Tabernacl is now Siloh, was the chapel rebuilt in 1874 on a different site as Shiloh ? - different OS grid references

Hanes Methodistiaeth, rhan ddeheuol Sir Aberteifi : oddechreuad y "Diwvgiad Methodistaidd" yn 1735 hyd 1900 . By John Evans. Dolgellau , 1904. (Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church History in the southern part of Cardiganshire from 1735 to 1900) This book contains an entry for each CM chapel in existence in South Cardiganshire at the end of 1900, including this one. It includes a history of preaching in the area before the chapel was built, lists deacons, ministers etc, and contains a wealth of genealogical information.

St Thomas Wesleyan Methodist chapel, St Thomas St, Lampeter

St Thomas Wesleyan Methodist chapel, St Thomas St, Lampeter SN5772248038 Started 1806, chapel built 1811, rebuilt 1829, enlarged 1845, rebuilt 1875 Members; 74 in 1861 Records and accounts, inc bapts 1835-1931 at NLW Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Wesleyan chapel Erected in 1810 Edmunds, Class Leader 1851 (2)
St Thomas WM Bapts 1835-1931 NLW Bapts 1839-1973 NLW Burials 1835-1931 NLW (3)
Rev Henry Philip Atkins Seats 350 1910 (5)
Rev Thomas John Pritchard 1895 (6)
Wesleyan chapel Rev James Jones Slaters 1868 (10)

Brondeifi Unitarian chapel, Lampeter

Brondeifi Unitarian chapel, Lampeter SN5812947866 Started 1800, chapel & schoolroom built 1875-6, rebuilt 1902-3. Still open 1998 (1)
Rev Rees Cribin Jones Seats 400 1910 (5) & 1895 (6)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Lampeter

[Gareth Hicks: 2 April 2013]