GENUKI: Llanddewi Aber-Arth 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

Siloam Baptist chapel, North Rd, Aberaeron

Siloam Baptist chapel, North Rd, Aberaeron SN4606963006 Chapel dated 1872, rebuilt 1881/2 Closed 1976. (1)
Welsh Baptist chapel, Aberayron Seats 200 1895 (6)

Peniel Welsh Ind chapel, Peniel Lane / Water St, Aberaeron

Peniel Welsh Ind chapel, Peniel Lane / Water St, Aberaeron SN4587762808 Started 1810/11, chapel built 1833/4; enlarged 1857 & 1897 Members; 350 in 1873 Early ministry of Dr T Phillips Records; 1. register of members 1816-58 NLW Burials 1813-28, list of members 1811-54 NLW 2. baptismal register of Neuaddlwyd and this chapel 1791-1878 NLW? Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Peniel Ind Erected in 1833 William Evans, Minister 1851 (2)
Peniel Cong, Aberaeron Bapts 1791-1896 NLW (3)
Peniel Welsh Ind, Aberaeron Opened 1833, still open in 1992 (7)
Welsh Cong chapel, Aberayron Rev William Evans Seats 400 1895 (6) and Rev Thomas Gwilym Evans Seats 800 1910 (5)

Shown as still open on the Union of Welsh Independents site (Nov 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 (Oct 2008)

Bethel Welsh CM chapel, Aberarth village

Bethel Welsh CM chapel, Aberarth village SN4788363868 Built 1790, rebuilt 1805 & 1846, renewed 1900. Members; 145 in 1902 Records; 1. births and bapts 1818-36 PRO & in IGI 2. membership rolls 1812-26 NLW Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Bethel, Aberarth CM Erected before 1800, rebuilt in 1803 Thomas Evans, Minister 1851 (2)
Bethel CM Bapts 1816-36 PRO (3)
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Bethel chapel history - on the Aberarth village site

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.

Tanybryn CM chapel, Tanybryn

Tanybryn CM chapel SN48436147 Started c.1815, chapel built 1864 Schoolroom built 1834. Members; 30 in 1902 Records; see Bethel this parish and Pennant, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys parish Derelict by 1998 (1) & (4)
Tanybryn CM Erected in 1830 John Phillips, Secretary 1851 (2)

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.

Salem Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Aberaeron

Salem Wesleyan chapel, Aberaeron Bapts 1839-1973 NLW (3)
Welsh Wesleyan chapel, Aberayron Rev David Morgan Seats 85 1895 (6) and Rev William Thomas Roberts (Lampeter circuit) Seats 85 1910 (5)
Cause begun ca. 1812 & chapel built 1864 as Salem Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Repaired 1902 & closed 1922; later converted to residential.
Dedicated May 1958 as Catholic Church of the Holy Cross. Status (1998): in use as Catholic Church. (Coflein)

Henfynyw Aberaeron - Wesleyan Methodists dwelling house

Weleyan Methodist chapel, Henfynyw Cause began c 1812 Chapel built 1864 Records; see St Thomas chapel, Lampeter (4)
Henfynyw Aberaeron - Wesleyan Methodists dwelling house David Evans, Wesleyan Minister 1851 (2)

Photograph on Dyfed FHS of a Salem Wesleyan chapel built in 1864, under Aberaeron, OS grid reference SN459630

These two entries believed to be the same place

Tabernacle Welsh CM chapel, Tabernacle St, Aberaeron

Tabernacle Welsh CM chapel, Tabernacle St, Aberaeron SN457630 Built 1833; enlarged 1853 and again 1869, further additions 1897. Sunday School founded 1807. Members; 318 in 1902 Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Tabernacle CM Erected in 1833 "Most of our Congregation attend Sunday School, many that are on the Sunday School's books are mariners being seldom at home ........" Benjamin Evans, Sec, Timber Merchant 1851 (2)
Welsh CM chapel, Aberayron Rev Evan Morris and Rev James Thickens Seats 800 1895 (6)

See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data
Cardiganshire Family History Society - Index to deaths and burials in Cardiganshire from non-conformist records is available on fiche. Check details on their site, for this parish includes ; Tabernacl (Cal.Meth., 1837-1899).

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.

[Gareth Hicks:9 Dec 2011]