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Troed-yr-aur chapels

 

For further details of this project see Cardiganshire Chapels Database

Compiled by Gareth Hicks (April 2007)

Sources

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

 Other sources

 

Independent

Hawen Ind chapel, Hawen

  • Hawen Welsh Ind. chapel, Hawen             SN34644680              Chapel built 1747, rebuilt/enlarged 1790, 1811, 1838, renewed 1878        Graveyard added in 1811     Hawen & Glynarthen considered one church for 60 years, separated in 1824 with same minister until 1860      Members; Hawen and Glynarthen in 1838  about 700-750            Records;  1. births & bapts 1785-1806 & 1814-37  PRO   2. see also Glynarthen, Penbryn parish, and Trewen, Brongwyn parish             Still open 1998         (1) & (4)
  • Hawen Ind Sunday school        SN34674684    Still open 1998   (1)
  • Hawen   Ind      "Builded in 1747 and rebuilded in 1790. Ditto in 1811 and Ditto in 1838"       "There is a large burial ground belonging to the chapel...."        William Jones, Minister     1851  (2)
  • Hawen Cong chapel       Bapts 1814-37  PRO;   Bapts 1878-88 NLW     (3)
  • Photograph on Dyfed FHS
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  • Davies, Dewi Morgan.  Hanes Eglwys Annibynnol Hawen, Ceredigion . Llandysul : 1947
  •  Hawen Ind chapel shown as still open on the Union of Welsh Independents site (Dec 2006)

 

Methodist

Salem CM chapel, Brongest

  • Salem Welsh CM chapel, near Brongest        SN32404502          Started c1780, chapel built 1811, rebuilt/enlarged 1885      Members; 101 in 1902       Records;    1. births & bapts 1833-37 PRO & in IGI     2. births & bapts 1820-32  PRO                Still open 1998             (1) & (4)
  • Salem chapel, near Brongest village     CM             Erected in 1811          John Thomas, Deacon, Crynant   1851  (2)
  • Salem CM chapel, Brongest      Bapts 1820-37  PRO   (3)
  • Still open in 2006

Twr-gwyn CM chapel, Rhydlewis

  • Twr-gwyn Welsh CM chapel, Rhydlewis            SN35174767           Started 1743, chapel built 1750, enlarged 1779, rebuilt 1816, renewed 1846 & rebuilt 1932.    Growth in membership in periods of ministry of David Morris and his son Ebenezer Morris          Members; 184 in 1902       Records;  births & bapts 1808-37 PRO & in IGI                Still open 1998   (1) & (4)
  • Twrgwyn    CM         Erected before 1800                    Samuel Morris, Deacon, Rhydlewis     1851  (2)
  • Twr-gwyn CM chapel, Rhydlewis      Bapts 1808-37  PRO     (3)
  • Twrgwyn CM still open in 2006
 
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[Gareth Hicks: 3 April 2008]

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