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Chapels database

This project is fully described on Glamorgan Chapels Database

This Ilston database compiled by Gareth Hicks with contributions from;

If a chapel is already mentioned on the main parish page then its name will act as a link to that section for any data recorded there - such as extant records and OS Grid references

Some chapels may have more than one entry if it is not possible to correctly identify each from a particular source

(For an explanation of the various non-conformist denominations see Gareth's Help Page )

Sources referred to (indicated by number shown in brackets after the data entry) where there may be more data available

Sources;

 

 Additional source

Baptist

Ilston Baptists

  • The first Baptist cause in Wales, founded at Ilston in 1649 by John Miles; they actually met in the parish church of St Illtyd although they referred to it as a meeting house. The  1660 Restoration of the monarchy brought religious intolerance with it and the Ilston meeting house was abandoned shortly after with its congregation forced underground; John Miles subsequently left for America
  • 1878; SUNDAY SCHOOL OUTING: W.H.SMITH STATES THAT BRETHEREN OF OLD ILSTON CHAPEL LEFT FOR AMERICA ABOARD 'THE MAYFLOWER'   (7)
  • 1878; W.H.SMITH CLAIMS BAPTIST BRETHEREN OF OLD ILSTON CHAPEL FOUNDED PLACE IN AMERICA CALLED AFTER THEIR NATIVE SWANSEA    (7)
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  • Ilston Book - on Wikipedia
  • John Myles and his times -  Baptist Quarterly Review 1888

There are the following books - from (5)

  • Matthews, D Hugh. John Miles a Bedyddwyr Ilston. Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes y Bedyddwyr. (1999), p. 1-5
  • Owens, Benjamin G. The Ilston book : earliest register of Welsh Baptists. Aberystwyth : National Library of Wales, 1996. p142. Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Williams, Glanmor. John Miles, Ilston, and the Baptist denomination in Wales. Minerva7 (1999), p. 11-18

 

Congregationalist

Mount Pisgah Congregational, Park Mill, Ilston

  • Mount Pisgah English United Reformed chapel, Parkmill     Opened 1821    Still open in 1992       (1)
  • Here (Parkmill)  is a congregational chapel                1895  (2)            and             there is a Congregational chapel at Parkmill erected in 1822 with 160  sittings      1910 (3)
  • Mount Pisgah Independent chapel, Parkmill, Ilston      SS54578919    Built in 1822, modified, altered or rebuilt in 1890, still in use in 1998           (4)
  • Mount Pisgah Independent, Park Mill         Erected in 1822           William Johnson Ford, Minister, Immanuel Chapel House, Paviland, Gower      1851   (9)
  • Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry for this chapel (in Welsh) - with translation by Deric John
  • Mount Pisgah is currently subject of dispute, the village post office in Parkmill operates in the building and it is used significantly by the community (JC 8)
    This is a typical newspaper reference;
    "Chapel threat fails to put off campaigners;  Determined campaigners from a Gower chapel are pushing  on with its 183rd birthday celebrations - despite an axe hanging over their heads. The United Reformed Church has issued a writ forcing the trustees of  Mount Pisgah, Parkmill, to sell the church." (South Wales Evening Post, 30 June 2005)

NB according to the Kain/Oliver maps Park Mill village is mostly in Ilston parish despite this entry being listed under Pennard in some of the above sources

 

Methodist

 No Methodist chapels found in this parish

 

Other (inc un-identified)

Ilston (Llanilltud Gwyr), Ilston

  • Ilston (Llanilltud Gwyr), Ilston            SS5590            Denomination not given     (4)

[Last Updated :  1 March 2008 - Gareth Hicks]

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