Knelston
Chapels database
This project is fully described on Glamorgan Chapels Database
This Knelston 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;
- 1.The Chapels Recording Project in Wales (RCAHMW)
- 2. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1895 - the Archive CD Books Cd
- 3. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1910 - the Archive CD Books Cd
- 4. Glamorgan FHS - the publications lists etc
- 5. Glamorgan Record Office in Cardiff
hold most extant parish church and non-conformist chapel records,
these are listed on their site (click 'history of your family' on
main page and scroll down to the end of the next page)
- 6. Slaters Directory for 1880
Baptist
Providence Baptist chapel, Llan-y-Tair-Mair, Knelston
- Providence Baptist chapel, Llan-y-Tair-Mair, Knelston SS46718895 Built
in 1858 (1)
[Not sure where Llan-y-Tair-Mair
comes into it, 'Baptist chapel' is shown in the middle
of the small village of Knelston on the 1884 old-maps site]
- "There is a Baptist chapel" 1895
(2) and - "erected
in 1858 with 130 sittings" 1910 (3)
- 'Killay and Knelston Baptist chapel' MIs on the Glamorgan FHS publications lists (4)
and Glamorgan Record Office
(5)
- "There is also a
chapel belonging to the Baptists"
Slaters Directory for 1880
(6) and the Rev Silvanus Jones
is shown as minister there in 1880 (6)
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Providence Baptist Church, Knelston, Records "
...... including deeds and other legal papers, 1911-1979; church accounts, 1934-1972;
trustee correspondence, 1935-1964; documents relating to Christy Davies,
1946-1949; records relating to the Chapel Centenary, 1858-1958; illustrations,
1932-1950s; and miscellaneous church documents, 1880-1970."
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Congregationalist
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No Congregationalist chapels found here |
Methodist
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No Methodist chapels found here
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Other (inc un-identified)
[Last Updated : 18 April 2007 - Gareth Hicks]
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