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Chapels database

This project is fully described on Glamorgan Chapels Database

This Llangennith  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

No Baptist chapels found here

 

Congregationalist

 No Congregationalist chapels found here

 

Methodist

Wesleyan Methodist chapel

  • There are Wesleyan and Calvinistic Methodist chapels                 1895 (2)               and     1910 (3)
  • Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Llangennith                   SS42759174                  Built in 1863    (4)
  • Llangennith chapel was built in 1863  (JC 6)
  • 1863; MEETING OF WESLEYANS AT LLANGENNITH, GOWER, SWANSEA, CHAIRMAN, MR CURNOW  (5)
  • 1866; LLANGENNITH WESLEYAN CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY: REV. JABEZ IREDALE (MINISTER) / REVS. FORD & PRICE, CAPT.W. BEVAN ETC / W. POWELL, PITTON RE SUNDAY SCHOOL /  WM. TUCKER, WM. CLUEN, HORTON ETC (5)

Bethesda Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Burry's Green

  • There are Wesleyan and Calvinistic Methodist chapels                 1895  (2)
  • There are two Calvinistic Methodist chapels.            Rev Thomas Williams (Calvinistic Methodist), The Manse  1910  (3)
  • Bethesda Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Burry Green         SS46229144   Built in 1813, modified, altered or rebuilt in 1879 and 1903      (4)
  •  Bethesda CM           Erected in 1813                William Griffiths, Minister, Burry Green           1851   (7)
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  • There is a book ; Bethesda Chapel Presbyterian Church of Wales, Burry Green, 1813 - 1963. Swansea : John Penry Press, 1963  (1)
  • Records of Bethesda chapel, Burry's Green  on the  NLW archives site ; Quote
    "...... Built in 1813 or 1814 by Diana, Baroness Barham .. who also built and established other chapels and schools in the area. During the first years, the Chapel was supplied by ministers of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, staying for about two months at a time. The Rev. William Griffiths, the 'father' of Calvinistic Methodism in Gower, was appointed minister of the Chapel in 1824 under the patronage of Lord Barham, and remained there until his death in 1861............"
  • In the small village of Burry's Green is one of Lady Barham's chapels for dissenters, with a neat house adjoining, as a residence for the minister ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis 1833)
  • 1888; REV.SAMUEL PRICE RESIGNS AS METHODIST MINISTER BURRY GREEN TRINITY  & LLANGENNITH  (5)
  • Bethesda Burry Green English CM chapel      Burry Green, , Abertawe, Abertawe SA3 1HR - still open in 2006

Zion Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Llangennith

  • Zion Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Llangennith     SS43269155    Built in 1867-68               (4)

 

Other (inc un-identified)

Catholic

  • 1829; PETITION BY THE INHABITANTS OF LLANDEWI AND LLANGENNITH AGAINST CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION   (5)

 

[Last Updated :  30 March 2006  -  Gareth Hicks]

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