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
Sources referred to (indicated by number shown in brackets after the data entry) where there
may be more data available
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Bethania Baptist Welsh, Gowerton
- Baptist Welsh, Gowerton 1895
(3)
- Baptist Welsh, Gowerton 1910
(4)
- Bethania Baptist chapel, Mount St, Gowerton SS58709631
Built 1870 and rebuilt or modified in 1874 (5)
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Penuel Baptist, Welsh, , Upper Town, Loughor
- Penuel Baptist, Welsh, , Upper Town Rev
Thomas M Reed 1895 (3)
- Penuel Baptist, Welsh, , Upper Town Rev
Edwin Watkins 1910
(4)
- Pennel Baptist Welsh, Loughor Rev
Benjamin Watkins 1871
Post Office Directory
- Penuel Baptists Erected
in 1843 James
James, Minister, Three Crosses, Swansea 1851
(7)
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Welsh Congregational, Gowerton
- Welsh Congregational, Gowerton 1895
(3)
- Welsh Congregational, Gowerton Rev
David Oliver Davies 1910 (4)
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English Congregational, Gowerton
- English Congregational, Gowerton 1895
(3)
- English Congregational, Gowerton Rev
Benjamin Davies Williams 1910 (4)
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Tabernacle
Congregational, Gowerton
- Tabernacle Welsh Independent chapel, Gorwydd Rd, Gowerton
SS59279624 Built in 1883 and rebuilt
or modified in 1893 (5)
- There is a book by Hugh Bridgewater: Eglwys Annibynnol y Tabernacl, Tregwyr: canmlwyddiant yr
achos, 1893-1993. Tabernacle Independent chapel, Gowerton: centenary
celebrations, 1893-1993, (Swansea, 1993), 14, 14tt. [Testun dwyieithog].
(1)
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Tabernacl Welsh Independent Church, Gowerton,
Glamorgan, was established in 1884. Its ministers included the Rev. J. Abel,
1928-1950, the Rev. D. Stanley Jones, 1953-1971, and the Rev. Meirion Morris
from 1975. In 1979 Tabernacl joined with Bethel, Sketty, under the ministry of
the Rev. Huw Ethall. The Chapel secretary during most of this period was Dr Ifor
Davies (1910-1982), MP for Gower"
"Correspondence (addressed to Dr Ifor Davies) regarding the calling of ministers
for Tabernacl Welsh Independent Church, Gowerton
1928-1979"
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Horeb,
Congregational, Lower town, Loughor
- There is a book by R. Cerwyn Davies: Horeb Welsh Congregational church, Loughor: a century of
Christian witness, 1858-1958, (Swansea, 1957), 52pp. (1)
- Horeb Welsh Congregational, Lower town Rev
John Thomas 1895 (3)
- Horeb Welsh Congregational, Lower town Rev
Richard William Davies 1910 (4)
- Horeb Independent chapel, Castle St, Loughor SS56399803
Chapel built in 1857 & rebuilt or enlarged in
1879 and 1902 (5)
- Horeb Independent Welsh, Loughor Rev
John Thomas 1871
Post Office Directory
- Horeb, Loughor - opened in 1857 (6)
- 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 Heulwen Jenkins (Mch 2009)
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Horeb Ind chapel; "
.......was established in 1858."
"....... registers of
marriages, 1942-1980."
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Soar Independent chapel, Pengry Rd, Upper town, Loughor
- Soar Independent chapel, Pengry Rd, Upper town, Loughor
SS57929841 (5)
- Soar Ind chapel, Casllwchwr - Shown as still open on the Union of Welsh Independents site (Dec 2006)
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English Independent chapel, Loughor
- English Independent chapel, Loughor SS5798 (5)
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Nabo Independent chapel (Schoolroom Mission), Loughor
- Nabo Independent chapel (Schoolroom Mission), Loughor SS56769815 (5)
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Bethel CM, Gowerton
- Bethel CM, Gowerton 1895
(3)
- Bethel CM, Gowerton Rev
Lewis Richards 1910 (4)
- Bethel CM, Sterry Rd, Tre-Gwyr/Gowerton SS58929631 Built
in 1873 (5)
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Bethel, Sterry Road, Gowerton, Records "Bethel was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Sterry Road, Gowerton, Glamorgan, now Swansea. The cause began with
a congregation meeting in a barn at Fferm Isaf, Waunarlwydd, Swansea. The chapel
was built in 1873. One of the noteworthy members of the chapel was William
Abraham ('Mabon') (1842-1922), the first president of the Federation of South
Wales Coal Miners and MP for Rhondda, who was choirmaster at Bethel. The church
was closed on 19 July 2000 due to the state of the building"
"...........
including records relating to the centenary 1973; records relating to the effect
of a road-widening project on Bethal graveyard, 1988-1989"
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Moriah
Calvinistic Methodist, Glebe Rd, Loughor
- Moriah - this is the
chapel's own site
- Index entry for Loughor in History of the Methodists in West Glamorgan (2)
- Moria CM, Welsh, Upper Town Rev
Daniel Jones 1895 (3)
- Moria CM, Welsh, Upper Town 1910
(4)
- Moriah CM chapel and schoolroom, Glebe Rd, Loughor SS57719811
Built 1828, modified, altered or rebuilt 1836 1842 & 1899.
Has
historical associations with Evan Roberts and the religious revival of 1904-5,
he is buried at Moriah (5)
- Mr Evan Roberts and the
Revivalists from Loughor, 1905 - on the Gathering the Jewels site (use search
box)
- Moriah CM Welsh 1871
Post Office Directory
- Moriah CM, Loughor Borough Erected
in 1822 David
Harry, Elder 1851
(7)
- Moriah Casllwchwr English CM chapel 66
Heol Glebe, Casllwchwr, Abertawe SA4 6RZ - still
open in 2006
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Moriah Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Loughor,
records "The Moriah Calvinistic Methodist Chapel was built in 1842 in Morriston,
Glamorgan, now in Swansea, and replaced Capel Tô Gwellt, a converted barn that
had served as a meeting place since c.1827. Moriah was rebuilt in 1898.
Evan Roberts, (1878-1951), a prominent figure in the 1904-05 Revival, was a
member and preached at the chapel.
"Brief history of Moriah Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Loughor, 2001."
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Libanus CM, Mason's Rd, Upper Town, Loughor
- Libanus CM, Mason's Rd, Upper Town 1895
(3)
- Libanus CM, Mason's Rd, Upper Town 1910
(4)
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Loughor 
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