Welsh Baptist chapel, Aberkenfig

• A Welsh Baptist Chapel in Aberkenfig noted in 1895: minister Rev. Richard John    (8)

Carey English Baptist Chapel, Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig / Tondu

• Carey English Baptist Chapel, Bridgend Road, Aberknfig; Tondu, Newcastle Higher SS89288393;   by 1998, it was no longer a chapel (1)
• 1875  minister Rev William Jones (6)
• (English) Tondu - Rev. M. Morgan       1880  (7)
• 1895 minister Rev. William Williams Richards (8)
• Carey English Baptist, Aberkenfig       400 sittings           Rev  George Raymond Cole    1910  (10)

Hope Baptist Chapel, (English) Queen Street, Bridgend

• Hope Baptist Chapel, (English) Queen Street, Bridgend SS90497973; built in 1850 (1)
• Baptist (English) Chapel, Bridgend. Rev. T. Cole   1858/9   (3)
• 1865  ( Dunraven-place) minister Rev, Thomas Cole (4);  also 1868 (5);   also 1875 (6);
• Baptist (English) Bridgend - Rev. Thos. Cole   1880 (7)
• 1895  minister Rev. John Silvio Jones (8)

Hope English Baptist Chapel, Station Hill; Derwen Road, Bridgend

• Hope English Baptist Chapel, Station Hill; Derwen Road, Bridgend    SS90677992;  built in 1850, modified, altered or rebuilt 1908; still active in 1998 (1)
• Hope Baptist, Station Approach       690 sittings         Rev Thomas Davies    1910   (10)
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• Hope Baptist Church's site

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Ruhamah Welsh Baptist Chapel, Wyndham Street, Bridgend

• Ruhamah Welsh Baptist Chapel, Wyndham Street, Bridgend, SS90527984; built in 1808, modified, altered or rebuilt 1825 and 1891; active in 1998 (1)
• 1808, March 6; Baptist; a house called Rhuama; David Richard and David Evans, Ministers, Bartholomus and Morgan Thomas, deacons, John Waltars, William Edward    (9)
• Baptist (Welsh) Chapel, Bridgend. Rev. Owen Michael   1858/9   (3)
• 1865  (Newcastle) minister Rev E..William Jenkins;  also 1868 (5)
• 1875 minister Rev Daniel Davies (6)
• Baptist (Welsh) Newcastle - Rev. Geo. James   1880  (7)    and in 1895 (8)
• Ruamah Welsh Baptist, Wyndham St      500 sittings     1910  (10)
• Glamorgan FHS - the publications lists etc
• See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg

• Welsh Baptist Chapel (Ruhamah) West Road, Bridgend SS90167999; built 1808   (1)  Same place ?

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Christchurch Baptist Chapel (Emmanuel Christchurch), Morfa Street, Bridgend

• Christchurch Baptist Chapel (Emmanuel Christchurch), Morfa Street, Bridgend   SS90758008; active 1999 (1)
• Morfa St Baptist         Rev David Samuel Jones    1910   (10)

English Baptist Pen-y-fai

• 1865 (Pen-evay) minister Rev. Rees Davies (4) also 1868 (5) also 1875 (6)
• Baptist (English) Ynysawdre - Ministers various   1880  (7)

Welsh Baptist, Pen-y-fai

• Welsh Baptist, Pen-y-fai     1910  (10)
• Penevay Baptist, Penevay village                        Erected in  1718                        Morgan Thomas, Deacon, Miller, Aberkenfig            1851 (12)
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• There is a book by Griffith, John Thomas. Hanes Eglwys Fedyddiedig Penyfai (1650-1889). Caerfyrddin : Wm. Evans a'i Fab Seren Cymru, 1916. 48p      (11)  
• And another; Smyrna Baptist Chapel, Penyfai [Glamorgan]: celebrating 300 years of worship. The Chapel, 2006   

Jerusalem Welsh Baptist, Tondu

• Jerusalem Welsh Baptist, Tondu     400 sittings    Rev Richard John   1910  (10)
• Jerusalem Baptist chapel, Maesteg Rd, Tondu       SS89258407   Demolished pre 1997     (1)

Mount Sion Baptist, Tondu

• Mount Sion Baptist, Tondu      Erected in 1848     Thomas William, Deacon, Fuller, Pontcoytrahen   1851  (12) [Listed under Llangynwyd parish]

Ebenezer Welsh Independent Chapel, Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig

• Ebenezer Welsh Independent Chapel, Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig, Newcastle Higher    SS88228370 ;  active in 1998 (1)
• Independent, Newcastle         Rev. George James   1880  (7)  
• 1895 minister Rev. Edward Davies (8)
• Ebenezer Welsh Congregational, Aberkenfig     500 sittings       Rev Edwd Davies   1910  (10)

Tabernacle Hall Independent Chapel, Elder Street, Bridgend

• Tabernacle Hall Independent Chapel, Elder Street, Bridgend, SS90637980; built in 1805-7  (1)

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Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• "Tabernacle Independent Chapel, Bridgend, registers of births and baptisms, 1801-1891; and registers of burials, 1861-1874."
  "..........erected in 1805-1807. It was affiliated with Independent congegrations at Bethel chapel, Peterston-super-montem, Gilead chapel, Coity, and Brynymenyn chapel, St Bride's Minor"

Tabernacle Welsh Independent Chapel, Adare Street, Bridgend

• Tabernacle Welsh Independent Chapel, Adare Street, Bridgend, SS90617983; built in 1810, altered 1828 and 1850; by 1997 demolished (1)
• Independent Chapel . . . . Rev. Rees Gwesyn Jones   1858/9  (3)
• 1865  minister Rev. John Bowen Jones BA also 1868 (5)
• 1875 no minister (6)
• Independent, Adare st, Bridgend  1880    (7)
• 1895  minister Rev. William Oscar Owen (8)
• Tabernacle Welsh Independent, Adare St     500 sittings  1910  (10)
• Glamorgan FHS - the publications lists etc
•  See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg
• There is a book by J. Cyril Bowen: Hanes eglwys y Tabernacl, Penybont-ar-Ogwr, 1662-1950: cyhoeddwyd ar ddathliad canmlwyddiant y capel presennol, Hydref 22-29, 1950. The history of Tabernacle church, Bridgend, 1662-1950: published on the centenary of the present chapel, October 22-29, 1950, (Tonypandy, 1950), 93tt.  Independent Chapels of Wales: History Books and Pamphlets by Huw Walters.

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Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• "Tabernacle Welsh Congregational Church, Bridgend traces its origins back to 1662. The present chapel was established in 1850. In 1950, a centenary history was published"

English Independent Chapel (United Reformed Church), Wyndham Street, Bridgend

• English Independent Chapel (United Reformed Church), Wyndham Street, Bridgend, SS90617992;  built in 1883(?); active 1998.
• 1875  minister Rev. J P Jones (6)   (6)
• Independent (English), Wyndham st. - Rev. J. P. Jones   1880  (7)
• English Congregational, Wyndham St    647 sittings      Rev William Evans  1910  (10)
• There is a book by John G. Jenkins, Edgar Diamond: English Congregational church, Bridgend, diamond jubilee, 1873-1933, (Cardiff, 1933), 44pp.  Independent Chapels of Wales: History Books and Pamphlets by Huw Walters.
• There is a book by Benson Roberts: The United Reformed church, formerly the English Congregational church, Bridgend: a centenary survey, 1873-1973, (Maesteg, 1973), 52pp  (Independent Chapels of Wales: History Books and Pamphlets by Huw Walters on NLW site).

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• " ...........established in 1873"
  "Records of the English Congregational Church, Bridgend, 1920-1959, consists of: annual reports and statements of accounts, 1920, 1921, 1924-1959."

Bridgend United Church  "Situated in Tondu road, on the he outskirts of the main shopping centre of the market Town of Bridgend. The church was formed by the amalgamation of Wesley Methodist Church and Bridgend United Reformed Church in 2000."

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Pen evay Welsh  Independent

• Pen evay        Rev. Rees Davies   1880  (7)

Trinity CM Chapel Aberkenfig

• Trinity CM Chapel Aberkenfig; 1865 mentioned (4)
• 1875  minister Rev. Watkin Williams (6)
• CM in Aberkenfig  1880  (7)
• Trinity CM, Aberkenfig                         David Lewis, Manager, Blacksmith, Aberkenfig             1851 (12)

English Wesleyan Chapel, Aberkenfig / Tondu

• 1865 English Wesleyan Chapel, Aberkenfig (4)
• Wesleyan, Aberkenfig   1880  (7)
• 1895  ministers Revs. John Mackintosh & James P Taylor (8)
• English Wesleyan Methodist, Aberkenfig      1910  (10)
• Wesleyan Methodist, Maesteg Rd, Tondu/Aberkenfig     SS89248417     Built in c.1868, still in use in 1998     (1)
• See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg ?

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See also Tondu Rd, Bridgend below

Bethesda CM, Oldcastle, Bridgend

• See under Hermon below

North Street English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bridgend

• North Street English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bridgend              SS90367992;          built 1875  (1)
• 1875  minister Rev. Seth Dixon (6)
• Wesleyan, North st - Ministers various   1880  (7)
• 1895  ministers Revs. John Mackintosh & James P Taylor (8)
• Wesleyan Methodist English, North St              700 sittings       1910  (10)

Unitarian Chapel (Elim Pentecostal Church), Park Street, Bridgend

• Unitarian Chapel (Elim Pentecostal Church), Park Street, Bridgend, SS90337986;  built in 1717, altered 1795; active in 1997  (1)
• Unitarian Chapel, Bridgend . . Rev. J. E. Jones    1858/9  (3)
• Unitarian, Bridgend - Ministers various    1880  (7)
• 1895 minister Rev. William Parry (8)
• Unitarian, Newcastle parish    250 sittings        Rev David Rees  1910  (10)

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Nolton Street Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Bridgend

• Nolton Street Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Bridgend, SS90637969; built in 1878   (1)
• Calvinist (English), Nolton st., Bridgend        Rev. J. Francis Jones  1880   (7)

Hermon Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Nolton Street, Bridgend

• Hermon Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (Bethesda, Oldcastle, Bridgend.), Nolton Street, Bridgend, SS90687951; built in 1799, altered 1825, 1862; active in 1998 (1)
• Calvinistic Chapel, Bridgend.    Rev. John James     1858/9  (3)
• 1865 minister Rev. John James (4) also 1868 (5)
• 1875 minister Rev. Watkin Williams (6)
• Bethesda CM chapel, Oldcastle, Bridgend   (Lower Coyty Hamlet)              Erected before 1800        Walter Hibbert, Bridgend    1851  (12) 

• Hermon Penybont Welsh CM chapel           Nolton Street, Penybont, Penybont CF31 3AA - still open in 2006

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English Wesleyan Methodist, Tondu Rd, Bridgend

• 1843, May 20; Wesleyan Methodist; a new chapel; Philip Price of Bridgend, gentleman   (9)
• Bridgend English Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Tondu Rd, Bridgend   SS90347991   Built in 1842-3    Still in use in 1999   (1)
• 1858 Wesleyan Methodist, Bridgend      Rev Thomas Osborn, minister. (3)
• 1865 minister Rev. Edward Brian.  (4)
• Wesleyan, Tondu      ?         1880 (7)
• Wesleyan Methodist (Bridgend Circuit)        Rev Edward Rueben Gibbens supt     1910  (10)
• English Wesleyan Methodist, Bridgend          Erected in 1842        Philip Price, Steward, Bridgend       1851 (12)
• Glamorgan FHS - the publications lists etc
• See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• "Tondu Methodist church was established about 1844"
  "Marriage registers, 1951-1976; trustees' minutes book, 1941-1975; manse trust minutes book, 1953-1975"

Bridgend United Church  "Situated in Tondu road, on the he outskirts of the main shopping centre of the market Town of Bridgend. The church was formed by the amalgamation of Wesley Methodist Church and Bridgend United Reformed Church in 2000."

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Welsh Methodist, Bridgend

• 1858 in Bridgend - Welsh Methodist with unspecified ministers (3)
• 1865 minister Rev. Samuel H Wardley (4) also 1868 (5)
• Welsh Methodist, Newcastle - Ministers various   1880  (7)

Calvinistic Methodist, Newcastle parish

• 1806, September 2; Calvinist; a barn-house in the holding of Thomas Austin, farmer; Thomas Edward, Griffith Thomas, Jenkin Griffith, Rees David, Edward David, Thomas Martin (9)

Aberkenfig Spiritualist Church, Pandy Park, Evanstown, Tondu

• Aberkenfig Spiritualist Church, Pandy Park, Evanstown, Tondu      SS89608367   (1)

Asylum Hospital Burial Ground, Bridgend

• See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg

Masonic Temple, Adare Street, Bridgend

• Masonic Temple, Adare Street, Bridgend, SS90607984; built in 1891 (1)

Mission Room, Dunraven Street, Bridgend

• Mission Room, Dunraven Street, Bridgend, Chapel Newcastle Higher, SS89248349  (1)

Mortuary Chapel, Newtown, Bridgend

• Mortuary Chapel, Newtown, Bridgend, SS90538083  (1)

Nazareth Apostolic Church, Newcastle Hill, Bridgend

• Nazareth Apostolic Church, Newcastle Hill, Bridgend, SS90227997; built in c.1860; may have changed use (1)

Newcastle Mission (Mission Hall), Coity Road, Newtown, Bridgend

• Newcastle Mission (Mission Hall), Coity Road, Newtown, Bridgend, SS90668056   (1)

Roman Catholic Chapel, Bridgend

• Roman Catholic Chapel . . Rev. Henry Sutton, priest   1858/9  (3)
• Roman Catholic - Canon Robert J. Green, priest       1880  (7)

Undenominational, Ivy House School, Newcastle Hill

• 1895 minister Rev. John Philip Jones (8)
• Undenominational, Ivy House School, Newcastle Hill        1910  (10)