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Chapels - St Brides Minor

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This project is fully described on Glamorgan Chapels Database

This St Brides Minor database compiled by Gareth Hicks

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 Wales - Genealogy Help Pages )

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

  • 1. My Ancestors were Congregationalists in England and Wales, by D J H Clifford, SOG, 1992
  • 2. Dissent in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth by Hywel D Emanuel, National Library of Wales journal, Vol VIII/4, Winter 1954.
  • 3. Glamorgan FHS - the publications lists etc
  • 4. 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)
  • 5. The Chapels Recording Project in Wales (RCAHMW)
  • 6. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1895 - the Archive CD Books Cd
  • 7. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1910 - the Archive CD Books Cd
  • 8. Jones, I.G. & Williams, D. The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. UWP, Cardiff, 1976

Additional source

Baptist

Nazareth Baptist chapel,Wigan Terrace, Bryncethin

  • St Brides Minor parish - 1802, November 26; Baptist; a house called Gwaun y Gwaddod in the occupation of William Lewis; Thomas Edward, David Richard, John David, Bartholomew Thomas, Morgan Thomas (2)
  • Nazareth Baptist chapel, Wigan Terrace, Bryncethin SS91358449 Still in use in 1998 (5)
  • There are chapels for Wesleyans, Baptists, Congregationalists and Methodists 1895 (6)
  • There are 2 Baptist chapels [in Bryncethin], one erected in 1887 with seats for 70 persons and the other in 1908 to seat 200 1910 (7)

Baptist chapel, Bryncethin

  • There are 2 Baptist chapels [in Bryncethin], one erected in 1887 with seats for 70 persons and the other in 1908 to seat 200 1910 (7)

Congregationalist

Peniel Congregational chapel, Bryncethin

  • Bryncethin Congregational chapel Opened in 1825 Closed pre 1992 (1)
  • Peniel Ind chapel, Bryncoch, Bryncethin SS91138394 Not still in use in 1998 (5)
  • There are chapels for Wesleyans, Baptists, Congregationalists and Methodists [St Brides Minor] 1895 (6)
  • There is a Congregational chapel [in Bryncethin], Peniel, erected in 1879 [?] with 300 sittings 1910 (7)

Betharan Congregational chapel, Brynmenin

  • Bryn Menyn Congregational chapel Opened in 1809 Closed pre 1992 (1)
  • St Brides Minor parish -1809, January 24; Independent; a house called Beth-haran situated on a common called Brynymenin; William Williams, Rees Benjamin, Griffith Thomas, David Howell, Morgan Lewis (2)
  • St Brides Minor parish - 1846, January 1; Independent; a building called Brynymenin in the hamlet of Ynysawdre; William Jones, Bridgend, Minister of the Gospel (2) [right place?]
  • Glamorgan FHS - MI s index (3)
  • Glamorgan Record Office (4)
  • Betharran Ind chapel, Brynmenyn SS90598488 Still in use in 1998 (5)
  • There are chapels for Wesleyans, Baptists, Congregationalists and Methodists [St Brides Minor] 1895 (6)
  • Here [Brynmenyn, Ynysawdre] is a Welsh Congregational chapel erected in 1817 [?] with 320 sittings 1910 (7)
  • Betharan Ind, Brynmwyn Erected in 1806 Owen Owens, Minister 1851 (8)
  • 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 Steve Stephenson (Feb 2009)

Heol Laethog Independent chapel, Heol Laethog, St Brides Minor

  • Heol Laethog Independent chapel, Heol Laethog, St Brides Minor SS93028477 (5)

Methodist

Bethania Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Bryncethin

  • There is a place of worship for Presbyterians. (A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) ) by Samuel Lewis
  • St Brides Minor parish -1806, December 29; Calvinist; a part of a house occupied by Thomas Jones called Brynymenin; William Williams, Griffith Hughes, Methusalem Jones, William Hopkin (2)
  • Bethania CM chapel, Bryncoch, Bryncethin SS91288411 Still in use in 1998 (5)
  • There are chapels for Wesleyans, Baptists, Congregationalists and Methodists [St Brides Minor] 1895 (6)
  • There is a CM chapel seating about 110 [Bryncethin] 1910 (7)

Bethlehem CM chapel, Bryn Rd, Brynmenyn, Ynysawdre

  • Bethlehem CM chapel, Bryn Rd, Brynmenyn, Ynysawdre SS90258470 Still in use in 1999 (5)
  • There are chapels for Wesleyans, Baptists, Congregationalists and Methodists [St Brides Minor] 1895 (6)
  • Brynmenyn English CM chapel Bryn Road, Brynmenyn, Pen y Bont ar Ogwr, CF32 9LA - still open in 2006

Halleluiah Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Bryncoch, Bryncethin

  • Halleluiah Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Bryncoch, Bryncethin SS91078371 Not in use in 1997 (5)
  • There are chapels for Wesleyans, Baptists, Congregationalists and Methodists [St Brides Minor] 1895 (6)
  • There is a Wesleyan chapel with about 100 sittings [Bryncethin] 1910 (7)

Wesleyan Methodist chapel, St Brides Minor

  • There are chapels for Wesleyans, Baptists, Congregationalists and Methodists [St Brides Minor] 1895 (6)
  • There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel (St Brides Minor) 1910 (7)

Other (inc un-identified)

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[Last Updated : 8 Nov 2011 - Gareth Hicks]