GENUKI: St Brides Minor - chapels database

St Brides Minor

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St Brides Minor

Chapels database

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 Gareth's Help Page )

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

A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis
The Presbyterian Church of Wales site - the source of some of the CM chapel 'still open in 2006' notes below

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)

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph

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)

None

[Last Updated : 8 Nov 2011 - Gareth Hicks]

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