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Ainon Welsh Baptist chapel, Tongwynlais
- Ainon Baptist chapel, Tongwynlais ST13288216 Built
1832 and rebuilt/modified in 1851 and 1879 (1)
- Ainon Baptist MIs (3)
- Welsh Baptist, Tongwynlais Rev Joshua Thomas Slaters Directory for 1880
- Ainon Baptist, Tongwynlais Erected
in 1832, enlarged in 1850 ".....
but when the ordinance of Baptism is administered which was
the case this Sunday afternoon in the presence of about 800
persons, the service conducted by the River Taff and the candidate
immersed in the River." William
Lewis, Minister [this entry listed under Eglwysilan
parish in source book] 1851
(7)
- 1832, May 25; Baptist (endorsed:
Welsh Baptist); a newly-opened chapel which is the property of the congregation; Edmund Jones of the parish of Eglwysilan, Baptist Minister [under Tongwynlais, parish of Eglwysilan]
Extant records on Archives Network Wales
- "Tongwynlais Sunday Schools, Whitchurch,
Glamorgan, were active from the 1920s to the 1970s. They were associated with
Ainon Baptist Church."
"....... consisting of: minute book, 1923-1975"
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Salem English Baptist chapel, Queen St/Ivy St, Tongwynlais
- Salem Baptist chapel, Tongwynlais ST13238220 (1)
- English Baptist, Tongwynlais Rev Joshua Thomas Slaters Directory for 1880
- English Baptist chapel, (Whitchurch) Rev Joshua Thomas 200 seats 1895 (5) ??
- Salem
English Baptist chapel, Tongwynlais Extant records on Archives Network Wales
"Salem ..... daughter church of Ainon ... 1850s.. considerable influx of population..... monoglot English...... desire for religious worship in own language .. new chapel opened in Queen Street (then known as Ivy Street) in 1862.... two chapels using different languages under the same pastor .... untenable. In 1880, the English section .. decided to secede from Ainon and continue as a separate church ... closed in 1987"
"
......... including: Sunday School minutes book, 1941-1953; Sunday School attendance
registers, 1927-1936; Total Abstinence pledge book, 1905-1909; minute book of
annual general meetings and deacons' meetings, 1955-1957; Lease and
counterparts, 1862, 1899, 1901; trust deed, 1866; memorandum of appointments of
new trustees, 1896, 1941; and conveyance, 1921"
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Ararat Welsh Baptist chapel, Merthyr Rd, Wauntreoda
(Capel y Waun)
- Ararat Baptist chapel, Gwaun-Tre-Oda, Whitchurch ST16047975 Built in
1824, modified, altered or rebuilt 1836, 1851 and 1915 (1)
- Ararat MIs (3)
- Ararat Baptist Extant records (4)
- Ararat
Welsh Baptist chapel,
Merthyr Rd 320 seats 1910 (6)
- Welsh Baptist chapel, Whitchurch Rev Jas. Bevan (Baptist) 250 seats 1895 (5)
- Ararat Baptist, Wauntroda Built
in 1824 David Davies, Minister,
Wauntroda 1851 (7)
- 1804, October 25;
Anabaptist; the dwelling-house of Evan Harry called
Gwayn-trodau; John Hier, Minister, Henry Rees, William Mathews, Edward Morgan, Edward Edmunds, Edward Edward, being Anabaptists meeting at Lisvane (2)
- 1824, March 29;
Particular Baptist; a meeting-house; John Williams, farmer, Lewis Thomas (2)
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- Photograph of Ararat chapel on the Whitchurch and Llandaff North site
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- Find
a Grave - photographs of the grave headstones in Ararat
Churchyard (by Russ Davies)
- Chapels Baptist (Welsh) - Whitchurch: Rev Thomas Thomas
Private
Residents: Thomas, Rev. Thomas, Whitchurch
(8 - Brian Comley)
& 9 - Worrall's Directory of South Wales 1875)
- Clergy & Gentry: Rev Thomas, Thomas, Baptist, Whitchurch
(8
- Brian Comley) & 9 - Mercer & Crocker's 1876)
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- Extract from Old Whitchurch: The Story Of a Glamorgan
Parish by Edgar L Chappell; Merton Priory Press, ISBN 1
898937 02 8
Chapter XIX; Ararat Baptist Church
"In
1865 came to Ararat a pastor, a young student, Rev. Thomas Thomas,
from Pontypool College, who served the Church for 10 years
and then resigned to take up the pastorate of Mount Carmel,
Caerphilly. He died in 1908 and was buried at Ararat.
Early in Mr Thomas's pastorate there seems to have been
some difficulty at Ararat possibly owing to the difference of
opinion over the demand by a small minority for the use of English
as the language of public worship. This demand was strongly
resisted and a small number are said to have seceded to establish
with other English Baptists in the locality the Church today
known as Bethel. The secession does not appear to have
weakened the Church very much for in 1868 the number of
members returned was 112 or only 24 fewer than in 1860, whilst
the Sunday School suffered a loss of only 24 scholars.
By 1870 the membership had recovered to 146 and the Sunday
School numbered 115.
The next Minister Rev. G.E. Jenkins
came to Ararat straight from Collegiate training at Llangollen
in 1876....................................."
( 8
- Robert Alun Chick)
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- "The Ararat Baptist church (Whitchurch,
Glamorgan) began about 1824, as an offshoot from the Baptist church at Lisvane,
but the building was not completed until [c. 1828]. It was located on a
corner of Waun Treoda common, hence its familiar names "Capel y Waun" and
(sometimes) "Waun Treoda"; baptisms were conducted in a pool near Cornel-y-waun
farm, until the opening of a baptistry in 1879. The church appointed its first
minister, John Williams, in 1828 (minister 1828-1840), and it was admitted to
the East Glamorgan Baptist Association in 1828. Some early entries (from 1793)
in the baptisms register, apparently made by John Williams, relate to members
born in Whitchurch, Llanishen and Llandaff North,
Glamorgan, and must have been extracted from the registers of another chapel,
possibly Lisvane, which was established in 1782. Welsh was used exclusively in
services till 1878, when they became bilingual. Increasing anglicisation led to
the dropping of Welsh services in 1905, and the last Sunday School in Welsh was
held in 1907. The rapid urbanisation of Whitchurch in the 19th and 20th centuries required
rebuilding of the church in 1851, and again in 1915 (the present structure). The
church benefited from a number of energetic ministers, notably John Williams,
James Bevan (minister, 1885-1899) and Luther Jones (minister, 1919-1944)"
"Records
........... includes: register of births, 1793-1838; church meeting minutes book, (includes
preparatory meetings and special church meetings), 1883-1891; church meeting
minutes book, (includes special church meetings), 1907-1913; church meeting
minutes book, (includes special church meetings and deacons meetings and list of
collections), 1916-1917; record of preachers and theme of sermons, and
miscellaneous notes, 1845-1848; receipts and disbursements, 1853-1869; copy
letter book, 1910-1913; and members contributions book, 1914-1930"
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Bethel English Baptist chapel, Penlline Rd/Merthyr Rd, Whitchurch
- Bethel Baptist chapel,
Penlline Rd, Whitchurch ST15418010 Built in 1894, modified, altered or rebuilt 1900 (1)
- Bethel Baptist
English,
Merthyr Rd 530 seats Rev John Arthur Jones 1910 (6)
- Bethel English Baptist Church, Whitchurch "........ was established in 1865 to cater for English
immigrants and local people who had dropped the Welsh language in favour of
English. Members met initially in a cottage on Merthyr Road, Whitchurch,
Glamorgan, but moved subsequently to a barn adjoining the common. The first
church was built in 1867, to the rear of the present church. ......................"
"Minutes books of church meetings, 1865-1870, 1894-1907; minutes books of
deacons and church meetings, 1913-1958; minutes book, 1913-1958; accounts book,
1864-1973; church expenses book, 1872; members contributions book, 1867-1872;
minutes book of organ and building fund committee, 1922-1928; minutes of fete
committee, 1929, bazaar committee, 1932, and selection committee, 1943-1944;
minutes book of eisteddfod committee, 1933-1936; minutes book of Sunday School
teachers meetings, 1912-1919; and order of service for centenary celebrations,
2-9 May 1965."
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