Corwen

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP,   1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.

Parish statistics; Area 12646 acres; Population 1029 males, 1040 females, total 2069

• Corwen Parish Church         Attendance - morning 120 +89 scholars, afternoon 25 + 89 scholars         Services in Welsh           "Afternoon service in English every Sunday at Rug Chapel a mile from Corwen - a private chapel but open to the public"            Morgan Hughes, Vicar

• Bethesda Independent Chapel, Independents       Erected 1841      Attendance - morning 42 scholars, afternoon 58, evening 74          Humphrey Ellis, Minister
• Chapel, Wesleyan Methodist       Erected 1836   "Before 1836 the Religious Worship and Sunday School were kept in other places from about the year 1800"       Attendance - morning 55, afternoon 98 scholars, evening 186         John Evans, Class Leader, Joiner and Builder
• Zion Chapel, Calvinistic Methodist                    Erected 1802         Attendance - morning 8 + 100 scholars, afternoon school, evening 61 + 117 scholars                Evan Evans, Deacon, Ty'n y Cefn
• Peniel, Calvinistic Methodist          Erected 1831          Attendance - morning 88, afternoon 125, evening 131                  Edward Evans, Deacon
• Glyndyfrdwy Chapel, Baptist          Erected 1841          Attendance - morning 79, afternoon 105 scholars, evening 81                 "A Baptist chapel was erected at Glyndyfrwdy in the year 1824. But being too small for the congregation was sold for a British Schoolroom when this present chapel was erected in 1841"               William Hughes, Deacon, Smith
• Rehoboam Chapel, Calvinistic Methodist     Erected  1838            Attendance - morning 30 scholars, afternoon school, evening 28 scholars                    Evan Evans, Deacon, Grocer, Corwen
• Bryn Chapel, Glyndyfrdwy, Wesleyan Methodist       Erected 1824       Attendance - morning 33, afternoon 33 scholars, evening 37                Thomas Phillips, Leader and Trustee, Garth y dwr
• Herber Chapel, Glynn Traian, Calvinistic Methodists                 Erected c1831             Attendance - afternoon 12 + 4 scholars             Thomas Edwards, Deacon, Tanymynydd Glyn Traian
• Bettws G G Wesleyan Chapel, Wesleyan Methodist   [why not under Bettws GG parish ??]              Erected 1810           Attendance - morning 28, afternoon 30 scholars, evening 33         William Hughes, Steward, Tyn y Gro
• Ucheldref, Calvinistic Methodists        Not a separate building     [Part of a Farm House....]        Attendance - morning school, afternoon 7 + 33 scholars, evening 3 + 17 scholars     Evan Evans, Deacon, Tyn y Cefn