3. 18th century
Nonconformist Chapels in Wales
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18th century
To quote from ‘Welsh Chapels by Anthony Jones’Methodism was an out-and-out evangelical movement that wanted to save souls and initially cared less for having a church building in which to do a so. Itinerant preachers roamed far and wide ... to exhort the Gospel. These sermonizers had a remarkable ability to communicate with those who could not read, and those who heard them fell under the enthralling oratorical power of these preachers, who brought the Bible to life.
Those of this persuasion became known as Methodists because of their methodical devotion and study.
One of the roots of the Methodist movement in Wales was the circulating schools that were initiated by Griffith Jones.
Those that were involved in this initially met together for fellowship as ‘societies’ and it was later that they built their own chapels.
Looking at the main leaders of this movement will give the background to all that was to follow.
Welsh Methodists - Calvinistic Methodist / Presbyterian (1)
Calvinistic Methodism eventually became known as Presbyterianism.For more information from Addoldai Cymru (Welsh Religious Buildings Trust)
For more information from the GENUKI genealogy website
Howell Harris (1714-1773)
Biography
Cofeb Howel Harris Memorial, Rhyd-y-Clafdy, Gwynedd
In front of the chapel in Rhydyclafdy stands this reminder of the 18th century Methodist Revival preacher Howell Harris.
The stone reads:
Oddiar y garreg hon
gerllaw eglwys y plwyf hwn
y traddodwyd y bregeth
gyntaf yn Lleyn gan
Howel Harris
ar ei ymweliad cyntaf a'r wlad
oddeutu 2 o'r gloch dydd Llun
Chwefror 2fed 1741
Ei destun ydoedd
Deled dy Deyrnas
From this stone, near the Church of this Parish Howel Harris preached his first sermon in Lleyn on his first visit to the area, at about 2 o'clock on Monday 2 February 1741
His text was
Thy Kingdom Come
The Parish Church was Llanfihangel Bachellaeth - see SH3034 : Eglwys Llanfihangel Bachellaeth
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The stone reads:
Oddiar y garreg hon
gerllaw eglwys y plwyf hwn
y traddodwyd y bregeth
gyntaf yn Lleyn gan
Howel Harris
ar ei ymweliad cyntaf a'r wlad
oddeutu 2 o'r gloch dydd Llun
Chwefror 2fed 1741
Ei destun ydoedd
Deled dy Deyrnas
From this stone, near the Church of this Parish Howel Harris preached his first sermon in Lleyn on his first visit to the area, at about 2 o'clock on Monday 2 February 1741
His text was
Thy Kingdom Come
The Parish Church was Llanfihangel Bachellaeth - see SH3034 : Eglwys Llanfihangel Bachellaeth
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by Alan Fryer
Llandremor Uchaf, Pentrebach, Swansea
The ruins of Llandremor Uchaf Farm, Graig Fawr, Pontardulais where the first Methodists of the area worshipped before the construction of Gopa Chapel in 1795. Llandremor Uchaf (trans. Mor's place) during the 1730s was home to a former soldier called John Morgan. A turner by trade but also a rough character he would spend Sundays gambling and drinking with his mates at a cock fighting venue at Waungron located at the junction of Castell Du Road. On one particular Sunday while the former soldier was walking to Waun Gron he could hear in the distance the voice of the famous evangelist Howel Harris preaching at the cockpit lambasting the ungodly ways of those assembled. John Morgan had an instant conversion and his remote upland homestead became a place of worship for the Methodists and between 1740 and 1746 Howell Harries is said have attended several religious meetings there.
by Alan Richards
Select the picture to see the above description in Welsh
by Alan Richards
Select the picture to see the above description in Welsh
The famous Bala Green - now relegated to a car park
The Green at Bala was famous for its annual open air preaching sessions in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century when the town was gripped by Calvinistic fervour and Bala became the 'Mecca' for Welsh Presbyterians. The early Calvinists however had not had it all their own way. The appearance of Howell Harris, the controversial pioneer of Welsh Calvinism, in Bala in 1741 fermented a riot with the house he was staying in at Mount Street being besieged by the town's roughs. Mr Price, of Rhiwlas, the major landowner in the area, acting in his role as chief magistrate, then added insult to injury by imprisoning Harris in his dog kennels. Harris never returned to Bala.
by Eric Jones
College Farm, Treffeca
A late sixteenth century house, altered in the eighteenth century.
by Chris Andrews
Trefecca College was established here in 1768 by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon for Howell Harris.
John Wesley preached here in August 1769 for the first anniversary of the College.
by Chris Andrews
Trefecca College was established here in 1768 by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon for Howell Harris.
John Wesley preached here in August 1769 for the first anniversary of the College.
Daniel Rowland (1713-1790)
Biography
Statue of Daniel Rowland at Llangeitho, Ceredigion
Daniel Rowland (1730-1790) was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist preacher whose "fire and brimstone" style of preaching was so frightening that the Anglican authorities expelled him. Nevertheless, he turned Llangeitho into a centre for Calvinistic Methodism in Wales, his later ministry being more concerned with the "saving" powers of Jesus on the cross.
The fine statue is by Edward Griffith of Chester and was unveiled in 1883. It is on the site of Rowland's original chapel, near the present rebuilt one.
The fine statue is by Edward Griffith of Chester and was unveiled in 1883. It is on the site of Rowland's original chapel, near the present rebuilt one.
by Roger D Kidd
Daniel Rowland preached here
Llanbadarn Odwyn Church.
This small church, consisting only of a nave and chancel, is very isolated in the hills between Llangeitho and the B4578 north of Stags Head. I have not yet found out the date of the church's was construction. Daniel Rowland preached here in the eighteenth century by special arrangement, but he was not the curate. Link
This small church, consisting only of a nave and chancel, is very isolated in the hills between Llangeitho and the B4578 north of Stags Head. I have not yet found out the date of the church's was construction. Daniel Rowland preached here in the eighteenth century by special arrangement, but he was not the curate. Link
by Roger D Kidd
William Williams, Pantycelyn (1717-1791)
Biography
Pantycelyn Farm
Pantycelyn Farm was the home of William Williams (1717-1791), the great Welsh hymnwriter. To English speakers, the best-known of his hymns is "Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah". The farm is still occupied by a member of the Williams family. The house contains many mementoes of William Williams, and is much visited by those who honour his memory.
by John Lord
Explanatory sign at Pantycelyn Farm
The sign has a picture of William Williams, Pantycelyn, 1717-1791, the great Welsh hymnwriter, and brief details of his life, in both Welsh and English.
by John Lord
Early life of William Williams
This Church in Wales parish church stands on the site of an early church founded by St. David himself in the 6th century apparently. Very hallowed turf in Welsh terms. It certainly is a beautiful spot, even today. The isolated church has additional 'claims to fame'; its vicar between 1732 to 1767 was Theophilus Evans, the man who first discovered the health-giving properties of the local spring waters that started Llanwrtyd Wells on the route to becoming a spa town. The curate under Theophilus between 1740 and 1743 was a young William Williams, later to find fame as William Williams Pantycelyn. Destined by his local farming family to become a doctor, William Williams had heard Hywel Harris preaching Methodism locally in 1738 and after 1743 left the Church of England (as it was then) to become a Methodist. Or actually the people of Llanwrtyd Wells petitioned to have the young man expelled for his interest in the new dissenting branch of religion. He was in effect forced (both by his own conviction and local disapproval) to become a travelling preacher in the Hywel Harris mode. His uncertainties and strong faith prompted him to draft the original Welsh language words of what became 'Guide Me, Oh Thou Great Jehovah', which of course every good Welshman knows off by heart (ideally bi-lingually!), when coupled to the tune Cwm Rhondda composed by John Hughes later in 1907 and translated into English by a Peter Williams. William Williams apparently wrote over 800 hymns as an itinerant dissenting Methodist but is best remembered for this one. Rightly so.
Also, buried in the graveyard here are John Thomas, (1839-1921) a composer known as 'Llanwrtyd' his bardic name and DC 'Christmas' Williams (1871-1926) another prominent Welsh composer in his day.
All in this unremarkable looking patch of ground.
Also, buried in the graveyard here are John Thomas, (1839-1921) a composer known as 'Llanwrtyd' his bardic name and DC 'Christmas' Williams (1871-1926) another prominent Welsh composer in his day.
All in this unremarkable looking patch of ground.
by Jeremy Bolwell
Thomas Charles (1755-1814)
Biography
The Welldigger website
records:
As a young boy, Thomas Charles attended the village school at Llanddowror and then at Carmarthen which helped develop in him a great fondness for reading. It was a Welsh life of John Bunyan that greatly affected him, leading to his conversion. This happened later while he was listening to the preaching of Daniel Rowland, probably in Llangeitho. He wrote of this experience:
‘January 20, 1773, I went to hear Mr Rowland preacher New Chapel; his text was Hebrews 4.15. A day much to be remembered by me as long as I live. Ever since the happy day I have lived in a new heaven and a new earth. The change a blind man who receives his sight experiences does not exceed the change that I at that time experienced in my mind.'
Ordained in 1778, he held various curacies in Somerset till 1783. He moved to Bala and in 1784 enrolled with the Calvinistic Methodists and became a preacher with them. For the next 30 years, Bala became an important centre of Methodist Revival, with Thomas Charles playing a key role in encouraging its spread across the whole of North Wales. He was instrumental in establishing the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Statue of Thomas Charles
State of Thomas Charles Link which stands in front of Capel Tegid in Bala. The statue, by William Davies, was unveiled in 1872. Thomas Charles was one of the most prominent leaders of the Methodist movement in Wales. He settled in Bala in 1783 and is perhaps best known for his circulating Sunday school system and his role as one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society (1804). He was responsible for editing the Society's first Welsh Bible.
which stands in front of Capel Tegid in Bala. The statue, by William Davies, was unveiled in 1872. Thomas Charles was one of the most prominent leaders of the Methodist movement in Wales. He settled in Bala in 1783 and is perhaps best known for his circulating Sunday school system and his role as one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society (1804). He was responsible for editing the Society's first Welsh Bible.by Eirian Evans
Thomas Charles lived here
The plaques on the building record the fact that the Rev Thomas Charles, a founder of the British and Foreign Bible Society, lived here.
by Robin Drayton
Original site of the Calvinistic Methodist theological college
An outbuilding behind the former home of Rev. Thomas Charles, Bala, which is now Barclays Bank.
by John Lord
John Elias (1774-1841)
Biography
Tomb of John Elias, Llanfaes, Isle of Anglesey
A quote from 'Discovering Welsh graves' by Alun Roberts.
"Just on the left of the entrance to St Catherine's churchyard is a substantial memorial marking the resting place of John Elias (1774-1841), the finest and most influential preacher of his day. Through the gifts of oratory and graphical imagery he could reduce his open-mouthed congregations to a state of fear and trembling in their thousands."
"Just on the left of the entrance to St Catherine's churchyard is a substantial memorial marking the resting place of John Elias (1774-1841), the finest and most influential preacher of his day. Through the gifts of oratory and graphical imagery he could reduce his open-mouthed congregations to a state of fear and trembling in their thousands."
by Robin Drayton
Capel Moreia - the John Elias Memorial Chapel, Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey
This Calvinistic Methodist chapel was completed in 1898 replacing an earlier chapel, Capel Dinas, whose lease had expired. It was built as the John Elias Memorial Chapel. John Elias (1774-1841) was a pioneer of Calvinism on the Island of Anglesey, and lived in the town from 1830 onwards following his marriage to Jane Williams, the dowager Lady Bulkeley. A High Calvinist and a High Tory, the virulence of his agitation campaign against the proposed Catholic Emancipation Act of 1831 would make any Ulster Free Presbyterian pale into insignificance. He also fought the 1832 Reform Act tooth and nail, excommunicating all who opposed him. Ironically, his despotic ways gained him the epithet, still associated with his name, of "Pab Môn" - the "Pope of Anglesey".
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by Eric Jones
Calvinistic Methodist Chapels
The first general association meeting was at Plas Watford near Caerphilly in 1741. This was attended by Howell Harris, Daniel Rowland, William Williams, George Whitefield and others who laid the foundation for recognising, training and releasing leaders, and for organising the converts of the revival.
Plas Watford, Caerphilly
Viewed across Watford Road. Watford Fach Farmhouse is 18th century (or possibly earlier).
It was Grade II listed in April 1975.
It was Grade II listed in April 1975.
by Jaggery
Shared Description
The site of the first Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
Above the window a carved stone scroll is inscribed Y GROES WEN; above the door the date 1742 is carved. This date actually refers to the original building on the site, the New House, the very first chapel to be built by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. Ten years later the congregation joined the Independents (Congregationalists). Inside the chapel a plaque by Goscombe John commemorates one of the chapel's ministers, William Edwards, who designed the bridge at Pontypridd.
by John Lord
Capel Groeswen Chapel, Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taff
The rear of Groeswen Independent Chapel. The first meeting house was constructed in 1752 and the first minister was the famous bridge builder, William Edwards. The present chapel was built in 1874 and seats 600 people. The chapel is also known as the Westminster Abbey of Wales on account of the notable preachers, musicians and literary figures interred there.
by Alan Richards
Select the picture to read the description in Welsh.
by Alan Richards
Select the picture to read the description in Welsh.
Adfa Chapel, an early Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in Montgomeryshire
The original chapel on this site was erected in 1790; local farm buildings having been used until then. It was enlarged in 1820 and rebuilt in 1872.
The building suffered storm damage in 1995 and was closed for a time before being completely renovated and reopened in 1997.
It is Grade 2 Listed for its impressive scale and its well preserved and unusual plan, including a house, school and stables.
The chapel is now called the Lewis Evan Memorial Chapel. He was one of the earliest Calvinistic Methodist exhorters in North Wales having been converted in 1738 by a sermon of Howell Harris. He learnt to read by attending one of the circulating school of Griffiths Jones.
He helped organise the work of the Methodists in North Wales, travelling widely as a Methodist Counsellor. He died in 1792 and a memorial to him was erected outside the chapel in Adfa that had been built in 1790.
More information about his life can be seen at Link
English / Wesleyan Methodists (1)
Wesley's following grew greatly, by 1784 Methodist clergy were being barred from Anglican churches so they invoked the Toleration Act and became, officially, Dissenters.For more information from Addoldai Cymru (Welsh Religious Buildings Trust)
For more information from the GENUKI genealogy website
John Wesley (1703-1791) & Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
John Wesley Biography
Charles Wesley Biography A bust of John Wesley on the village green in Devauden
The work of sculptor Paul Ebrey, the bust of John Wesley was installed in 2013 on the village green where the Methodist founder preached his first sermon in Wales in 1739.
by Jaggery
The establishing of this chapel can be traced back to the first visit that John Wesley made to Wales.
Earlswood Valley Methodist Chapel, Monmouthshire
Built in 1791, the chapel is one of the earliest Methodist chapels in Wales. A memorial on the wall commemorates Ann Rosser who was inspired by John Wesley when he preached in nearby Devauden in 1739.
by Andy Stott
Danger on the journey
Showing Charston Rock with a lighthouse and the Severn Road Bridge in the distance.
This is on the Wales Coast Path.
This is the site of New Passage Ferry which connected to the Bristol side of the river. A regular ferry existed here in the 18th century, but numerous Roman coins found in the mud indicate that it was a ferry point long before that.
The crossing was not without its dangers. John Wesley, the Methodist preacher, writes in his journal for October 1743 regarding his brother, the hymn writer Charles, that “ the boat in which my brother was crossing the Severn, at the New Passage, was carried away by the wind and in the utmost danger of splitting upon the rocks. But the same God, when all human hope was past, delivered them”.
In 1863, a branch railway line was constructed from the main line to Black Rock where the trains would travel out onto a wooden pier. The passengers would get off before climbing aboard the ferries. The pier was severely damaged by fire in 1881 and demolished after the Severn Tunnel opened in 1886, but parts can still be seen at low tide.
This is on the Wales Coast Path.
This is the site of New Passage Ferry which connected to the Bristol side of the river. A regular ferry existed here in the 18th century, but numerous Roman coins found in the mud indicate that it was a ferry point long before that.
The crossing was not without its dangers. John Wesley, the Methodist preacher, writes in his journal for October 1743 regarding his brother, the hymn writer Charles, that “ the boat in which my brother was crossing the Severn, at the New Passage, was carried away by the wind and in the utmost danger of splitting upon the rocks. But the same God, when all human hope was past, delivered them”.
In 1863, a branch railway line was constructed from the main line to Black Rock where the trains would travel out onto a wooden pier. The passengers would get off before climbing aboard the ferries. The pier was severely damaged by fire in 1881 and demolished after the Severn Tunnel opened in 1886, but parts can still be seen at low tide.
by Robin Drayton
Shared Descriptions
John Wesley stayed here.
John Wesley, the Methodist preacher, stayed in this cottage when he visited Oxwich between 1762 and 1773.
by Alan Hughes
The establishment of a Methodist chapel in Haverfordwest.
The former Wesleyan Chapel is now an antiques store. It was erected in 1818 on the site of the Wesley Room at the opening of which, in 1772, John Wesley preached on one of his fourteen visits to the town, the first being in 1763. A plaque outside the library in Dew Street commemorates the last of these, in 1790.
There are plans to convert this into apartments which seems a waste of such a fine building.
There are plans to convert this into apartments which seems a waste of such a fine building.
by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
A memorial of a visit to Pembrokeshire.
Under the tree is a stone pillar enclosed by railings overgrown with vegetation.
The inscription reads:
UNDER / THIS OAK TREE / JOHN WESLEY / PREACHED / A.D. 1777 / C.H. BARHAM / TRECWN. / A.D. 1877
It commemorates John Wesley's visit to the Barham family whose house formerly stood nearby. The monument is in poor condition and not signed or publicised in any way. It seems sadly neglected.
The inscription reads:
UNDER / THIS OAK TREE / JOHN WESLEY / PREACHED / A.D. 1777 / C.H. BARHAM / TRECWN. / A.D. 1877
It commemorates John Wesley's visit to the Barham family whose house formerly stood nearby. The monument is in poor condition and not signed or publicised in any way. It seems sadly neglected.
by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
John Wesley Preaching - stained glass window at St John's Methodist Church, Llandudno
The stained glass in the north wall of St John's Methodist Church is called "John Wesley Preaching" It is a three-light window depicting John Wesley preaching below a cross in a square, surrounded by his listeners. Designed and made by Barry Brady and Phil Gough of LGS Tectonics in 1992 it includes three verses from the hymn "And Can it Be?".
by Gerald England
George Whit(e)field (1714-1770)
Biography
In 1739, George Whitefield came to Wales and met with Howell Harris in Cardiff when they were both age 25. He made several visits over 3 or 4 years as they travelled around preaching and he participated in the first general association meeting of the Welsh Methodists in 1741.
There is one chapel in Wales that bears his name.
Whitefield Presbyterian Church, Abergavenny
Located at 10, Pen-y-pound near the centre of town. Built in 1907 in the Gothic style with a gable-entry plan and integral tower. Grade II listed in October 1998 as a fine example of an early twentieth century church.
by Jaggery
Shared Description
Independent / Congregational (2)
Watford Congregational Church, Caerphilly
One of the few Georgian buildings remaining in Caerphilly, the church is located on Watford Road (A469) in the SE part of the town. Engravings on a stone plaque on the wall above the centre upper floor window give a potted history of the church:
ORGANIZED 1682
BUILDING ERECTED 1739
ALTERED 1842 & 1877
ENLARGED 1890.
Grade II listed in February 1999.
ORGANIZED 1682
BUILDING ERECTED 1739
ALTERED 1842 & 1877
ENLARGED 1890.
Grade II listed in February 1999.
by Jaggery
Shared Description
Erected two years before the first association meeting of the Methodists at the nearby Plas Watford.
John Wesley travelled from Cardiff to preach here in 1740.
Glandwr Independent Chapel, Pembrokeshire
An early Independent chapel in a remote part of Pembrokeshire.
The first chapel on this site was built in 1712. Subsequent changes are detailed below.
Listed Grade II as a chapel of special historic interest in the region and for the good interior of 1876 by John Humphrey of Morriston, one of the leading Welsh chapel architects.
The first chapel on this site was built in 1712. Subsequent changes are detailed below.
Listed Grade II as a chapel of special historic interest in the region and for the good interior of 1876 by John Humphrey of Morriston, one of the leading Welsh chapel architects.
Plaque on the above chapel. Anthony Jones in Welsh Chapels refers to this plaque as showing the typical Nonconformist congregation going through successive rebuildings, retaining the original design but increasing in size.
Capel Newydd, Independent, Nanhoron, Gwynedd
Capel Newydd is a long narrow stone building with two doors on the northern side. Inside are box seats. The land for the chapel was bought in 1769 and the chapel was established in 1772.
for old view see Link
for old view see Link
by Alan Fryer
The chapel is probably the earliest surviving nonconformist chapel in north Wales with one of the very few surviving early chapel interiors.
A number of pictures of the interior can be seen here Link
.It is Grade I listed.
Baptist (2)
Christmas Evans (1766-1838)
Biography
Christmas Evans on Anglesey.
Ty Cildwrn Baptist Chapel was first built in 1791 and Christmas Evans was the minister here from 1791 to 1826. The chapel was rebuilt in 1878. The present chapel was disused for part of the twentieth century, but renovated was renovated during the 1980's and now Grade 2* Listed.
There is a memorial in the yard to Catherine, the wife of Christmas Evans, who died in 1823.
Capel Cildwrn Chapel, Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey
This was one of the first Congregational chapels to be built in Anglesey. Its most famous minister was the fiery, one-eyed, Christmas Evans who during his pastorate (1791-1826) conducted mass-attended outdoor preaching meetings throughout the island. He became known as the 'Bishop of Anglesey', while a rival evangelist, the ultra-Calvinistic fire and brimstone preacher, John Elias, also of Llangefni, was dubbed by his opponents, less kindly, as the "Pope of Anglesey"
After the opening of Penuel, the Christmas Evans Memorial Chapel, in the centre of the town in 1897, Cildwrn was left disused for almost a century. In recent years it has been taken over by a Welsh Evangelical Church.
By Eric Jones
After the opening of Penuel, the Christmas Evans Memorial Chapel, in the centre of the town in 1897, Cildwrn was left disused for almost a century. In recent years it has been taken over by a Welsh Evangelical Church.
By Eric Jones
Christmas Evans Memorial Chapel, Llangefni
This is the Christmas Evans Memorial Chapel. Evans, a one-eyed ex-farm labourer (he had lost the other in a brawl) and Baptist exhorter moved to Llangefni from South West Wales in 1791 to take charge of the Baptist cause on Anglesey and to be minister of the town's Cildwrn Chapel. His preaching tours of the island drew huge crowds largely because of his vivid imagery and great acting abilities. Cildwrn Chapel is now used by an Evangelical church and Penuel is the only surviving Baptist chapel in Llangefni.
SH4575 : Capel Cildwrn Chapel
SH4575 : Capel Cildwrn Chapel
by Eric Jones
First sermon here was preached by Christmas Evans
Located on the corner of Station Road and Commercial Street, one of the narrow town centre streets where a one-way traffic system operates. The church building dates from 1830. The first sermon preached here was given by the famous one-eyed preacher Christmas Evans.
by Jaggery
An early 18th century Baptist Chapel
Bwlchyrhiw Chapel, Particular Baptist, Carmarthenshire
Capel Bwlchyrhiw, addoldy'r Bedyddwyr a saif ar odre Mynydd Mallaen. Adeiladwyd y capel cyntaf yn 1717; fe'i hatgyweiriwyd yn 1867 a chodwyd y ty cwrdd presennol yn 1906.
Bwlchyrhiw Baptist Chapel (trans. pass of the hill) located at the foot of Mynydd Mallaen (trans. mountain of Llaen's plain). The chapel was built in 1717; renovated in 1867 and the present meeting house dates from 1906.
Bwlchyrhiw Baptist Chapel (trans. pass of the hill) located at the foot of Mynydd Mallaen (trans. mountain of Llaen's plain). The chapel was built in 1717; renovated in 1867 and the present meeting house dates from 1906.
by Alan Richards
In 1662, in time of persecution, a group of Nonconformists use to meet in a cave in the nearby hills. This group consisted of Baptists and Congregationalists. In 1688 the Congregationalists left and founded a chapel in Caeo. The Baptists eventually built a chapel here in 1717 and used nearby brooks for the administration of baptism by immersion. Link
Quakers - The Religious Society of Friends (2)
Tyddyn y Garreg Friends' Meeting House, Tabor, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
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The Quakers established this meeting house and burial ground in 1792. By 1845, Quakers in the area had either emigrated or died and the meeting was closed. The building and burial ground were then purchased by the Welsh Independents and became Tabor Chapel. The burial ground is still used but none of the headstones are of Quaker origin as the Friends did not allow graves to be marked with headstones until 1850.
by John Lucas
Quaker Burial Ground, Tyddyn y Garreg, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
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also called just Tyddyn Garreg. Originally a Quaker burial ground Link and Link . Quakers insist on absolute uniformity in gravestones - all the stones now visible are of Independents who took over the burial ground. Y Foel in SH7717/SH7718 can be seen in the distance.
and Link . Quakers insist on absolute uniformity in gravestones - all the stones now visible are of Independents who took over the burial ground. Y Foel in SH7717/SH7718 can be seen in the distance.by Roger W Haworth
Old Quaker meeting house, Dolobran, Powys
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A lovely spot to visit in February.
by Jeremy Bolwell
Unitarians (2)
For more information from Addoldai Cymru (Welsh Religious Buildings Trust)For more information from the GENUKI genealogy website
Capel Undodaidd, Alltyblaca, Ceredigion
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