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Capel Blaen-Caron / Blaencaron Chapel

According to the Dyfed Family History website LinkExternal link , this building was opened in 1875 as a Calvinist chapel. Ordnance Survey maps note the building as 'Methodist'. The DFHS website says the last service took place in c.2003. Genuki states that it was still open in 1998. Certainly on my visit in 2004 the main building did not appear to have been disused for very long and was in quite good condition. The attached cottage, or parsonage, still retained utensils and cleaning materials and although it was in a poor condition gave the impression that it had been used in the recent past.

Dan Gregory visited in 2005 and has a web page of photos taken at the time. LinkExternal link He notes that the chapel was auctioned in 2008 and is currently being converted to a house.

In 2004/5 there was, on the outside wall of the chapel, a slate plaque, in Welsh, commemorating the local school inspector and writer, Cassie Davies. It read:

CASSIE DAVIES
1898 CAETUDUR 1988
BLAENOR YM MLAENCARON AC
AROLYGWR YSGOLION CYMRU
BU'N HWB I'W BRO A'I GWLAD
Gosodwyd gan Gangen Plaid Cymru
Tregaron a'r cylch.

Dan Gregory's translation:
CASSIE DAVIES
1898 CAETUDUR 1988
ELDER IN BLAENCARON AND
INSPECTOR OF WELSH SCHOOLS.
SHE WORKED FOR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY
Installed by Plaid Cymru
Tregaron and district branch

by John Brightley

Created: Sat, 15 Jan 2011, Updated: Sat, 15 Jan 2011


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SN7061 : Side elevation, Capel Blaen-Caron / Blaencaron Chapel by John Brightley
SN7061 : Entrance door, Capel Blaen-Caron / Blaencaron Chapel by John Brightley
SN7061 : Capel Blaen-Caron / Blaencaron Chapel by John Brightley
SN7061 : Inside Capel Blaen-Caron / Blaencaron Chapel by John Brightley
SH7877 : A Jewel in North Wales's Crown (XIV) by Basher Eyre
SN7061 : Parsonage and stable, Capel Blaen-Caron / Blaencaron Chapel by John Brightley
SN7061 : Inside Capel Blaen-Caron /Blaencaron Chapel by John Brightley


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