GENUKI: Llanfihangel Ystrad chapels, Cardiganshire

For further details of this project see Cardiganshire Chapels Database

Compiled by Gareth Hicks (Feb 2007)

NB. Not all available data was necessarily used from sources - and sources 1 & 4 have been combined as similar

1. The Chapels Recording Project in Wales (RCAHMW)
2. The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales., byJones, I.G. & Williams, D. UWP, Cardiff, 1976
3. Nonconformist Registers of Wales published by the National Library of Wales in 1994.
4. The Parish Churches and Nonconformist Chapels of Wales: Their Records and where to Find them, Vol. One, Cardigan - Carmarthen - Pembroke, by Rawlins, B.J. (1987).
5. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1910 - the Archive Cd Books Cd
6. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1895 - the Archive Cd Books Cd
7. My Ancestors were Congregationalists in England and Wales, by D J H Clifford, SOG, 1992.
8. Independent Chapels of Wales: History Books and Pamphlets by Huw Walters.
9. Death and Burial indexes available for purchase from Cardiganshire Family History Society
10. Online Commercial & Residential Directories as appropriate to a particular parish - apart from what may already be on Genuki, see also the Historical Directories site

Dyfed FHS - Photographs of chapels (may also be other data there)
Archives Network Wales
Lewis 1833 on Genuki (Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833 )

Congregational

Ty'nygwndwn Welsh Ind chapel, near Talysarn

Ty'nygwndwn Welsh Ind chapel, near Talysarn SN53785514 Preaching under Phillip Pugh pre 1760 Started 1672, chapel built 1773, rebuilt 1815, 1835 & 1861, restored 1892. Records; 1. bapts 1821-37 PRO & in IGI 2. list of trustees 1835-76 NLW 3. see Ebenezer, Llangybi 4. for pre 1760 see Cilgwyn, Llangybi Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Ty'n y Gwndwn Ind Erected before 1800 William Davies, Deacon 1851 (2)
Ty'n-y-gwndwn, Felin fach Welsh Ind chapel Opened 1773 Births & bapts 1821-37 copies at Cer RO (7)
Tynygwndwn, Felin-fach Cong Bapts 1821-37 PRO (3)
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Photograph on Dyfed FHS
Shown as still open on the Union of Welsh Independents site (Dec 2006)
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for this chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Oct 2008)

Cribyn Welsh Unitarian chapel, Cribyn

Cribyn Welsh Unitarian chapel, Cribyn SN52265104 Preaching as Independents in C17th, Unitarian after 1760 Chapel built 1790, rebuilt 1851. Under ministry of Evan Davies 1746-1817 Records; The Old Church Book of Cilgwyn (Llangybi) NLW Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Crybyn Unitarian Erected in 1790 John Jeremy, Occasional Minister 1851 (2)
Cribyn Unit Bapts 1824-88 NLW Burials 1794, 1818, 1842-94 NLW (3)
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg

Cardiganshire Family History Society - Index to deaths and burials in Cardiganshire from non-conformist records is available on fiche. Check details on their site, for this parish includes ; Cribyn (Unitarian, 1784, 1818, 1838-94).
Photograph on Dyfed FHS

Rhydgwin Welsh Unitarian chapel, Temple Bar

Rhydgwin Welsh Unitarian chapel, Temple Bar SN53485392 Preaching at farm of Lloyd Jack pre 1800 Chapel (Maesllan school) built 1808 (at Rhydgwin farm?), rebuilt 1848 & 1893. In 1802 David Rees Jenkins and 20 others left Ciliau Aeron to start this cause Still open 1998 (1) & (4)
Rhydygwin Unitarian Erected in 1848 "This Chapel was erected in lieu of a previously existing Building in the neighbourhood which was built in the year 1812" Rees Davies, Minister 1851 (2)
Photograph on Dyfed FHS