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Chapels - Laleston
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This project is fully described on Glamorgan Chapels Database
This Laleston database compiled by Gareth Hicks
If a chapel is already mentioned on the main parish page then its name will act as a link to that section for any data recorded there - such as extant records and OS Grid references
Some chapels may have more than one entry if it is not possible to correctly identify each from a particular source
(For an explanation of the various non-conformist denominations see Wales - Genealogy Help Pages )
Sources referred to (indicated by number shown in brackets after the data entry) where there may be more data available
- 1. 1880 Slaters Directory
- 2. A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis
- 3. The Chapels Recording Project in Wales (RCAHMW)
- 4. Dissent in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth by Hywel D Emanuel, National Library of Wales journal, Vol VIII/4, Winter 1954. Although not every GLA parish has an entry
- 5. Glamorgan Record Office in Cardiff hold most extant parish church and non-conformist chapel records, these are listed on their site (click ' history of your family' on main page and scroll down to the end of the next page)
- 6. Glamorgan FHS - the publications lists etc
- 7. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1895 - the Archive CD Books Cd
- 8. Kelly's Directory, South Wales 1910 - the Archive CD Books Cd
- 9. Jones, I.G. & Williams, D. The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. UWP, Cardiff, 1976
Baptist
Bethel Welsh Baptist chapel, High St, Laleston
- Bethel Baptist chapel, High St, Laleston SS87677978 Built in 1848, still in use in 1997 (3)
- Bethel Baptist church, Laleston (5)
- Bethel Welsh Baptist church, Laleston MIs index (6)
- There is a Welsh Baptist chapel in Laleston 1895 (7) and 1910 (8)
- Bethel Baptist Church, Laleston site - has an online copy of a booklet produced for the 100th and then 150th anniversary (1848-1948 and then 1948 onwards). Still open in 2005
- See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph
Congregationalist
Caersalem Welsh Ind chapel, Ffordd-y-Gyfraith, Laleston
- Caersalem Welsh Ind chapel, Ffordd-y-Gyfraith, Laleston SS86768412 Not still in use in 1997 (3)
Methodist
Horeb Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, High St, Laleston
- There is also a chapel for Methodists (Laleston) 1880 Slaters Directory (1)
- There is a place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists (Laleston) A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis (2)
- Horeb Welsh CM chapel, High St, Laleston SS87767992 Built in 1831, not still in use in 1998 (3)
- 1830, October 2; Protestant (endorsed; Methodist); a certain meeting house; David EDWARD, farmer (4)
- There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Laleston 1895 (7) and 1910 (8)
- Lalaston(sic) Welsh CM chapel Erected in 1831 John Howells, Steward, Whitney, Merthyr Mawr 1851 (9)
- See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph
Other (inc un-identified)
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[Last Updated : 6 Nov 2011 - Gareth Hicks]