Newsletter
Members receive
a Newsletter twice a year in Spring and Autumn.
 A
downloadable sample is available *
(Capel Newsletter 46)
A
downloadable sample is available *
(Capel Newsletter 47)
A list of the contents of all the newsletters from 1987 to the present is available as a PDF
Local Information
Sheets
We produce Local
Information Sheets twice a year to coincide with Capel visits.
All except the most recent can be downloaded here:
Capel Cards
Details of new cards will be available shortly.
Capel Mugs for
Sale
Downloadable
samples available
Leaflet on Archives
This leaflet is downloadable *
John Hughes
Memorial Chapel, Pontrobert
This
leaflet is downloadable *
CAPEL Advice Leaflet for Threatened Chapels
This
leaflet is downloadable *
Discovering Chapels in Llandudno
This
leaflet is downloadable * Guide to Denominations
Available for £2.50 (including postage) from Dr. Lionel Madden, Hafren, Cae'r Gôg, Aberystwyth SY23 1ET
Chapel Related Publications
The list concentrates on books in English
which include information about Welsh chapels. Some of the books listed are now
out of print. Books in Welsh are listed on the Welsh pages of our website.
General
Cadw, Chapels in Wales: conservation and conversion. Cardiff:
Cadw, 1999. (Very useful booklet with text by John Hilling.)
Ifans, Dafydd, ed., Nonconformist Registers of Wales.
Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1994.
Jones, Anthony, Welsh Chapels. 2nd ed., Stroud: Alan
Sutton, 1996.
Roberts, Alun, Discovering Welsh Graves. Cardiff,
University of Wales Press, 2002.
Smith, Ian, Tin Tabernacles: corrugated iron mission
halls, churches and chapels of Britain. Camrose Organisation, 2004.
Architects
Hughes, Stephen, Thomas Thomas, 1817-88: the first
national architect of Wales. Reprinted from Archaeologia Cambrensis 152
(2003). Purchase from Book Sales, RCAHMW, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth SY23 1NJ. £5
plus £1 p&p.
Denominations
Bassett, T.M., The Welsh Baptists. Swansea: Tŷ
Ilston, 1977.
Jones, R. Tudur, Congregationalism in Wales, ed.
Robert Pope. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2004.
Madden, Lionel, ed., Methodism in Wales: a short history
of the Wesley tradition.
Llandudno, Methodist Conference, 2003.
Geographical Areas
Barnes, David Russell, People of Seion: patterns of
nonconformity in Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire in the century preceding the
Religious Census of 1851. Llandysul: Gomer, 1995. (Includes a chronological
table of chapels by date of first building.)
Hilling, John & Traynor, Mary, Cardiff’s Temples of
Faith: a thousand years of places of worship. Cardiff: Civic Society, 2000.
Jones, Alun Vernon, Chapels of the Cynon Valley. [Cwmdare]:
Cynon Valley History Society, 2004.
Sinclair, J.B. & Fenn, R.W.D., Marching to Zion:
Radnorshire chapels. Kington: Cadoc Books, 1990
The Buildings of Wales series:
The series was originally published by Penguin but is now
published by Yale University Press:
Haslam, Richard, Powys. 1979.
Hubbard, Edwards, Clwyd.
1986.
Lloyd, Thomas, Orbach, Julian & Scourfield, Robert, Pembrokeshire.
2004.
Newman, John, Glamorgan. 1995.
Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire. 2000.
Recent Histories of Chapels
Chapel histories in English published since 2000. Histories
in Welsh are listed on the Welsh pages of our website. We would welcome any
additions to the list.
Beaufort Bethel
Methodist Church, Beaufort, Ebbw Vale: a history celebrating 150 years
1851-2001, by Eric Smith and Keith Thomas. Cwmbran: Kerin Publishers, 2001.
53pp.
Birkenhead Alpha
and Omega: Welsh Presbyterian witness in Laird Street, Birkenhead 1906-2006, by
D. Ben Rees. Liverpool: Cyhoeddiadau Modern Cymreig, 2006. 200pp.
Caerwent Caerwent
Baptist Church 1815-2000, by Eric Lovell. The Church, 2000. 38pp.
Carmarthen Zion 1850-2000: celebrating 150 years of worship at Zion Presbyterian Church, Mansel Street, Carmarthen. [The Church, 2000]. 17pp.
Cilcain Gad Chapel, Cilcain 1806-2006, by Eirlys Gruffydd. Cilcain: The Chapel, 2006. 11pp. + 20pp. of illustrations. Also includes longer Welsh text.
Crosskeys A History of Hope Baptist Church, Crosskeys, by Graham S. Osborne. Abertillery: Old Bakehouse Publications, 2006. 52pp.
Flint Mountain Bethel Methodist Church, Flint Mountain: centenary 1893-1993, by Megan Wall. [The Church, 1993]. 28pp. Bilingual.
Griffithstown
A History of Griffithstown Baptist Church 1875-2000, by
Tony Hopkins. The Church, 2000. 104pp.
Liverpool Chatham
Street: Chatham Building, by Arthur Thomas. Revised edition, University of
Liverpool Management School, 2004. 64pp. (The first half of the booklet traces
the history of Chatham Street Calvinistic Methodist chapel 1861-1949 when it
was acquired by the University.)
Llanfyllin The
Tabernacl: Methodism in Llanfyllin 1801-2005, by Rhoswen Charles. The
Tabernacl, 2006. 41pp. (Available from Rhoswen Charles, The Old Shop,
Bwlchyddar, Llangedwyn, Oswestry, Shropshire SY10 9LJ. Price £5)
Llanilltyd Fardref The History of Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel, Llanilltyd Fardref: from
the beginning 1825 to millennium 2000. Pontypridd: Berwyn Davies, 2000.
71pp.
Llantwit Major Bethel Baptist Church, Llantwit Major: a short history, by Philip
Trollope. Barry: The Author, 2004? 79pp.
Llanwenarth Llanwenarth
Baptist Church 1652-2002: the history of the oldest Baptist fellowship now
existing in Wales, by Peter Baines. Abergavenny: Govilan Village History
Group, 2002. 208pp.
Manselton These
Hundred Years: a history of Christ Well – Manselton United Reformed Church
1906-2006, by Robert Pope. The Church, 2006.
Moreton A
Short History of Moreton Presbyterian Church 1906-2006, by Gwyn Owen. Hoylake:
The Church, 2006. 58pp.
Neath A
History of the Presbyterian Church of Wales at London Road, Neath. The
Church, 2004.
Newtown A
History of Crescent Chapel, Newtown. The Chapel, 2004. 60pp.
Newtown Wesley
Methodist Church, Newtown: the first 200 years, by Glyn Tegai Hughes.
Wesley Methodist Church, Newtown, Powys, 2000. 24pp.
Penyfai Smyrna
Baptist Chapel, Penyfai [Glamorgan]: celebrating 300 years of worship. The
Chapel, 2006.
Ponthir The
History of Ponthir Baptist Church (1803-2003), by Nigel D. Burge. Monmouth:
The Author, 2003. 94pp.
Sketty Memories
Down the Years, ed. Janet M. Neilson. Sketty Methodist Church (c/o 19
Gabalfa Road, Sketty, Swansea SA2 8NF), 2001. 88pp.
Trecenydd St
Cenydd Road Presbyterian Church, Trecenydd (Beddau Mission) 1906-2006. The
Church, 2006. 44pp.
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