Bethel chapel records, 1973-2000, including records relating to the centenary 1973; records relating to the effect of a road-widening project on Bethal graveyard, 1988-1989.
Bethel, Sterry Road, Gowerton, Records
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- Dates of Creation1973-2000
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description(9 items)
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Administrative / Biographical History
Bethel was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Sterry Road, Gowerton, Glamorgan, now Swansea. The cause began with a congregation meeting in a barn at Fferm Isaf, Waunarlwydd, Swansea. The chapel was built in 1873. One of the noteworthy members of the chapel was William Abraham ('Mabon') (1842-1922), the first president of the Federation of South Wales Coal Miners and MP for Rhondda, who was choirmaster at Bethel. The church was closed on 19 July 2000 due to the state of the building.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following: Newspapers and cuttings relating to church centenary, 1973; Papers relating to the effect of a road widening project on Bethal Graveyard, 1985-1991; Closure of Bethal Chapel; Moriah Chapel, Treboeth.
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Note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was used to compile this description: West Glamorgan Archive Service, Nonconformist, Calvinistic Methodist, Bethel, Sterry Road, Gowerton, catalogue.
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