Twenty-one volumes of church engagement books, 1941-1968, relating to St. David's Presbyterian Church, Belmont, Shrewsbury.
CMA: Records of St. David's Belmont, Shrewsbury
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 BELMONT
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004297895(alternative) (WlAbNL)0000297895
- Dates of Creation
- 1941-1968
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English English
- Physical Description
- 21 vols + 2 large boxes (December 2004 deposit)
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
St. David's, Belmont was founded in 1905 when its building in Belmont Bank was completed. The chapel belongs to the Tabernacle District of the Montgomery and Shropshire Presbytery.
English meetings had been held by the Calvinistic Methodists in Shrewsbury since 1854 when Mrs Ebenezer Williams, wife of the minister of Hill's Lane Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, set up a class for non Welsh-speaking girls. This in turn became a Sunday School before moving to rented rooms in Claremont Hill.
In 1864 the community at Claremont Hill bought land to build their own church in Frankwell, which was then opened in 1886. However, the area in which the church was built was not considered a desirable area for the church, and therefore in 1904 the work on a new church building in Belmont Bank was started. In 1931 Hill's Lane was closed and the congregation moved to St. David's and by 1935 they had enough money to build yet another building which was opened in 1936.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW into one series: engagement books.
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Acquisition Information
Deposited by the Rev. Pamela Turner, Shrewsbury, per the Rev. J. E. Wynne Davies, Aberystwyth, July 2003, and December 2004.; 0200308189, 0200413544
Note
St. David's, Belmont was founded in 1905 when its building in Belmont Bank was completed. The chapel belongs to the Tabernacle District of the Montgomery and Shropshire Presbytery.
English meetings had been held by the Calvinistic Methodists in Shrewsbury since 1854 when Mrs Ebenezer Williams, wife of the minister of Hill's Lane Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, set up a class for non Welsh-speaking girls. This in turn became a Sunday School before moving to rented rooms in Claremont Hill.
In 1864 the community at Claremont Hill bought land to build their own church in Frankwell, which was then opened in 1886. However, the area in which the church was built was not considered a desirable area for the church, and therefore in 1904 the work on a new church building in Belmont Bank was started. In 1931 Hill's Lane was closed and the congregation moved to St. David's and by 1935 they had enough money to build yet another building which was opened in 1936.
Title of fonds, series and files supplied from contents.
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Archivist's Note
April 2004.
Compiled by Hywel Gwynn Williams.
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: 'St. David's Presbyterian Church Belmont Shrewsbury: Fiftieth Anniversary 1936-1989'; Y Dyddiadur Methodistaidd am 1908; Blwyddiadur a Dyddiadur Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru, 2004.
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