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Caerphilly
Caerphilly on Wikipedia.
Aberbargoed,
Caersalem Baptist Chapel has dates 1839 and 1860 (re-built).
Hills Community Church.
The former Moriah Baptist Church, now a nursery. All
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Aberbeeg, Christchurch.
© Gerard Charmley (2011). Aberbeeg straddles the county boundary, so for the Methodist
Church, see Blaenau Gwent.
Abercarn.
Abertridwr, Beulah Baptist Church. The former
Nazareth Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, now a community centre. The former Gospel Hall, now a
private residence. The former
St. Peter. All © Gerard Charmley.
Abertysswg, St. Paul (CiW). Elim Tabernacle.
Another view. Ainon Baptist Chapel has been demolished, but the congregation meet in the
vestry. Similarly, Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel has also been demolished, and again, the
vestry (which bears the date 1903) is now used.
Another view. All
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Bargoed, the Parish Church. Derelict
former Mission Church.
Calfaria Welsh Independent Church (1910). The former
Hanbury Baptist Church,
undergoing conversion. St.
Peter's on the Graig (R.C.).
Salvation Army Hall. All
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Bedwas.
Bedwellty, St. Sannan. © David
Gallimore. Another view.
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Berthlwyd, the former Baptist Chapel, now in residential use. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Blackwood,
Spiritualist Church on High Street.
© Janet Gimber (2015).
Link.
Brithdir, St. David. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Caerphilly.
Cefn Fforest, St. Thomas (CiW).
Link. Bethany Baptist
Chapel.
Link. Trinity Welsh
Presbyterian Church. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Cefn Hengoed, St. Anne. Bethel Baptist Chapel
(1933). Both
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Craig-y-Raca. Marked on
maps as a church, can you give it a name?
© Gerard Charmley (2010).
Crosskeys, St. Catherine (CiW). Gerard advises that there wasn't a notice board, so is this church closed?
Hope Baptist Chapel (1880). Crosskeys Methodist Church.
Crosskeys Pentecostal Church. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Crumlin, the former St. Mary
(CiW). Bethel Baptist Church.
The former Hillside Methodist Church. Rock Gospel Hall.
All © Gerard Charmley (2011). Standing just east of Crumlin at ST 2291
9897 lies
Hafodyrynys
Congregational Chapel.
Another view. ST 2291
9897. Both
© Martin Richter (2012). The
Coflein entry (which includes two photos) dates it to 1894.
Cwmcarn, St. John the Evangelist (1934). The former St. Winefride
(R.C.). Zion Baptist Church was started in 1912, but never finished- only the school buildings were
built. The former Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, closed 2003. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Cwmfelinfach, Bethany Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Eglwysilan, St. Ilan. Of 6th century origin, the church served the valley before industry developed, and
now stands alone. © Gerard Charmley. Link.
Fleur de Lys, English
Congregational Chapel (1903). Mount Zion Methodist Chapel (originally Primitive Methodist, 1870).
Both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Gelligaer, St. Catwg.
Link. Horeb
Welsh Baptist Chapel (founded 1848).
Both
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Gilfach, St. Margaret.
© Gerard Charmley (2011). Link.
Groes-Wen, Groeswen Independent Chapel. Gerard advises that it is one of the oldest Non-Conformist chapels
in South Wales. Another view. The white building is part of the original structure. Both © Gerard
Charmley.
Hengoed,
Baptist Chapel - bears dates 1710 and 1829.
Cascade Methodist Church. Both
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Llanbradach.
Llanfabon, St. Mabon.
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Machen, St. John the Baptist
(CiW). Emmanuel Church
(Assemblies of God). Ebenezer
Evangelical Baptist Church. All
© Gerard Charmley (2010). Of the demolished Siloam Chapel, nothing remains except the vestry. © Gerard
Charmley (2011).
Maesycwmmer.
Mynyddislwyn, St. Tudor
(CiW). New Bethel (U.R.C.).
Another view. The
statue looking down is of James Thomas, a local mine-owner, who attended
this chapel. All
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Nelson, the Parish Church.
Bethel Evangelical Church.
Link.
Salem Methodist Church.
Penuel Congregational
Church (1857). Calfaria
Baptist Church. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
New Tredegar, St. Dingat. Carmel Baptist Church.
Former Chapel (1898), converted to a workshop ca. 1920. The
vestry of a demolished Congregational Chapel. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Newbridge.
Oakdale, Presbyterian Church (1916). Baptist Church.
Methodist Church. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Pengam, St. David (CiW).
© Gerard Charmley (2011). The
former Capel y Bont Baptist
Chapel (now a private residence) has dates 1857 and 1865.
© Gerard Charmley (2011). Ebenezer English Baptist
Chapel (1907).
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Link. The chapel has been considerably extended and refurbished as
this photo of 1988 (©
Bruce Cunningham) shows. A former chapel on Station Road, Glan Y Nant - Janet Gimber advises that this was Nazareth
Methodist Chapel.
© Gerard Charmley (2011).
Penmaen, St. David (CiW). Independent Chapel, the fellowship
of which claims its origin in 1639-40. The tablet also lists dates of 1694, 1829, and 1888. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Penybryn, Calvary
Evangelical Church. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Pontllanfraith.
Pontlottyn, Caerphilly, Parish Church. The former English
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel. Elim Community Church. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Pontmister, St. Margaret (CiW). Clyde Street Pentecostal
Church. Ty Isaf Baptist Church. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Pontywaun, Trinity Congregational Church (1870). © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Rhudry - see Rudry.
Rhymney.
Risca.
Rudry (or Rhudry), St. James. © David Gallimore. Another view. © Gerard
Charmley (2010). Link. Former Ebenezer English
Congregational Church, now in residential use. © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Senghenydd, St. Cenydd. U.R.C. Both © Gerard Charmley. The former
Ebenezer Baptist Church,
now flats. © Gerard Charmley (2011). The former Seion Wesleyan Chapel, now a private residence. © Gerard Charmley.
Salvation Army Hall. © Gerard Charmley (2011). The site of the demolished
Noddfa Welsh Congregational Chapel. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Trethomas, St. Thomas' Christian Centre (CiW).
Trethomas Christian
Fellowship. Unidentified
church on
Navigation Street - Howard Richter has advised that this church (at ST 181 888) was Bethany (Assemblies of God) Pentecostal in 1960-2, and Pentecostal
in 1970-3. He has also advised that this former
chapel,
at ST 182 887 (now a nursery), was Penuel Welsh Congregational. All © Gerard Charmley (2010).
Ty Sign, St. David' Methodist Church, shared with the Church in Wales. © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Ynysddu, St. Theodore (CiW).
Babell Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, where lies the poet William Thomas,
otherwise known as Islwyn. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011).
Ystrad Mynach, Holy Trinity
(CiW). Shiloh Calvinistic
Methodist Church.
Bethany U.R.C. Bryn
Seion Baptist Church.
Lewis Street Methodist Church. All © Gerard Charmley (2011).
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