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Denbighshire
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Bodelwyddan,
St. Margaret. SJ 0041 7546. © Frank Joinson. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Another old postcard view, this one of the
nave. From Steve
Bulman's Collection. Another
old postcard, this one from Paul E. Barnett's Collection.
Link.
Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1856-60.
For related
listed features see
here. The
multi-faith chapel in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd Hospital (1981).
Circa SJ 003 760. © Carl Hogan (2014).
Bodfari, St. Stephen. SJ 0925
7012. © Martin Briscoe. Another view,
© Carl Hogan. Despite having been painted since Martin took his photo,
Carl says it seemed to be in disrepair, so possibly no longer in use.
Added in 2024 - an apparently live church website suggests that it still
active.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II. A map of 1880 shows Bethel Chapel
(Wesleyan Methodist). The building on the site was seen by
Streetview in
2023 - it's not apparent whether anything of the chapel survives. SJ
0975 7025. By the time of a 1900 map Bethel was no longer a place of
worship, and is now labelled Wesley Villa. Also shown a short distance
to the S.E. is another chapel, unfortunately not identified other than
Chap. I suspect that it was the
successor to Bethel; its
Coflein entry seems to conflate the two chapels. Still marked with a
"+" on a map of 1961, it has since been demolished. Had it survived it
would have stood to the right of the white house, and a little further
back from the road (2023
Streetview). SJ 0980 7024.
Brookhouse, Capel Brookhouse (Calvinistic Methodist)
on Ruthin Road.
Coflein dates it to 1869. SJ 0719 6592. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011). The former
Baptist Chapel on Brookhouse Road. Gervase remembers the building being derelict about 10 years ago (ca. 2001).
Its
Coflein entry calls it Brookhouse Independent Chapel, dating it to
1832. SJ 0707 6573. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Bryneglwys, St. Tysilio (CiW).
SJ 1449 4737. © Eirian Evans.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade II* listed. Older O.S. maps show two chapels, Seion and
Ebenezer. Capel Seion lies a little way
south of the church at SJ 1449 4723. It hasn't been visited by
Streetview, but a photo of it can be seen
here. Its
Coflein entry calls it Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, and dates it to
1874, the third chapel on the site. Capel Ebenezer
is N.W. of the church, at SJ 1418 4746.
Coflein has it as Wesleyan Methodist, dating from 1887-1980's, and
replacing a predecessor of 1824. In a
Streetview from
2011, I think the chapel (or its site) is the single storey
building at the left. It was replaced by a shed by 2021 (Streetview).
Carrog, St. Ffraid
or St. Bridget (CiW). This source
dates it to 1611, replacing a medieval church which stood near the river, and
washed away in a flood. It says it stood near a property called Riverdale, but I
haven't been able to locate this. Another view.
SJ 1112 4357. © Peter Morgan (2012). Link.
Coflein.
Grade II listed.
Baptist Chapel (1895),
less than ¼ of a mile east of the church, at SJ 1131 4361. It's dated in its
Coflein entry
to a re-build in 1896 of a chapel of 1836. © Peter Morgan (2012).
Seion Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
stands further to the N.E. at SJ 1143 4374.
The date-stone, which is in a poor condition, probably says 1872. This is
confirmed by its
Coflein entry,
where it says that it was a rebuild or alteration in that year, the chapel
originally of 1832. © Peter Morgan (2012). As of 2024 neither chapel appears to
have a web presence, so may be closed.
Cefn, St. Mary, dated by
Coflein to
1864. SJ 0179 7157. © Eirian Evans.
Grade II listed.
Corwen.
Cwm, St. Mael and St. Sulien.
SJ 0663 7747. © Mike Berrell.
Link1.
Link2.
Coflein.
Cynwyd, St. John the Evangelist (CiW). It's
dated by
Coflein to 1856. Interior view, and the
altar and window. SJ 0564 4122. All ©
Peter Morgan (2013).
Link.
Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (1896).
A map of 1888 calls it Sion, and
Coflein,
which dates it to 1807, re-built 1833 and 1897, says it was originally called
Capel Mawr. Another view.
SJ 0571 4131. Both © Peter Morgan (2013).
Bethania Baptist Chapel is dated 1876.
Coflein
says built 1832, re-built 1877. SJ 0573 4104. © Peter Morgan (2013).
Carmel Independent Chapel (1889).
Coflein
says that 1889 refers to a refurbishment, the chapel originally being of 1842. © Peter Morgan (2013).
The date-stone visible in the photo has since been painted over or removed (2021
Streetview). A map of 1888 shows a Baptist Chapel
and an Independent Chapel close to each at the
eastern end of the village, the former at SJ 0285 4105, the latter at SJ 0586
4103. Neither is marked as a place of worship on a map of 1901, and I suspect
that their placement too far east is a rare mistake on the part of the Ordnance
Survey, marking Bethania and Carmel on the wrong road.
Denbigh.
Derwen, the redundant St. Mary, now in the
care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. Two interiors -
1,
2, the
altar,
font, and a fine
window. SJ 0704 5073. All © Iain Taylor.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade I listed. A churchyard cross and a sundial are also listed, as
grade II* and
grade II respectively. A (former?)
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel
(2023 Streetview) is shown on O.S. maps to the N.W. of the village at SJ 0679
5090. Coflein
dates it to 1843, re-built in 1855, and enlarged in 1908. It's still marked as a
place of worship on a map of 1961.
Dyserth, St. Bridget (CiW). SJ 0561 7939.
© Mike Berrell.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade II* listed. There is also a
grade II* listing for a "tomb group". The former Mynydd Seion
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, dated 1896, now in secular use.
Coflein
however dates it to a re-build in 1841 of a chapel of 1822. SJ 0562 7920. © Mike
Berrell. Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Coflein -
built 1822, re-built 1869. SJ 0558 7928. © Mike Berrell.
Horeb U.R.C. on High Street. SJ 0600
7909. © Carl Hogan (2014). Link.
It stands just a few yards from the site of a chapel marked on a map of 1913 as
Independent Chapel, at SJ 0597 7910. It, or its
site, is the central part (which looks older) of the short row of terraced
housing seen in a Streetview
from 2023.
Coflein dates it to 1842, re-built 1892.
Coflein also lists Old Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
on Waterfall Road, dating it to 1822, re-built in 1830 and 1869. Presumably the
predecessor of Seion, it survives, and was seen by
Streetview in 2023.
Better photos can be seen on the Coflein entry
photo
page. SJ
0556 7930. Its
grade II listing calls it
Coronation Hall.
Efenechtyd,
St. Michael and All Angels. SJ 1115 5578. © Eirian Evans.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II.
Froncysyllte, St. David (CiW).
Coflein dates it to 1871. SJ 2733 4114. © Peter Morgan (2012).
Link. The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel (dated 1914)
stands directly across the road from St. David's, and is now in commercial use.
SJ 2735 4117. © Peter Morgan (2012).
Coflein says it
replaced an earlier chapel called Mount Zion
- its Coflein entry is
here and
dates it to 1858. It stood on School Lane, and now serves as part of the
school.
2023 Streetview.
SJ 2701 4120.
Link (for both P.M. Chapels).
Coflein includes the demolished Carmel Baptist
Chapel (1877-1988) on Woodlands Road, at SJ 2698 4117. Its site
was seen by
Streetview in 2023, and an old photo can be seen
here (no. 10). It had a predecessor, which
Coflein
dates to 1844, and says survives as the residential properties 1 and 2
Carmel Terrace.
Coflein supplies this grid reference - SJ 2681 4118 - which points to
Cwmalis Road. The nearer property in a
2021 Streetview
is Carmel Cottage. Coflein also lists Seion
Independent Chapel of 1851, later known as Capel y Fron.
SJ 2717 4118. It was still shown as active on a map of 1951. It stands
on Methodist Hill, and was seen by
Streetview in
2023. A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
also stands on Methodist Hill. According to
Coflein it was built in 1860, re-built in 1871, and was later
Calvinistic Methodist.
2021 Streetview.
SJ 2707 4116.
Glasfryn,
the former Peniel Chapel. Built in 1823, it's now semi-derelict.
© Eirian Evans. While updating this page in 2024 I've been unable to locate this
chapel, despite checking several Glasfryn's. Can you advise where it is?
Glyndyfrdwy, St. Thomas.
Coflein
- 1857-9. SJ 1512 4262. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. The equivalent
modern view, and two other views - 1,
2, all © Peter Morgan (2012).
Link1.
Link2.
Baptist Chapel (1906), undergoing
repairs. According to its
Coflein
entry, it was originally built in 1824, and twice re-built in 1841 and 1906,
and "had
fallen into disuse by 2003". SJ 1542 4260. © Gerard Charmley (2012). The
chapel later in the same year, and the date-stone (1824, 1841 and 1906),
both © Peter Morgan (2012). Seion Wesleyan Chapel.
Coflein
dates its first build to 1824, with re-building in 1869 and 1903. SJ 1483 4266. © Gerard Charmley (2012).
Link. The former Capel y Glyn (Methodist, built as Calvinistic),
on Maes-y-Glyn. Another view
from Streetview in 2010.
Coflein
dates it to 1839, re-built 1872, and (wrongly) says it was
"converted for residential use by 2003" - as a post-demolition
and redevelopment Streetview
shows in 2021.
SJ 1492 4279. © Peter Morgan (2012).
Gwyddelwern, St. Beuno, largely of a re-build in 1880
on an ancient site. Its
CiW entry calls it a former church. SJ 0746 4668. © Peter Morgan (2013).
Grade II* listed.
A churchyard table tomb is also listed, as
grade II. Moriah Chapel at
the northern end of the village.
Coflein
dates it to 1824, with re-builds in 1851 and 1897, and says it was was still
active in 1995. SJ 0762 4695. © Peter Morgan (2013).
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel is dated 1870.
Coflein
says 1870 was a re-build, the chapel having first been built in 1806 and
re-built in 1832. SJ 0749 4659. © Peter Morgan (2013).
Llandegla, St. Tecla.
The very brief
Coflein entry says
it "was completely rebuilt in 1866". SJ 1959
5244. © Eirian Evans.
Link. The (former?) Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Coflein has it as Bethania, with dates of 1827, re-built
1903. SJ 1973 5225. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Independent Chapel at the southern
end of the village.
Coflein calls it Pisgah, and dates it to a re-build in 1841 of a
chapel of 1817. SJ 1994 5194. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011). The former
Seion Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, now the Village Hall. Gervase advises that this was the chapel where E. Tegla
Davies (Wesleyan minister and Welsh-language author) attended.
Coflein gives dates of 1812 and 1842. SJ 1963 5235. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Llandrillo, St. Trillo (CiW).
SJ 0344 3708.
© Peter Morgan (2012).
Link. Coflein.
Grade II listed. There are also listings for the nearby churchyard
entrance gates, a sun-dial, and a tomb,
here. Capel Hermon (Presbyterian
Church of Wales),
is also labelled as Capel Moriah on older O.S. maps.
By 2024 it was evidently in secular use. SJ 0332
3715.
© Peter Morgan (2012).
A 2016
Streetview.
Coflein entry, which says it was built in 1880.
Capel
Hananeel (Congregational, 1826, re-built 1879).
Coflein dates it to a re-build in 1879, the earlier chapel of 1825.
SJ 0363 3718.
© Peter Morgan (2012). Although
previously listed as possibly
the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
at
SJ 0345 3715, Howard
Richter has shown that it is in fact the
CiW Sunday School. It has a
very brief
Coflein entry
which dates it to 1875.
© Peter Morgan (2012). Howard has also advised of some additional
chapels - Capel Seion (Wesleyan) is located at SJ
0353 3709, and is a 1884 re-build of a chapel originally built in 1804. It has been
converted to residential use. A 2016 Streetview can be seen
here. An 1888 map
shows a disused "Methodist Chapel (Calvinistic)" at SJ 0336 3695. This is
possibly Capel Salem noted by Coflein
here ("possibly" because the grid reference and map on Coflein point
to an empty field west of the village).
If this identification is correct, then it was built in 1822, and
re-built in 1880. Streetview shows a building at this site
here, and
here, the latter
showing a pair of old gate piers. This is all rather tentative, so if
you can confirm any of this, please let me know.
Llandyrnog, St.
Tyrnog, as seen by Streetview in 2023. SJ 1078 6510.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade II* listed. For the listed sun-dial, lych-gate and war
memorial, see
here. There is a former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel on Gladstone Terrace and Nant Glyd, seen by
Streetview in
2021.
Coflein dates it to a re-build in 1874, previous versions dating
from 1810 and 1836. It was still in active use (presumably as Methodist)
in 1961. There's also a former Baptist Chapel
a little way S.W. of the village, at SJ 1042 6477. Unfortunately it's
blurred out on Streetview, and I haven't found a photo of it.
Coflein, which calls
it Felin Isa Baptist Chapel, dates it to 1836,
re-built in 1868, and says that "by 1980 the chapel had fallen into
disuse".
Llanelidan, St. Elidan. Dating back
to Norman times, it has been restored several times. SJ 1099 5054. © Eirian Evans.
Link. Coflein. Zion Wesleyan Chapel, dating
from 1804, re-built 1852 and 1894 (Coflein).
It stands about ¾ of a mile E.N.E. of the village, at SJ 1202 5097. © Eirian Evans.
Cefn y Wern Calvinistic
Methodist Chapel, 1½ miles south of the village, a tin chapel.
Coflein dates it to 1909. In the most recent
Streetview
(2021) it appears to be derelict. SJ 1072 4781. © Eirian Evans. Two
chapels show in the village itself on O.S. maps - Carmel Baptist, and a
Calvinistic Methodist. Capel Carmel is at
SJ 1071 5040. It has been seen but poorly by
Streetview in
2009, the view somewhat obstructed by vegetation, and I haven't been
able to find an on-line photo.
Coflein dates it to a 1906 re-build of a chapel of 1846. The
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel is at SJ 1051
5038.
Coflein calls it Brynbanadl Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, and
dates it to 1804, re-built 1876. A 6" O.S. map of 1885 shows the chapel
as the building in this
Streetview from
2021 - its appearance matches the Coflein description of it being of the
"long-wall entry" type. However, the 6" map of 1900 shows the chapel
butting up against the road. If this was real then it has been
demolished.
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd,
St. Cynfarch and St. Mary, as seen by Streetview in 2024. Its
grade II* listing has a much better photo.
Link.
Coflein. For related listed features, see
here. Jesus Chapel
- just over a mile south of the village. A plaque says that the chapel was founded in 1619
by Rice Williams, consecrated in 1623 and rebuilt in 1787. © Eirian Evans.
Coflein says it was
closed by 2003.
Grade II* listed.
Capel Salem
(Calvinistic Methodist) is a little over ½ a mile to the N.E.
of the village.
Coflein dates it to
1886. SJ 1421 5586. © Eirian Evans. Just a couple of hundred yards to
its south is the former Capel Seion
(Baptist) at SJ 1424 5565. It was seen by
Streetview in
2009. It's dated by
Coflein to 1840, closing by 1983
Llanferres, St. Berres. SJ 1885 6056. © Martin Briscoe.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade II listed. The churchyard gate-piers are also listed, as
grade II.
Llangar, All Saints, situated between
Corwen and Cynwyd. No longer in active use, it was replaced by
St John the Evangelist in Cynwyd in 1856. SJ 0636 4245. © Eirian Evans.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade I listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II.
Llangollen.
Llangynhafal, St. Cynhafal (his only
dedication).
SJ 1330 6340. © Eirian Evans.
Link1.
Link2.
Coflein.
Grade I listed.
Llanrhaeadr, St. Dyfnog. SJ 0817 6338. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection - note the different spelling.
Thanks to Mike Berrell who has advised the dedication, and provided the
following link. A modern view, © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Coflein.
Grade I listed. For related listed features, see
here. About a mile to the W.N.W. at Hên-efail is a former
Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, at SJ 0637
6379. Its
Coflein entry dates it to 1882, and calls it Glyn.
Llantysilio, St. Tysilio.
Another view, and the
interior. SJ 1941 4355. All © Iain
Taylor (2016).
Link.
Coflein.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate and several monuments are also
listed
here.
Llanychan, St. Hychan. Reputedly founded
in the 5th century, its
grade II* listing
dates the building to the 15th century and later.
SJ 1144 6214. © Eirian Evans.
Link.
Coflein.
Llanynys, St. Saeran. Like Llanychan,
it's supposed to be of a very early foundation, though nothing pre-medieval survives.
SJ 1032 6268. © Eirian Evans.
Link.
Coflein.
Grade I listed. Several churchyard tombs are also listed
here.
Llidiart y Parc, the former Beulah Chapel (1905), now a private residence.
Curiously, it doesn't appear on an large scale O.S. map revised in 1910
and published in 1914. And on a later map of 1953, the Chapel label is
attached to the adjacent row of houses, and the chapel building is still
not shown. Is there more going on here than is apparent?
Another view. SJ 1189 4336. Both © Peter Morgan (2012).
Maeshafn (or
Maes-y-safn),
the former Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Coflein
dates it to 1900, a re-build of an earlier chapel of 1820.
The date-stone is for 1820, but makes no mention of the re-building. SJ 2019
6102. © Eirian Evans.
Meliden, St. Melyd (O). SJ 0629 8110. ©
Mike Berrell. Link.
Coflein.
Salem yr Eglwys Fethodistaidd
(Wesleyan) on Meliden Road. SJ 0617 8091. © Mike Berrell. Since Mike took his
photo the chapel has evidently been closed - Streetviews show that the church
notice-board was removed between 2011 and 2017.
2023 Streetview. The
Coflein entry
for its predecessor dates this chapel to 1925. The earlier chapel (2011
Streetview), is dated by Coflein in the same entry to 1860, and stood a
little way to the west at SJ 0608 8085. O.S. maps mark another chapel near the
junction of Ffordd Tanrallt with the main road at SJ 0620 8085. Pre-dating a map
of 1878, where it's labelled as Calvinistic Methodist,
Coflein calls
it Mynydd Seion, and dates it to 1860. The photo attached to the entry is
incorrect however, showing instead the 1925 Salem chapel - unless the chapels
were identical of course, which seems unlikely. It stood set well back from the
A547 - access to it may well have been from Ffordd Tanrallt, its site now being
parking (2023 Streetview),
presumabl y for the adjacent housing. It was still marked as active on a map of
1961.
Pen-y-Stryt, Piscah Chapel.
Coflein
calls it Pisca, and dates it to 1817, re-built in 1841. It shows as still active
on a map of 1961, but has evidently been closed and converted since then. SJ
1994 5194. © Eirian Evans.
Pentre, the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Coflein dates it to 1892, a re-build of earlier chapels of 1809 and 1869. SJ
0865 6262. © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Pentre Saron, Calvinist Methodist Chapel, dating
from 1826, though according to
Coflein,
probably re-built circa 1850. SJ 0283 6066. © Eirian Evans.
Prestatyn.
Rhewl, the Parish Church (1922), currently closed pending restoration.
© Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011). When revising this page in 2024 I was unable to
find a map showing this church, except perhaps the 1" map of 1961, which marks
an otherwise unidentified place of worship at SJ 1105 6040. I also couldn't find
a Streetview showing the church. I suspect that rather than being restored it
was demolished, and its site commemorated in the street name of Lôn yr Eglwys
surrounded by a housing estate (2023
Streetview). Rhewl Chapel
(Calvinistic Methodist), which
Coflein
dates to 1926, a re-build of the earlier chapel of 1844. However, its
grade II listing says it was extended and altered in 1926, not re-built.
Another view. SJ 1096 6047. Both © Gervase N. E. Charmley (2011).
Rhuallt, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel (1869),
which stands about a mile west of the village proper. It now serves as the
parish hall. SJ 0600 7499. © Mike Berrell. Former
chapel (1880) now in secular use. Janet Gimber advises this was originally Calvinistic Methodist, but later became
Rhuallt Presbyterian Church. SJ 0747 7507. © Mike Berrell.
Coflein
however calls it Libanus, and dates it to a re-build in 1862 of a chapel
originally of 1835.
Rhuddlan.
Rhyl.
Ruthin.
St. Asaph.
Tafarn-Y-Gelyn,
The Old Chapel (Wesleyan ).
Coflein calls it Bethania, and dates it to 1866, re-built 1896. SJ
1890 6184. © Martin Briscoe.
Trefnant, Holy
Trinity, as seen by Streetview in 2022. Its
grade II* listing has better photos, including of the interior.
Coflein dates it to 1853-5. SJ 0499 7054.
Link. Capel Trefnant on
Station Yard is dated 1840. After consulting old maps, Howard Richter has advised that this was Wesleyan Methodist in 1875 and 1899, and Methodist in 1964.
Its
Coflein entry says that the 1840 date was a re-build or alteration
of the chapel originally built in 1824. SJ 0521 7071. © Carl Hogan.
Link.
Waen (north of
Llandyrnog), Capel y Dyffryn
(Calvinistic Methodist).
Its Coflein
entry says built 1777, re-built 1836. SJ 1074 6584. © Martin Briscoe.
Grade II listed, where it says it dates from 1836, as successor to a 1777
chapel at Cefn Bithel. There's a Cefn Bithel about ¾ of a mile north of Capel y Dyffryn.
A tiny hamlet, none of the available maps show a chapel here, and none of the
buildings suggest that anything of the chapel survives.
Waen
(near Nantglyn), Soar Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, as seen by
Streetview in 2009. SH 9985 6223.
Church website (in Welsh).
The
Coflein entry tells us that it originally dates from 1811, though the
present building is of the re-build of 1862. Alternative sources give a
foundation date of 1801.
Grade II listed (chapel and school). The associated stable of 1811 is also
grade II listed.
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