Gwent Archives

Salem Baptist Chapel, Blaina, Records

Reference code(s): GB 0218 D4267

Held at:

Title: Salem Baptist Chapel, Blaina, Records

Short title: Salem Baptist Chapel, Blaina, records

Dates of creation: 1845-1959

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium: (Information to be supplied)

Name of creator(s): Salem Baptist Chapel, Blaina

CONTEXT

Administrative and biographical history: Salem Baptist Chapel was in Blaina, Monmouthshire, now Blaenau Gwent. The original Salem Baptist Chapel was built in 1837. Prior to this date, services were held in a private house known as Ty Watkin Vaughan. Services were held on three Sundays each month are were well attended, so that the chapel was enlarged in 1842. A new chapel was completed in 1852.

CONTENT

Scope and content: Records of Salem Baptist Chapel, Blaina, 1845-1959, including correspondence, 1924-1959; church histories, c.1941; printed material, 1940-1948.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/script: English

System of arrangement: Arranged into the following: Church business; Church histories; Printed material

Conditions governing access: No restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply.

Finding aids: Hard copies of the catalogue are available in Gwent Record Office and the National Register of Archives
Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records deposited at Gwent Record Office have been retained.

Accruals: Accruals are not expected

Immediate source of acquisition: Source not recorded

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related units of description: Further material is Gwent Record Office, D2174.230 and D397 and National Library of Wales, NLW MSS 7129,7159.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds

Archivist's note: Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was used to compile this description: Gwent Record Office, Salem Baptist Chapel, Blaina, 1845-1959, catalogue.

Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH

Date(s) of description: March 2006

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects

Baptists | Wales | Blaina

Religious institutions | Wales | Blaina

Salem Baptist Chapel (Blaina, Wales) | Archives

Personal names

Corporate names

Salem Baptist Chapel (Blaina, Wales)

Places

Blaina