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Bryn Seion Chapel, Gilfach Goch, records
Reference code(s): GB 0214 DWCONG2
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Title: Bryn Seion Chapel, Gilfach Goch, records
Short title: Bryn Seion Congregational Chapel, Gilfach Goch, records
Dates of creation: 1938-[c. 1983]
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 0.001 cubic metres
Name of creator(s): Bryn Seion Chapel, Gilfach Goch
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: Bryn Seion Chapel, Gilfach Goch, Glamorgan, was established in 1872 to serve Congregationalists who had previously attended at Tabor Methodist Chapel from its opening in 1868. Construction of the chapel was delayed by the incompetence of the builder and his subsequent bankruptcy, and opened in March 1874. The chapel experienced considerable financial problems, but established itself as a centre for cultural and social events; industrial decay and falling congregations led to its closure and demolition in 1973.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Annual reports, 1938-1948; a history of the chapel, [c. 1940]-[c. 1983].
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: Welsh
Conditions governing access: No restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction: Normal Glamorgan Record Office conditions apply
Finding aids: A hand list is available at the Glamorgan Record Office
Detailed catalogue
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited at the Glamorgan Record Office by a private depositor
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related units of description: Related records are Glamorgan Record Office, DXQM1-5.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: The archive contains a history of the chapel compiled or completed after its closure.
Archivist's note: Compiled by David Morris for the ANW project. The following sources were used for compilation: Glamorgan Record Office finding aids; Congregational Year Book 1933; Pritchard, Katie Olwen, The Story of Gilfach Goch, Wales (Risca, Newport, 1973).
Rules or conventions: Description follows Archives Network Wales guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition; AACR2 and LCSH.
Date(s) of description: April 2005
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Congregationalists | Wales | Gilfach Goch
Religious institutions | Wales | Gilfach Goch
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Corporate names
Bryn Seion Congregational Chapel (Gilfach Goch, Wales)
