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Non-conformist Chapels in Wales

Wales has many, many chapels of various religious denominations other than the established church, the Church of Wales. Tracing ancestors can be a daunting task if you discover that they attended a non-conformist chapel or church; many towns had chapels on every corner of every street! In an attempt to make finding the various chapels in particular towns, a spreadsheet for each county has been created.

The links for each are listed at the end of this article, but before using these spreadsheets, it is important that you understand what can be found there and where additional information can be found. Although the information was input by different individuals, you will find remarkable consistency throughout the various counties.

The sources used for the spreadsheets are as follows:

Cofrestri Anghydffurfiol Cymru/Nonconformist Registers of Wales, edited by Afydd Ifans and published by The National Library of Wales and The Welsh County Archivists' Group in 1994. This volume contains general information on nonconformism in Wales and a listing of all the record repositories for the various counties, including addresses and telephone numbers (in 1994!). The main body of the book contains chapels and the type of records available and where according to county.

The spreadsheets have several columns with the following headings: County, District (in 1851 Census), Sub-district, Parish, Place (not listed separately in some spreadsheets)