Tabernacle, Abercynon

Tabernacle, Abercynon was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Edward Street, Abercynon, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Tabernacle were conducted in the Welsh language.

Early history

The church commenced in 1892 when meetings are recorded as being held in various houses and at the Junction stables.[1] The first building, which became the vestry and Sunday school was built in 1893.[1] Membership increased rapidly and a larger chapel was built in 1898.[1]

Twentieth century

During the 1904/05 Religious Revival, membership rose to 300.[1] In 1919, the Rev W.M. Davies of Treorchy, a native of Goginan, near Aberystwyth, was inducted as minister at Tabernacle.[2]

The chapel building suffered from problems with subsidence for many years.[1] The minister during the 1960s was D. Ben Rees who later ministered in Liverpool for over forty years. During his time at Abercynon, Rees completed a thesis on nonconformity in the Aberdare Valley which was later published in 1975 as Chapels in the Valley.

Tabernacle closed in 1991 and both chapel and vestry were demolished in 1993.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jones. Chapels of the Cynon Valley. p. 22.
  2. ↑ "Tabernacl, Abercynon". Y Darian. 3 April 1919. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

Bibliography

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