Gellimanwydd Chapel

Gellimanwydd Chapel, also known as the Christian Temple, is an Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Services at Gellimanwydd are conducted in the Welsh language.[1]

The chapel was founded in the eighteenth century and is the oldest of the town's chapels.[2]

The name "Christian Temple" was adopted in the 1870s by a minister convinced that the Welsh language would die out; it is taken from an inscription on the chapel's facade[1]. The most notable of the chapel's former ministers was David Tegfan Davies (1883-1968), who ministered there for 50 years.[3]

The politician Jim Griffiths and his wife are buried at Gellimanwydd.

References

  1. ^ a b D. Huw Owen (2005). Capeli Cymru (in Welsh). Y Lolfa. pp. 167–8.
  2. ^ Norman, Terry. "Gellimanwydd". Ammanford Website. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. ^ Williams, Griffith John. "David Tegfan Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

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