The Churches of Britain and Ireland
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Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent Barham Independent Chapel is shown on older maps just ti the S.W. of Carmel, and pre-dates a map surveyed no later than 1879. Still active in the mid-20th century, it hasn't survived, and housing has been built on its site - 2026 Streetview. This source says it was built in 1859, re-built in 1886, and "closed before 2017 and was demolished". SO 1618 1151. Bethel Presbyterian Church on Beaufort Hill. It stands on the site of an earlier chapel building on a different alignment, labelled Bethel Chapel (Calvinisitic Methodist) on a map revised in 1899. SO 1750 1163. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Bethel Methodist Church on Wesley Place, originally Bethel English Chapel, dated 1851. SO 1658 1160. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Carmel Congregational Chapel (1865) on Church Crescent, designed by Thomas Thomas Glendwr. SO 1622 1156. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Grade II listed. Church on the Rise, on Beaufort Rise. It stands directly across the road from Soar (see below). SO 1679 1164. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Another view, © Peter Morgan (2011). Link. By 2026 this had been re-named as Destiny Church Heads of the Valley - 2026 Streetview. Site of the Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel (1824, closed 1978), on Primitive Place, now landscaped with old headstones. SO 1667 1169. © Peter Morgan (2011). Link. Garnlydan Presbyterian Church of Wales on Carno Close, Garnlydan. SO 1645 1231. © Peter Morgan (2011). St. Andrew (CiW) on Beaufort Hill - a "tin tabernacle". SO 1761 1177. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Another view, © Peter Morgan (2011). Streetviews show that the church was demolished between April 2017 and May 2018, housing now standing on the site - 2026 Streetview. St. David (CiW). SO 1633 1157. © Gerard Charmley (2011). Another view, © Peter Morgan (2011). The former Soar Baptist Chapel, now a B&B. Another view. SO 1678 1167. Both © Gerard Charmley (2011). Zion English Wesleyan Chapel (formed 1849) on South Street. SO 1748 1153. © Peter Morgan (2011).
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