Bethany / Bethania Welsh Baptist Chapel, Neath

Posted on September 19th, 2007 filed in Chapel & Church, Neath, Photos

Bethany Welsh Baptist Chapel, London Road, Neath.

According to Capel, the Chapels Heritage Society newsletter : “The Baptist cause in Neath began as an offshoot of the church at Ilston, meeting in a local inn in Water Street. The church was officially incorporated in 1789. A chapel was built on a nearby site in Water Street in 1804 and enlarged in 1828. After the revival of 1859 the congregation had become too large for the old chapel. A site was purchased for £250, and the present chapel was built there in 1862 by J. C. Rees, at a cost of £2000, and was opened in July 1863.”