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From: "Alan Hayes" <>
Subject: [Mon] Ebbw Vale-Sharon (Independent) Chapel
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:14:11 +0100


Hi Listers,
Having posed the question, I find myself in the dubious position of confirming it!

In a series of papers in the National Library of Wales Journal (1954 Vol. VIII part 4) Hywel Emanuel listed the various Dissenting Chapels which had applied for a licence from the Diocesan Bishop, as required under the Toleration Act of 1689.

The significant entry is:-

Ebbw Vale

1839, April 13: Independent; a chapel called SHARON; Thomas Price of the parish of
Bedwellty; No 197.

So there was an Independent chapel called Sharon in Ebbw Vale, first licenced for worship in 1839!

The next question is:- are there any records of this cause still extant? Does and kind soul know?

Alan Hayes

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