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Colwyn Bay Heritage > Churches > Page 2

Churches and Chapels

Ar ôl gwerthu Stâd Pwllycrochan ym 1865 a sefydlu Cwmni Bae Colwyn a Stâd Pwllycrochan ym 1875 gwerthwyd tir ar gyfer codi adeiladau a thyfodd y dref yn aruthrol. Roedd nifer y boblogaeth wedi cyrraedd 4,754 erbyn 1891, ac oddeutu 12,000 yn 1907 gyda thua 15,000 o ymwelwyr.

Yn ogystal ag adeiladu tai'n gyflym roedd angen adeiladu cyfleusterau cymunedol ar gyfer y nifer cynyddol o drigolion ac ymwelwyr. Roedd eglwysi a chapeli wrth galon bob cymuned yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw a sefydlwyd nifer o gynulleidfaoedd crefyddol yn y dref. O'r herwydd, adeiladwyd nifer sylweddol o eglwys a chapeli.

Mae’r Grŵp Treftadaeth, gyda chymorth Cytûn ac aelodau o’r cynulleidfaoedd yn y dref, wedi paratoi llwybr treftadaeth a llyfryn yn seiliedig ar hanes y nifer eglwysi a chapeli yma.

St. Catherine’s Church, Abergele Road, Old Colwyn

Built in 1837, the church’s construction was largely due to Sir Richard Butler Clough of Min y Don Hall. It was built as a chapel of ease to Llandrillo yn Rhos parish church, where he was a warden, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, [:en]Old Colwyn[:cy]Hen Golwyn[:]

Ebenezer Chapel, Abergele Road, Old Colwyn

Opening in 1815, Ebenezer was the first church or chapel built in Old Colwyn and was on land purchased for 100 guineas (£105). The cause had started in 1804 in a cottage called Bryn y Gwynt, at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, [:en]Old Colwyn[:cy]Hen Golwyn[:]

National Spiritualist Church

The Spiritualist Church has used a former house on Woodland Road West since 1935. Further information: Colwyn Bay Spiritualist Church … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Opposite the Princes Drive Baptist Church on Princes Drive is the building where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds its meetings. … [Read more...]

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Synagogue, Princes Drive

The Manchester Jewish Museum has information collections relating to the Jewish community in Colwyn Bay.  These include a plaque and oil painting relating to Mark Bloom. According to records Mr. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

The Congo Institute

The Congo Institute was established by Rev. W. Hughes, a friend of Sir Henry Stanley (of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume" fame), whom he met whilst a missionary in the Congo. On returning he set up the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

St. Paul’s Church, Abergele Road

The original Parish was that of Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, but with the growth of Colwyn Bay and the increase of population there was a need for a church building closer to the town. A map of 1865 shows an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

Shiloh Chapel, Greenfield Road

The first Wesleyan Chapel to be built in the area was at Bron y nant in 1809, nine years after the denomination started its mission in Wales.   A chapel was started at Pen-y-bryn in Old Colwyn in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Conway Road

In the early days of the town Colwyn Bay was part of the Roman Catholic Llandudno Mission District, which also included Conwy, Llanrwst and Penmaenmawr. In 1895 there were about one hundred … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Education, Pensaernïaeth

Tabernacl Chapel, Abergele Road

The Welsh Baptist congregation in the area first met in Old Colwyn, originally in Church Walks, where they later agreed to share the building with the English Baptists. Tabernacl Chapel on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth, Welsh

Union Church, Abergele Road

Among the nonconformist pioneers in Colwyn were the Welsh Congregationalists.  They began their cause in Bryn-y-Gwynt cottage in 1804 and held regular services there for 11 years. The site of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

Woodhill Baptist Church, Woodhill Road

Built in 1902 by the Welsh Calvanistic Methodist Synod as a mission outreach church from Engedi in Woodland Road, it was known as Rhiw Chapel or “the chapel on the hill”. In 1908 it became … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

English Presbyterian Church, Hawarden Road

The English Presbyterian Church on Conway Road, at the junction with Hawarden Road, was opened on January 11th, 1891 by Principal Thomas Charles Edwards D.D. of the University College of Wales, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

Nant y Glyn Methodist Church, Abergele Road

September 1904 was an important month in the history of Wesleyan Methodism in Colwyn Bay.  In that month many of the best known residents of the rapidly developing town gathered for a stone- laying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Pensaernïaeth

Former Penrhos College Chapel

The new 16 acre housing estate on Llannerch Road West facing the Promenade was once the impressive site of Penrhos College for Girls until it merged with Rydal School for Boys in 1995. The site was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Churches, Education, Pensaernïaeth

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