Chris, MI's for Blaeconnin, Gelly, Trefangor and Ffynnon Baptist Burial Grounds are all available from DYFEDFHS. There are also MI's for St David's Church, Llanddewi Velfrey. Total cost £6.00 for the all. A lot cheaper than a trip, and at least you will know, whether there is anything to see. Blaenconnin is north of Penblewin Roundabout on the Narberth to Cardigan Road, and directly opposite the Nantyffin Motel. Gelly you know. Trefangor is on the right hand side? of the road betweem Llanddewi Velfrey and Penblewin Roundabout, and approx. a mile or out. Ffynnon is further back towards Llanddewi Velfrey from memory, but up a side road. I may be wrong, but do not think there is a burial ground at Bethel, which is again from memory close to the centre of Llanddewi Velfrey. Check Genuki, as this give the map references. Yvonne will correct me, if I am wrong. All these Baptist Chapels sprung from Rhydwillym, and it might be worth you looking there as well. Best wishes, Achwr ======================================== Message Received: Nov 04 2013, 11:43 PM From: "CHRIS REAY" <reay.nunhill@virgin.net> To: "ANNE EVANS" <anneyvonne.evans@btinternet.com>, DYFED-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Trefangor Cemetry Llanddewi Velfrey Pembrokeshire Hello Yvonne, Thank you for this fascinating little story that you sent to the list earlier in the week. I was very interested to learn about Trefangor as Llanddewi Velfrey is on my wish list of cemeteries to visit on one of my next trips back home to Pembrokeshire. I have a feeling that I may have a couple of missing ancestors there? However, I have three 'knowledge' requests (to save me time when I get there!) - could you tell me (or anyone else on the list?), if you know, exactly where it is located in Llanddewi Velfrey? With limited time, when I was last home I wasted a lot of time searching for chapels in villages, but simply not being able to find them as I wasn't familiar with their exact locations. Also, another chapel, is detailed on Genuki as being: 'Ffynnon , in Ffynnon [Baptists, 1720]. Records ; a petition by 90 members of this chapel to incorporate Blaenconyn Baptist Chapel, 1846, at NLW Ms 12041C SN13651690 Built 1720, modified, altered or rebuilt 1787, 1831-2 and 1850. Still open 1998' - Does anyone know if this is the one connected to Gelli Baptist Chapel next to Llawhaden and Bletherston? I thought I had found Blaenconyn / Blaenconnin (?) near Llandisillo on a recent visit, but as I found no family members, I had wondered if I was at the right place. So, a little confusion has now set in!?!? Lastly, the third and final church / chapel detailed on Genuki is: ' Bethel [Independents, 1824]. Records ; See Henllan Chapel'. Again, can anyone help me with the exact location of this chapel please? I hope nobody minds me asking these questions, but as the list is very quiet at present, I thought I would see if anyone had any further local knowledge on this area of Pembrokeshire? Thank you. Kind regards and best wishes to all on the list. Sarah in Northumberland. On 3 November 2013 17:58, ANNE EVANS <anneyvonne.evans@btinternet.com>wrote: > Hello List, > I promised to let you know about the bitter quarrel regarding a burial > at Trefangor Llanddewi Velfrey. In fact the incident took place in 1861. > The squire of Henllan Llanddewi Velfrey(one of the Lewis Family) refused a > Baptist to be buried there. He was under the mistaken view that he owned > the plot and was not prepared to allow the burial This caused outrage in > the community. The person to be buried was the Rev > David Griffiths Accrington, a native of Bletherston Pembrokeshire.. It was > his wish to be buried at Trefangor. Because of the refusal of Lewis of > Henllan he was buried instead at Bethesda baptist chapel Narberth. However > many of his friends decided to remove his body from there and buried it at > Trefangor without permission. They broke down the cemetry gate. Lewis of > Henllan took them to Court at Haverfordwest. The friends of the deceased > could not prove the plot belonged to the Baptists from the time of Griffith > Howell (one of the 1st Baptist ministers of Rhydwilym in the 17th > century) They had to pay £500 court costs. However Lewis Henllan found > out by accident 5 years later that Trefangor actually did belong to the > baptists. The squire was very repentant and repaired and extended > Trefangor cemetry at his own cost. > I am presuming that between the time of Griffith Howell and 1861, the > baptists were burying at Ffynnon chapel Llanddewi Velfrey. There is quite a > large graveyard there, and I know of graves dating back to 1818. > > Yvonne Evans > > ================================ > Dyfed list REVISED resources http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html [Dec2012] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ================================ Dyfed list REVISED resources http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html [Dec2012] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ACHWR