Certainly the evidence from the Independent Chapel graveyard at Bethel in Carnglas Road in Sketty, Swansea is that burials were conducted by a number of different denominations after 1900, including CofE and RC. This may well have been the case in other village chapels which had extensive burial grounds. The income from burials may have helped to sustain the chapel. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Brueton" <[email protected]> To: "John Ball" <[email protected]>; "Glamorgan List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [GLA] Burial, Alltwen Chapel, 1903: Margaret Lewis > Hi John > > Thanks very much for this. I guess the burial must have taken place > at Alltwen chapel - maybe thre were some earlier links with this > chapel. I must go and look at the graves - there seems to be no > record of the MIs. > > Best wishes > > Anna > > At 08:19 09/10/2013, John Ball wrote: >>Anna Brueton wrote: >> From the Welsh newspapers online website, I've just found the burial >>of my 2xg-grandmother Margaret Lewis (nee Lloyd), at "Alltwen >>Chapel". As the whole family were Anglican, and the service was >>conducted by an Anglican clergyman, I assume that the "chapel" in >>question is the church of St John the Baptist in Dyffryn Road, Alltwen. >>The Googlemap of the area suggests that the building is now in >>private hands, and I'm not sure from the satellite view whether there >>are, or were, any gravestones. Can anyone with local knowledge help? >>==================== >> >>Dear Anna, >> >>I've not visited St John's at Alltwen for 15 years, but I do not recall >>any >>burial ground around it. However, there was (and is) an extensive burial >>yard behind Alltwen Independent Chapel. >> >>As you say, Google's satellite and StreetView images strongly suggest that >>St John's is now a private residence and has been so at least since >>October >>2008, the date of the StreetView images. Puzzlingly however, the BBC >>website >>holds an article describing a funeral at "St John's Church, Alltwen" dated >>September 2011: >>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-15031547 >>"About 150 mourners were inside St John's Church, Alltwen, and another 250 >>gathered outside as the service was relayed by loud speakers." >> >>There are photos of St John's Church and Alltwen Chapel, dated July 1998, >>in >>the 'Images of Wales Webpage Archive' on my website: >>http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/archive/980715.htm >>Alltwen Chapel is also included in my 'Welsh Churches and Chapels >>Collection': >>http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/alltwen1.htm >> >>Kind regards, >> >> >>John >>-------------------- >>John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK >>E-mail: [email protected] >>Personal Homepage: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk >>Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/ >>Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/ >> >>Joint Webmaster, Breconshire Local & Family History Society >> http://www.blfhs.co.uk/ >>GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ >>Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists

Thanks Jeff - you may well be right Anna At 12:03 09/10/2013, Jeff Coleman wrote: >Certainly the evidence from the Independent Chapel graveyard at >Bethel in Carnglas Road in Sketty, Swansea is that burials were >conducted by a number of different denominations after 1900, >including CofE and RC. This may well have been the case in other >village chapels which had extensive burial grounds. The income from >burials may have helped to sustain the chapel. > >Jeff >----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Brueton" ><[email protected]> >To: "John Ball" <[email protected]>; "Glamorgan List" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:31 AM >Subject: Re: [GLA] Burial, Alltwen Chapel, 1903: Margaret Lewis > > >>Hi John >> >>Thanks very much for this. I guess the burial must have taken place >>at Alltwen chapel - maybe thre were some earlier links with this >>chapel. I must go and look at the graves - there seems to be no >>record of the MIs. >> >>Best wishes >> >>Anna >> >>At 08:19 09/10/2013, John Ball wrote: >>>Anna Brueton wrote: >>> From the Welsh newspapers online website, I've just found the burial >>>of my 2xg-grandmother Margaret Lewis (nee Lloyd), at "Alltwen >>>Chapel". As the whole family were Anglican, and the service was >>>conducted by an Anglican clergyman, I assume that the "chapel" in >>>question is the church of St John the Baptist in Dyffryn Road, Alltwen. >>>The Googlemap of the area suggests that the building is now in >>>private hands, and I'm not sure from the satellite view whether there >>>are, or were, any gravestones. Can anyone with local knowledge help? >>>==================== >>> >>>Dear Anna, >>> >>>I've not visited St John's at Alltwen for 15 years, but I do not recall any >>>burial ground around it. However, there was (and is) an extensive burial >>>yard behind Alltwen Independent Chapel. >>> >>>As you say, Google's satellite and StreetView images strongly suggest that >>>St John's is now a private residence and has been so at least since October >>>2008, the date of the StreetView images. Puzzlingly however, the BBC website >>>holds an article describing a funeral at "St John's Church, Alltwen" dated >>>September 2011: >>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-15031547 >>>"About 150 mourners were inside St John's Church, Alltwen, and another 250 >>>gathered outside as the service was relayed by loud speakers." >>> >>>There are photos of St John's Church and Alltwen Chapel, dated July 1998, in >>>the 'Images of Wales Webpage Archive' on my website: >>>http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/archive/980715.htm >>>Alltwen Chapel is also included in my 'Welsh Churches and Chapels >>>Collection': >>>http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/alltwen1.htm >>> >>>Kind regards, >>> >>> >>>John >>>-------------------- >>>John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK >>>E-mail: [email protected] >>>Personal Homepage: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk >>>Images of Wales: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/ >>>Welsh Family History Archive: http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/wales/ >>> >>>Joint Webmaster, Breconshire Local & Family History Society >>> http://www.blfhs.co.uk/ >>>GENUKI Breconshire Maintainer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/ >>>Administrator - Powys (& BRE/MGY/RAD) RootsWeb mailing lists