The Hanover Chapel was the site of the Independents. The parish church of Llanover near by was of the Church of England in Wales. Parts of my family worshiped in the Llanover Parish Church and married others of my family who studied at and attended the Hanover Chapel. But the baptisms and marriage are at Llanover. And it was not an easy assimilation. They eventually stayed with the Congregational Church after migrating to Danville, Pennsylvania, USA in 1851. I'm sure you and I are not the first to be confused by this similarity. For at least a decade I thought 'Hanover' was a typographical error of 'Llanover' I am glad to have the information from your certificate that Robert Thomas was the Independent minister covering Hanover in 1859. I suspect he was responsible for one or two additional Independent chapels near by. If anyone has a good history of the Independents at Hanover, I'd appreciate knowing about it. see this web site: http://www.llanover.com/index.htm?pages/llanoverestate.htm~mainFrame Thomas Roderick in the U.S. > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:50:25 -0600 > From: Ruth Ann Baker <ratbaker@juno.com> > Subject: [MON] Llanover or Hanover Chapel?? > To: MONMOUTHSHIRE@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20070715.215030.-566455.4.ratbaker@juno.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Recently received a marriage certificate and need help in > reading > name of the chapel. > Across the top of the 1859 certificate it says "Marriage > solemnized at Hanover Chapel (or Llanover Chapel) in the district of > Abergavenny in the county of Monmouthshire". Both the bride and the > groom were residents of Abergavenny at the time of the marriage. > Another line reads "Married in the Hanover Chapel according to > the Rites and Ceremonies of the Independents by me Robert Thomas > minister, Joseph Ellis registrar". > Tried a number of different approaches online and could not > successfully determine which name is correct nor find a chapel by > either > name in Abergavenny. > Can anyone recommend a place to look to tell if what looks > like a > capital H to me is actually a double ll in handwriting? > Ruth Ann in United States > > ------------------------------