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The Glasbury Chapels and Churches The Glasbury Reg (istrers) 1660 - 1836 files are very large and best accessed by clicking the full screen option ( the 4 arrows ) Then click the right hand page to turn it - clicking the left hand page takes you back |
 Saint Peters Church - on the Breconshire side 07 04 2014 |
The earliest mention of religion
at Glasbury is the formation of a Clas by St Cynidr, which may have
been at Fynnon Gynydd ( near the well ) or at Glasbury, by the river;
this latter option being the favoured location at this time. The Normans built a new church on the north side of the river at Glasbury and dedicated this to St Peter. This church was abandoned in the mid 17th century when serious flooding changed the course of the river and another church was built on the south ( Breconshire ) side of the river in 1665. In 1838 a more substantial church was built on the present site. Following the annexation of that part of Glasbury south of the river to Breconshire in 1844 due to the Counties (Detached Parts) Act, the new church of All Saints was built at Cwmbach in 1883. This being on the Radnorshire side. Prior to this two non-conformist chapels/churches had been built. The first of these was Maesyronnen Chapel, circa 1665, then the Methodist Chapel at Cwnbach in 1818. The United Reform Chapel on the Green and the Baptist Chapel by the Bridge were built in 1886.. |
Maesyronnen Chapel - Ffynnon Gynydd 07 04 2014 |
The remains of the old Norman Church - between the Wye and the Llynfi 28 01 2014 |
 All Saints Church at Cwmbach 04 05 2015 |
 The Baptist Chapel by the bridge 06 04 2014 |
Wesleyan Methodist Church at Cwmbach 09 07 2014 |
United Reform Chapel on the Green09 04 2014 |
Sources : The History of the Baptists of Radnorshire
by John Jones published in 1895 |