Independent chapel, Welshpool

[Annie65115]

I have an ancestral marraige certificate from 1857; the couple were married in the Independent Chapel at Welshpool.

The chapel that currently goes under this name has a dateplaque of 1876 so I don't think it's the same one.

Does anyone know which of Welshpool's several chapels was around and known as the independent one in 1857?

diolch yn fawr

[skewbald]

Hi Annie, i've tried looking at various things and drawn a blank, other than the plaque you mention.
 Have you tried contacting the Chapel in question and asking them?


Skewy

[AileenP]

I've just had a look through my book 'The changing Face of Welshpool' and it has a photo the Welsh Chapel in there and says that it was built in 1876 like you said.  Before it was erected it says that services were held in the disused English Congregational Church in Hall Street Welshpool which is just down the road.  I know there isn't a church there now just a few shops and the Town Hall.  The English Congregational Church had moved to their new church in New Street that's why it was available as an Independent place of worship.

Just reading some more in the book it says that the Church  and a pub called the White Lion were pulled down to extend the Town Hall.