Rhiwderin Congregational Chapel
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Rhiwderin Rhiwderin ( cy, Rhiwderyn) is a small village in the west of the city of Newport, South Wales. It lies in the community parish and electoral district (ward) of Graig. The original village lies across a level crossing alongside the Ebbw Valle ...
, Newport, Wales. The chapel was founded in 1872, originally meeting in a stable nearby. In the following decade,
Viscount Tredegar Baron Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 April 1859 for the Welsh politician Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, who had earlier represented Brecon in Parliame ...
donated land on which the chapel was built in 1884. The schoolroom followed in 1903–4. Lord Tredegar later funded two stained glass windows for the church in 1910. The chapel is affiliated with the
Congregational Federation The Congregational Federation is a small Christian denomination in Great Britain comprising 235 congregations, down from 294 in April 2014. The Federation brings together Congregational churches, and provides support and guidance to member chur ...
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Churches completed in 1884 Churches in Newport, Wales {{Wales-church-stub