Gwent Archives
Charles Street Baptist Church, Newport, records
1818-1997
GB0218.D3518
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Arrangement note
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Controlled Access Headings
- Other Finding Aids note
- Collection Inventory
- Minute Books
- Registers
- Church Membership
- Charles Street Baptist Sunday School
- Men’s Bible Class
- Choir
- Correspondence
- Miscellaneous
Summary Information
- Repository
- Gwent Archives
- Creator
- Charles Street Baptist Church.
- Title
- Charles Street Baptist Church, Newport, Records
- ID
- GB0218.D3518
- Date
- 1818-1997
- Extent
- 0.09 Cubic Metres
- General Physical Description note
- (Information to be supplied)
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
The Charles Street Baptist Church owed its foundation mainly to three women; Mrs Samuel (wife of John Samuel of Henllys Court) who had been baptised in Bethesda Tydu in 1762, Mrs Griffiths (afterwards Mrs Perkins) and Mrs James. All three had been members of the Baptist cause at Bethesda and the new cause was regarded as a branch of that church. In 1796 Mrs Samuel removed to Newport, she had been widowed in 1774 and her daughter Amy married William Williams, the brother of Mrs James. In 1807 Mrs Samuel and her friends rented a room in John Rowe's house on Stow Hill and asked the preachers John Hier and his deputy James Edmunds, both from Bethesda, to preach to them there. They later moved to a larger room in Charles Street. At the Castleton Baptist Association meeting held in 1816 it was resolved to build the first Welsh Baptist Chapel in Newport, and the land then acquired in Charles Street, with the help of a bequest from John Williams, a Newport tailor. The opening services of the new church were held in May 1817. In July 1879 it was decided to change the services from Welsh to English, due to the decline in Welsh-speaking in the town. In September 1993, the Charles Street fellowship joined in joint worship with Ebbw Bridge Baptist Church, Newport, and the Charles Street Chapel closed.
Scope and Contents note
Records of the Charles Street Baptist Church, Newport, 1818-1997, including minute books, 1884-1995; registers, 1818-1883; church membership records, 1813-1996; Charles Street Baptist Sunday School records, 1907-1974; Men's Bible Class register, 1923-1932; choir records, 1926-1939; correspondence, 1952-1997.
Arrangement note
Arranged into the following: Minute books; Registers; Church membership; Charles Street Baptist Sunday School; Men's Bible Class; Choir; Correspondence; Miscellaneous
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Gwent Archives
Conditions Governing Access note
Usual conditions apply
Conditions Governing Use note
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Accruals note
Accruals are possible
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Source not recorded
Appraisal note
All records deposited at Gwent Record Office have been retained.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
Further registers of the Charles Street Baptist Church are Gwent Record Office, D2774/11
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Charles Street Baptist Church (Newport, Wales)--Archives; Baptists--Wales--Newport; Religious institutions--Wales--Newport;
Other Finding Aids note
Hard copies of the catalogue are available in Gwent Record Office and the National Register of Archives
Collection Inventory
Minute Books |
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D3518/1 Minute Book of Church Meetings. Includes newspaper cutting about the history of the church, c.1904, and Programme of Centenary Services October 1906). 1884-1907 |
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D3518/2 Minute Book of Church Meetings 1907-1910 |
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D3518/3 Minute Book of Church Meetings 1923-1995 |
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D3518/4 Minute Book of Church Officers’ Meetings 1923-1930 |
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D3518/5 Minute Book of Church Officers’ Meetings 1930-1936 |
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D3518/6 Minute Book of Church Officers’ Meetings 1936-1949 |
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D3518/7 Minute Book of Church Officers’ Meetings 1949-1954 |
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D3518/8 Minute Book of Church Officers’ Meetings 1954-1960 |
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D3518/9 Minute Book of Church Officers’ Meetings 1960-1995 |
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Registers |
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D3518/10 Welsh Baptist Funeral Book (burials). Includes plan of burial yard, 1997, and Certificates of registry of death, 1861-1867. 1818-1883 |
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Church Membership |
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D3518/11 Church Record Book and register of members 1813-1905, including a history of the church written in 1848 (in Welsh). The first entries (1813 to c.1848) are written retrospectively. Also includes a Ledger of receipts and disbursements, 1848-9. 1813-1905, 1920 |
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D3518/12 Register of Chapel members 1903-1908 |
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D3518/13 Register of Chapel members 1909-1912 |
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D3518/14 Register of Chapel members 1913-1920 |
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D3518/15 Register of Chapel members 1921-1927 |
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D3518/16 Register of Chapel members 1928-1935 |
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D3518/17 Register of Chapel members 1936-1944 |
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D3518/18 Register of Chapel members 1945-1953 |
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D3518/19 Register of Chapel members 1954-1996 |
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Charles Street Baptist Sunday School |
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D3518/20 Minute Book of Officers’ and Teachers’ Meetings 1926-1951 |
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D3518/21 Minute Book of Officers’ and Teachers’ Meetings 1957-1967 |
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D3518/22 Cash Book 1907-1974 |
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Men’s Bible Class |
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D3518/23 Attendance Register 1923-1932 |
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Choir |
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D3518/24 Attendance Register (includes one page of “notes made in October 1997 for the benefit of Family History researchers” 1928-1933, 1938-1939 |
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D3518/25 Invoices and Accounts 1926-1928 |
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Correspondence |
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D3518/26 Domestic, Fellowship and Social affairs 1952-1979 |
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D3518/27 Domestic, Fellowship and Social affairs 1980-1995 |
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D3518/28 Miscellaneous administrative matters 1954-1995 |
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D3518/29 Miscellaneous matters, including Newport Roll of Honour (Great War, 1914-1918); Newport Sunday School Union’s Whitsuntide programmes 1944-1973 (not continuous); lists of important dates in the church’s history, church officers, chapel repairs, etc. 1914-1973 |
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D3518/30 Matters of probable historical interest,Nincluding list of ministers 1817-1994, and plan and elevation of the church, 1986. c.1962-1997 |
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D3518/31 Fire Escape Wayleave Licence (includes draft licence with plan) 1965-1995 |
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D3518/32 Temporary Access to the College of Art and Design 1991-1992 |
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D3518/33 Senior Schoolroom (Church Hall): purchase of freehold 1980-82 and proposed conversion into flats 1982-83, including plans and structural survey with photographs. Primary Schoolroom: proposed conversion 1992. 1980-1992 |
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D3518/34 Proposed demolition of Chapel and erection of sheltered accommodation 1984-1990 |
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D3518/35 Correspondence leading to the disposal of the chapel and its site on 25th August 1995 (includes a copy of “Newport Town Centre Development Strategy” c. 1993). 1992-1995 |
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Miscellaneous |
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D3518/36 Ebbw Bridge Baptist Church, Newport, Golden Jubilee Services 1988 (booklet). Describes the history of the Church. 1988 |
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