Ebenezer, Llanelli

Ebenezer was an Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Inkerman Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Services at Ebenezer were conducted in the Welsh language.

The chapel was established in the 1880s after a number of members were expelled from the neighbouring Tabernacle church.[1] The building was designed by the prolific chase builder, Thomas Thomas of Landore at a cost of around £2,000. It could accommodate 800 people.[2]

T. Orchwy Bowen became minister in 1909 and remained until 1921. In 1917 he rejected a call to minister at Trefgarne Church in Pembrokeshire.[3]

The chapel remained open longer than any other Congregationalist chapels in the town, apart from Capel Als and Tabernacle.[4]

References
  1. Edwards 2009, pp. 177-80.
  2. Edwards 2009, pp. 181-2.
  3. "A Local Pastor's Call". Llanelly Star. 14 April 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. Edwards 2009, p. 180.

Sources
  • Edwards, Huw (2009). Capeli Llanelli. Our Rich Heritage. Carmarthenshire County Council. pp. 177–203. ISBN 978-0-906821-77-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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