Gellimanwydd, or Christian Temple, Ammanford

Gellimanwydd or Christian Temple is an Independent (Congregationalist) chapel in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Services at Gellimanwydd are conducted in the Welsh language.

The Christian Temple in 2006

The chapel was founded in the eighteenth century and is the oldest of the town's chapels.[1]

The name Christian Temple was adopted in the 1870s by a minister convinced that the Welsh language would die out.

The politician Jim Griffiths and his wife are buried at Gellimanwydd.

References

  1. Norman, Terry. "Gellimanwydd". Ammanford Website. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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