Gwent Archives
GB0218.D4058
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Arrangement note
- Administrative Information
- Controlled Access Headings
- Other Finding Aids note
- Collection Inventory
- Minute Books (Church Meetings and Deacons Meetings)
- Church Organisations and Groups
- Church Membership
- Financial Records
- Correspondence
- Other
Summary Information
- Repository
- Gwent Archives
- Creator
- Nebo Baptist Church, Ebbw Vale .
- Title
- Nebo Baptist Church, Ebbw Vale
- ID
- GB0218.D4058
- Date
- 1859-1991
- Extent
- 0.06 Cubic Metres
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
The Nebo Baptist Church was built in 1826.
Scope and Contents note
Minute Books, Membership Registers, Financial Records and Correspondence, 1859-1991.
Arrangement note
Arranged in the following way: Minute Books, Church Organisation and Groups,Church Membership, Financial Records, Correspondence.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Gwent Archives
Conditions Governing Access note
Usual conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use note
Usual copyright conditions apply.
Accruals note
Accruals are possible.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
2002
Appraisal note
All records have been retained.
Controlled Access Headings
Subject(s)
- Baptists--Wales--Ebbw Vale
Other Finding Aids note
A hard copy catalogue is available at Gwent Archives.
Collection Inventory
Minute Books (Church Meetings and Deacons Meetings) |
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D4058/1 Minute Book of Church Meetings and Deacons’ Meetings (Book no. 1”) (“Llyfr Cofnodion yr Eglwys yn Nebo Glyn Ebwy, Mai 1886”). (In Welsh until January 1898, then in English). Also contains (pp. 1-63) a history of the church and of the Baptist cause in the surrounding area (in Welsh), and notes of significant events in the church’s history up to 1886, including some baptisms. The writer, Rev. William Jones (minister from 1874 to 1891) comments that any earlier Minute Book had not survived, but that in any case none had been kept from the beginning of his ministry (1874) until 1886. Pasted in front cover: printed photograph of Rev. John Williams, Brynmawr. 1886-1909 |
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D4058/2 Photocopy of the above Minute Book 1886-1909 [1990] |
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D4058/3 Transcript (typed) of the Welsh section (1886-1898) of the above Minute Book, translated into English by Mrs. A.M. [Nancy] Roberts, B.A., of Beaufort, and produced by the Ebbw Vale branch of the Gwent Family History Society. 1991 |
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D4058/4 Notebook containing a translation of “the main points” of the Welsh Section of the above Minute Book. Also includes an alphabetical list (arranged by initial letter of surname) of members, and lists of Ministers and Deacons. c.1910 |
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D4058/5 Minute Book of Church Meetings and Deacon's Meetings (“Book no. 2”) Includes (at front) church rules and regulations, and names of pastor and church officers; (at back) names of trustees. Pasted in back of book: printed photograph of Rev. John Williams, Brynmawr. 1910-1917 |
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D4058/6 Minute Book of Church Meetings (1917-1959) AND DEACONS’ MEETINGS (1917-1923) (“Book no. 3”.) Includes (at front): List of preachers, 1918-1925, 1929-1933 Testimonial Meeting for Rev. T. George Davies, 1929 Programme of the Annual Meetings, May 1929 List of Ministers, 1827-1970 List of Deacons and other church officers, 1926 Ordination Services, T. George Davies, 1925 Programme and Order of Services, Centenary Meetings, 1926 List of Trustees. 1917-1959 |
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D4058/7 Minute Book of Church Meetings [see D4058.16 for 1984 and 1985 meetings] Includes (at front): List of Ministers 1827-1986 List of Deacons 1827-1986 List of Church Officers 1886-1987 Visiting Ministers 1970-1971 List of Trustees under new Trust Deed 1971 Appointment of Deacons 1962 1959-1987 (except 1984-1985) 1959-1987 |
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D4058/8 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings 1935-1937 |
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D4058/9 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings 1937-1941 |
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D4058/10 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings 1941-1948 |
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D4058/11 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings 1948-1953 |
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D4058/12 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings 1953-1964 |
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D4058/13 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings (enclosed: list of members (?) arranged by address, no date) 1964-1968 |
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D4058/14 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings 1968-1976 |
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D4058/14 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings 1968-1976 |
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D4058/15 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings 1976-1983 |
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D4058/16 Minute Book of Deacons' Meetings (also Church Meetings 1984 and 1985) 1983-1985 |
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Church Organisations and Groups |
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Choir |
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D4058/17 Choir Committee Minute Book (also includes two pages of accounts 1914 and 1922 – other pages torn out) (and undated) 1918-1919 |
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D4058/18 Choir Committee Minute Book [1920-1924], 1936 |
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Nebo Sisterhood |
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D4058/19 Nebo Sisterhood Minute Book (enclosed: miscellaneous invoices and receipts, and account of Redemption Book Fund 1972). 1959-1973 |
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Nebo Senior Christian Endeavour (renamed Nebo Church Fellowship, 1951) |
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D4058/20 Nebo Senior Endeavour Minute Book 1933-1950 |
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D4058/21 Nebo Senior Endeavour/Fellowship Minute Book 1951-1964 |
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D4058/22 Nebo Church Fellowship Minute Book 1965-1978 |
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D4058/23 Nebo Church Fellowship Cash Book 1950-1973 |
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D4058/24 Nebo Church Fellowship Cash Book (enclosed: miscellaneous receipts 1977/8) 1973-1977 |
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Ebbw Vale and District Young People's Guilds (Also known as the “Young Baptists’ Association”) |
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D4058/25 Minute Book, Ebbw Vale & District Young People’s Guilds/Young Baptists’ Association [1947-1960] |
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D4058/26 Minute Book, Ebbw Vale & District Young People’s Guilds/Young Baptists’ Association (labelled “Ebbw Vale & District Baptist Fellowship) 1960-1964 |
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Church Membership |
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D4058/27 Church Register (“Cof-Lyfr”) (completed in Welsh until about 1899, then in English). Includes list of Ministers 1827-1986 1859-1929 |
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D4058/28 Church Register 1930-1942 |
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D4058/29 Church Register 1931-1934 |
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D4058/30 Church Register 1942-1945 |
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D4058/31 Church Register 1953-1972 |
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D4058/32 Applications for Transfer to Nebo Church from sister churches (counterfoil book) 1900-1969 |
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D4058/33 Dismission Forms from Nebo Church to sister churches (counterfoil book) 1934-1969 |
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Financial Records |
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D4058/34 Ledger 1920-1936 |
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D4058/35 Weekly Offerings Book 1950-1954 |
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D4058/36 Weekly Offerings Book 1955-1960 |
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D4058/37 Weekly Offerings Book 1961-1962 |
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D4058/38 Weekly Offerings Book 1963-1965 |
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D4058/39 Weekly Offerings Book 1966-1971 |
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D4058/40 Weekly Offerings Book 1972 |
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D4058/41 Weekly Offerings Book 1973-1980 |
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Correspondence |
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D4058/42 Miscellaneous Correspondence and Papers [artificial file] Trustees Appointment of new Trustees, 1935 and 1971 “Baptist Trust Corporations, Information and Procedure” (photocopy of booklet) 1964 Property Sale of land at Nebo church for road improvement, 1979-1980 Sale of “Glenthorne”, Pleasant View, Ebbw Vale (manse), 1979-1980 Sale of 23, Eureka Place, Ebbw Vale (manse), 1986-1987 List of deeds and documents re Nebo chapel, 1899-1949 Correspondence re insurance policies, 1980 Conditions of contract and specification of works re church parlour and organ chamber, 1927 Ministers and Church History Biography of William Jones 1835-1911 (pages taken from a book, “Memoirs of Ministers”) Programme of Ordination and induction services, Ian F. Howells, 1980 (with fragment of a later letter from him) Newspaper article re Nebo church history, c. 1974 Miscellaneous including: Miscellaneous General Register Office correspondence, 1972-1988 Monmouthshire Baptist Association, appeal leaflet for Tirzah Chapel, Cwm, c. 1917 Application for Letter of Dismissal, 1953 Zion Baptist Chapel Weekly Newsletter, one page only, no date. Treasurer’s Report 1986 “A Step Further”, the report of the Baptist Union of Wales working group, 1980 “The Covenant/YCyfamod”, leaflet Information about registration under the Charities Act 1960 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1978-1980 c.1917-1988 |
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D4058/43 Papers re: heating system at Nebo Baptist Church 1963-1984 |
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D4058/44 Correspondence re: closure of Nebo chapel and amalgamation with Zion Baptist Chapel, Ebbw Vale (including draft copy of amalgamation deed, 1988). [artificial file] 1986-1988 |
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Other |
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CD NEBO Chapel Database - Baptisms Register 1859 1928 Nebo Church Registers 1942 1945 Nebo clergy potted history 1841 1986 |
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