Upper Trosnant Baptist Chapel records 1811-1940
GB0218.D1930

 D1930/3 Conveyance for £15, with plan The Proprietors of the Monmouthshire Canal Navigation to Wm. Robotham and Wm. Jones, agent, both of Trevethin Piece of copyhold land (14p.) with errections thereon; in Trevethin, and Manor of Wentsland and Bryngwyn 23 Jun 1838 

 D1930/5 Conveyance in trust for £25 and £5 (Public Record Office sealed copy of deed enrolled in Chancery with plan) Enrolled 13 Jan 1860, copy 20 Oct 1900) 1. Chas. Lewis (as in 4), Wm. Jones of Albion Rd., Pontypool, cashier, Rees Rees of Pontymoile, dissenting minister; 2. Wm. J., 3. Chas. L., 4. Rev. Ben. Williams of Darren Villan nr. Abergavenny, Baptist minister 5. Tho. Jeremiah, furnace man, Hen. Powell, collier, Jn. Williams, labourer, Jn. Tuffley, haulier, Wm. Powell, haulier, Abr. Morgan, stone mason, Wm. Jones, collier, Isaac Phillips, miner, Jas. Price, labourer, Tho. Williams, labourer, Jonathon Jones, tailor, all of Panteg, Jos. Williams, Jn. Davies, collier, all of Trevethin, Jn. Lewis of Llanfrechfa, farmer (i) Piece of land or burial ground whereon six messuages heretofore three messuages formerly stood, adj. properties (ii) and (iv) below and adj. houses in occ. of Tho. Morgan of Henllys; at Trosnant in Trevethin (ii) (as in 3 above) (iii) (as in 4 above) (iv) Plot of land, formerly a burial ground with Baptist chapel, cottages and buildings thereon, adj. north and west properties (i) and (ii) above, south road from Trosnant to Sowhill, east right of way, north-east property of Adam Price, right of way, and property late of Tho. Morgan of Henllys; at Upper Trosnant in Trevethin; Piece of land with two cottages thereon, with adj. strip of ground, adj. north road to Upper Trosnant, west and south property of Tho. Price, east property of Tho. Parry; at Lower Trosnant in Trevethin (? as in 2. above) On trust (a) to permit the chapel and premises to be used for worship by the Particular or Calvinistic Baptists, and to permit a person elected at a meeting of members (two thirds quorum), notice having been given on two previous Sundays, to officiate as minister and to live in one of the messuages; (b) to permit the establishment of a Sunday School or other school; (c) to permit any part of the premises to be used for internment; (d) to permit congregation to raise money by mortgage, sale or exchange of premises; (e) if congregation dispersed and worship discontinued for twelve months together, to convey premises as directed by the Managers of the Baptist Building Fund (est. London 1824) (f) if number of trustees reduced to five, to permit congregation to appoint new trustees to make a total of twelve, premises then to be conveyed to new trustees jointly with surviving trustees, but this not to prevent congregation from acting under the Trustee Appointment Act 1850 (g) any trustee expelled from congregation to relinquish trusteeship Reciting: (a) 7 Jan 1837, Conveyance of property (as (i) above). Jas. James to Wm. Williams. Chas. L., Wm. J. and Wm. R. (as in 3 above). Wm. Williams, Rees R., Tho. Brown, trustees of Welsh Baptist chapel at Trosnant, Trevethin (b) d. of Wm. W., Wm. R., Wm. W., Tho. B. (c) (as in 3 above) (d) as in 4 above) (e) parties 5 above are new trustees. Chas.L., Wm. J. amd Rees R. wish to retire from trusteeship and to convey premises (f) property (iv) in possession of congregation for many years, trustees dead; Ben. W., their heir at law wishes to retire and to convey property to parties 5. 16 Dec 1859 

 D1930/7 Appointment of new trustees Continuing trustees: Jas. Jones and Jn. Jones, both of Griffithstown, grocers, Chas. Stratton, Chapel House, Trosnant, Pontypool, tin worker, Tho. Hopkins, Sowhill, Pontypool, tin worker, Eben. Edmunds, Pontymoile, Pontypool, retired gardener New trustees: Edm. Williams, boiler maker, Alf. Jarrett James, tin worker, Jas. Silcox, coal miner, all of Sowhill, Pontypool. Chas. Jones, Chas. Price, Jn. Hen. Bailys, Geo. Vaughan, all of Cwmynyscoy, coal miners 14 Mar 1903 

 D1930/9 Plan of proposed Sunday School building [20th century]