Pembroke St Mary (Pembroke Dock)

Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants

• St John's. Pembroke Dock New Parish under provisions 6&7 Vict. cap. 37 Situated at Pembroke Dock, in the new Parish Town of Pembroke Dock Consecrated on 29th Sept 1848 by Bishop of St David's; Mother Church, St Mary's Pembroke Cost defrayed by £500 from Admiralty, £3000 Inhabitants Geoff. Fitzroy Kelly MA, Incumbent
• St Mary Church Informant; Jos. Lewis, Registrar
• Chapel of Her Majesty's Dock Yard Pembroke Situated within the Walls of the Yard, in the Parish of St John's. Neither consecrated nor licensed Erected by Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty James H Mallet, Chaplain of Her Majesty's Dockyard
• Bethany chapel, Pembroke Dock Baptist Erected in 1818 "Sickness is very prevalent among the members and the congregation at this time. Several families were absent on that account last Lord's Day....." Henry James Morgan, Minister, Front St See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph
• Baptist chapel Obtained by the Baptists in 1836 "The chapel was erected as a dwelling house afterwards occupied by the Wesleyan Body, and taken by us in 1836; since then it has been considerably improved" Thomas Morgan, Minister
• Tabernacle Independents or Congregationalists Erected in 1812 [Signature illegible] Deacon
• Preaching Room, Castle Back Primitive Methodist Fitted up for worship in 1839 John Jones, Steward, Main St
• Gishom chapel [?], Pembroke Dock CM Erected in 1838 John Adams, Secretary, Pembroke Dock
• Bethel Baptist Erected in 1844 "The lower number [in Attendances] shows increase which is accounted for by the fact of the weather being more favourable and therefore the attendance is something larger in the Summer season than in the autumn and winter. Some have also lately left for other and distant places" Evan Davies, Minister, Lewis St, Pembroke Dock
• Wesley chapel, Meyrick St, Pembroke Dock WM Erected in 1848 "This Chapel was built in lieu of one that was too small, not on the same site but on a more central part of the town. The old Chapel was built in the year 1820 and disposed of in 1849" John Road, Steward, Shipwright, Meyrick St, Pembroke Dock
• Temperance Hall Independent " is at present used as a place of worship. A Chapel being in course of erection to be called 'Meyrick Street Chapel' ....." William Burdwood, Treasurer
• Zion, Pembroke Dock Primitive Methodist Erected in 1849 John Maylard, Minister, Hobbs Point
• St Mary's Roman Catholic Erected four years Oliver Maybury [?], Priest, Dimand St, Pembroke Dock
• Tabernacle, North Brewery St Ind Erected in 1824 Charles Sumpter, Deacon, 7 Queen St
• Bethel, West Gate CM Erected in 1826 William Powell, Minister

Parish entry for St Mary from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).

• St Mary & St Daniel's Mort Church
• Incumbent and Curates; H Rosser
• Rural Deanery of Castlemartin
• Acreage 1,339; Population 2,204

Parish entry for Pembroke Dock and Nash with Upton from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).

• St John B (Acreage 1,096; Population 10,653) & St Patrick & St Teilo & St Mary (Nash) (Acreage 598; Population 100) & Upton Chapel (disused) (Acreage 333)
• Incumbent and Curates; J J Davies (E Jenkyns; R H Davies; E L Saunders)
• Rural Deanery 

• Bethany, in High St/Pembroke Dock [Baptists, 1818]. Records ; births 1814-37, at PRO RG4/3965, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Call Number: 819966, IGI On Dyfed FHS
• Bethel, in Meyrick St / Bush St/Pembroke Dock [Baptists, 1845]. Records ; See Bethany See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph On Dyfed FHS
• Chapel, in Pembroke town [Baptists, 1831]. Records ; See Bethany Mount Pleasant English Baptist, East Back SM9878001407 Built 1831, modified, altered or rebuilt 1859 and restored 1877 Still open 1998 Coflein On Dyfed FHS (under Pembroke, St Michael - it appears to be right on parish line with St Michaels but under St Mary's in Rawlins)
• Gilgal Baptist chapel, Ferry Rd / Nelson St, Pennar, Pembroke Dock SM9619802483 Built 1862, rebuilt in 1887 Still open 1998 Coflein On Dyfed FHS

• Bethel, in Westgate [Calvinistic Methodists, 1826] On Dyfed FHS Westgate CM chapel, Westgate Hill,Pembroke - still open in 2006
• St Peter's Chapel , in Llanreath village [Calvinistic Methodists, 1885] On Dyfed FHS
• Gershom, CM, Queen St, Pembroke Dock [Calvinistic Methodists, 1838] SM9659203599 Built 1838, modified, altered or rebuilt 1866. See Zion PM below Coflein
• St Andrews CM chapel, Bush Street, Pembroke Dock - still open in 2006 SM9689503276 Built 1838, rebuilt in1865-66, modified, altered or rebuilt 1883 and 1896 Still open 2000 Coflein On Dyfed FHS

• Castle Back, in Castleback [Primitive Methodists, c 1823-30]. Records ; baptisms, 1847-1907. Other types of records deposited at the Record Office include accounts, minute books etc, Pem RO. Rawlins describes as "society formed between 1823/1830; a preaching room was fitted out for worship; branch of Pembroke Dock Station". On Dyfed FHS (under Pembroke, St Michael - it appears to be right on parish line with St Michaels but under St Mary's in Rawlins)
• Zion Primitive Methodist chapel, Prospect Place / South Park St, Pembroke Dock [Primitive Methodists, 1849]. Records ; baptisms, 1847-1907. Other types of records deposited at the Record Office include accounts, minute books etc, Pem RO. SM96510318 Built in 1849. Not still open 1998
  This Primitive Methodist cause was begun ca. 1845 (Rawlins): its "little chapel at the top of South Park Street" (Mrs S. Peters, History of Permbroke Dock, 1905) was built in 1849 (Rawlins); in 1866 the congregation moved to Gershom Chapel - see above) and the 1849 chapel was sold Coflein On Dyfed FHS

• Trinity, Meyrick Street , in Pembroke Dock [Independents, 1851] On Dyfed FHS
  Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for this chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (April 2008)
• Tabernacle, in Main St [Independents, 1691, present church began c 1800, Pembroke town] SM9870401318 Built 1811, rebuilt as the present structure in 1867 Still open 1993 Coflein See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph (referred to as United Reformed?) On Dyfed FHS (under Pembroke, St Michael - it appears to be right on parish line with St Michaels but under St Mary's in Rawlins)
  Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for this chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Jan 2009)
• Tabernacle, in Albion Sq, Pembroke Dock [Independents, 1824, Pembroke Dockyard]. Records ; births and bapts, 1825-37, at PRO RG4/3056, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Call Number: 819966, IGI. See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph On Dyfed FHS
  Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for this chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (April 2008)

• Zion Wesleyan Chapel, in Meyrick St/Pembroke Dock [Wesleyan Methodists, 1820]. Records ; 1. Births and bapts in three registers, 1821-58, at PRO RG4/3966, 3917, 3918, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Call Number: 819966, IGI. 2. Births and bapts, 1847-1937 and a large collection of other records are also deposited at the Records Office including accounts, minute books , Sunday School papers etc, at Pem RO. SM9667403435 First chapel, Ebenezer (see below), built 1818-20, with the present chapel built 1848, alterations 1857, enlarged 1865-7, internal alterations 1882-5, renovation 1911 & 1986. Still open 2000 Coflein On Dyfed FHS
• Ebenezer Wesleyan chapel, Wesley Row, Treowen, Pembroke Dock SM9602 Opened 1820, closed 1846 See above Coflein
• Pennar Wesleyan chapel, Nelson St, Pennar, Pembroke Dock SM9613502541 Built 1870 Coflein On Dyfed FHS
• Trinity Wesleyan chapel, Pembroke Ferry, Pembroke Dock Pembroke Ferry English Methodist (Trinity), Pembroke Ferry SM9754604661 Built 1879 Still open 2000 Coflein On Dyfed FHS
• Pembroke Wesleyan Methodist chapel, East Back / Main St, Pembroke SM9876801350 Built 1822, rebuilt mid C19 Not still open 1993 Coflein
• Front St Wesleyan Methodist schoolroom, Front St, Pembroke Dock SM9603 A Sunday School in 1905 Coflein
• Old chapel at rear of 87 Main St SM9863901332 Building 14' x 12' very thick walls, a two storey stone structure. Possible of medieval origins with a 16th century doorway. John Wesley preached there on visits to Pembrokeshire in the 1760s. Coflein

• St Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Pembroke On Dyfed FHS ?
• St Joseph RC Church, Pembroke, St Mary On Dyfed FHS ?
• St Mary RC church, Pembroke Dock On Dyfed FHS

• Spritualist church, Queen St, Pembroke Dock SM9651203584 A house of c1890 converted to a Spiritualist Church Coflein On Dyfed FHS
• Commercial Row Gospel Hal (Plymouth Brethren)l SM9603 Coflein
• Pembroke Haven Evangelical church, Main St, Pembroke SM983015 Built in 1850s, converted to an Evangelical Church Still open 1993 Coflein

• Plymouth Bretheren Meeting House, Pembroke Dock SM 970 038 See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph

• Dockyard chapel, Commercial Row SM9628003486 Built 1830-2 Not still open 2002 No denomination given Coflein

• The Green, Salvation Army Citadel, Woodbine Terrace, Pembroke SM9839101731 Coflein
• Meyrick St Salvation Army Citadel, Pembroke Dock SM96750333 Taken over by The Salvation Army in 1883 but now demolished Coflein

• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Front St, Llanion Hill, Pembroke Dock SM966037 A Church converted from an Army Mess Hall. Still open 1993 Coflein