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Key Image Capel Salem/Salem Wesleyan Chapel
Chapel Terrace
LL52 0AD Cricieth/Criccieth
United Kingdom
Denomination: Deconsecrated
Geogr. Coordinates: 52.9206° N, 4.23476° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1869
Architectural style: Gothic Revival
Description: Former Methodist chapel in the Gothic Revival style; currently used as a chapel of rest by an undertaker
Name derivation: From the biblical place name “Salem” (usually interpreted as meaning “Jerusalem”)
History:
1809:   Construction of a predecessor chapel
1869:   Construction of the current chapel to the design of Owen Morris Roberts of Porthmadog
1901:   Presumably restoration and/or extension (as evidenced by maps before and after that date; the date is commemorated in the tympanum above the entry door)
Sources
Bulman, Steve: The Churches of Britain and Ireland – Criccieth, Gwynedd, http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/towns/c/criccieth.html, retrieved 18/03/2019
Coflein: Salem Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Criccieth, https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/6797/details/salem-wesleyan-methodist-chapel-criccieth, retrieved 18/03/2019
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