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Capel Moreia/Moreia Welsh Baptist Church
Dale Street
LL59 5AL
Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
United Kingdom
Denomination:
(in ruins)
Geogr. Coordinates:
53.22583° N, 4.16397° W
Reference year:
1884
Architectural style:
Romanesque Revival
Description:
Delapidated church in the Romanesque style of the gable-entry type
Name derivation:
From the land of “Moriah” (“The Lord is my teacher”), where Abraham was told to sacrifice his son Isaac (Genesis 22:2)
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History:
1884:
Construction of the church (architect George Morgan)
Early 21th cent.:
Last known use in 2009 as a shop, but also still as a place of worship for the Baptist congregation
Sources
Coflein:
Moreia Welsh Baptist Church (Porthaethwy), Dale Street, Menai Bridge,
http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/8707/details/moreia-welsh-baptist-church-porthaethwy-dale-street-menai-bridge
, retrieved 03/07/2018
Geograph Project:
Capel Moreia, Lon Cilbedlam/Dale Street, 2009,
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1341163
, retrieved 03/07/2018
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Capel Moreia, view from the north west
08/08/2017 | © 2017 TuK Bassler –
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View from the south west
08/08/2017 | © 2017 TuK Bassler –
CC-BY-SA 4.0
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