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Key Image 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
Geo Location
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)
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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