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21. BETHANY BAPTIST CHAPEL
With the inception of the Dockyard and the birth of the new town of Pembroke
Dock, churches and chapels were built to satisfy the growing needs of the
town's worshippers. In 1818 the Baptists were the first Christian body in
Pembroke Dock to build a church. Bethany chapel, built by voluntary labour
and with a seating capacity of 350. In 1877 it was considered that a new
building was needed to meet the demands of the church. The foundation stone
of the new building was laid in the July of that year. A schoolroom was
added in 1904-5 In 1840 shortly after the arrival of Bethany's second
minister, the Rev J,W.Morgan. 104 members of the church who were unhappy
with their new minister left Bethany and started a break away church. Until
they built Bethel their new 400 seater chapel at the junction of Meyrick and
Bush Street, they met in a house behind what was known as the Edinburgh
Hotel or what today, is known as the Royal Hotel.
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