City Mission - The Story of London's Welsh Chapels

Author: Huw Edwards

ISBN: 9781784611743
Publication Date: 29 September 2015
Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont
Format: Paperback, 244x168 mm, 368 pages
Language: English

Broadcaster Huw Edwards traces the history of London's Welsh churches, the origins of the London Welsh, the pattern of Welsh migration to London past and present, the influence of Howel Harris and the early Methodists, the tradition of Welsh preaching, and describes in detail the Welsh religious causes in London.

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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: FLOW
An overview of Welsh migration to London since Tudor times

Chapter 2: BEGINNINGS
Howel Harris and early Welsh preaching in London

Chapter 3: OUT OF THE WILDERNESS
The move from Wilderness Row to Jewin Crescent

Chapter 4: JOURNEY TO JEWIN
The story of Jewin, London’s oldest Welsh chapel

Chapter 5: FROM LAMBETH TO BOROUGH
The roots of London’s Independent Welsh chapels

Chapter 6: DOCKERS
The dockyard origins of Woolwich, Deptford and Lewisham chapels

Chapter 7: SAILORS’ SERMONS
The sailors’ services which led to the Cambrian, Crosby Row and Falmouth Road chapels

Chapter 8: EAST ENDERS
London’s East End and the chapels of Poplar, Mile End, East Ham, Stratford, Walthamstow and Leytonstone

Chapter 9: ELFED’S KINGDOM
The Independents in Fetter Lane and ‘Capel Elfed’ at King’s Cross

Chapter 10: DAIRY DISPUTES
How modest Nassau Street chapel became mighty Charing Cross Road

Chapter 11: BAPTIST BASTION
The story of the Welsh Baptist powerhouse in Eastcastle Street

Chapter 12: POINTS WEST
The bustling world of Radnor Walk, Walham Green, Hammersmith and Ealing chapels

Chapter 13: BEYOND THE JUNCTION
An expanding Welsh community sustains Clapham Junction, Battersea Rise, and Sutton chapels

Chapter 14: NORTHERN PANORAMA
A panorama of north London includes chapels at Wilton Square, Barrett’s Grove, Islington, Holloway, Wood Green, Willesden, Wembley, Harrow and Cockfosters

Chapter 15: WESLEY’S WAYS
The Wesleyan Methodists built one of London’s grandest Welsh chapels in City Road

Chapter 16: ANGLICAN ENCLAVES
The little-known story of London’s Welsh-speaking Anglican churches

Author Biography:
BAFTA award-winning Welsh journalist Huw Edwards is known to most of the British public as a BBC News anchor and television presenter of notable events, such as the royal wedding of 2011 and the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. His interest in Welsh history and religion is reflected in another type of television programming, such as documentaries about Owain Glyndŵr, Lloyd George, Gladstone and Disraeli, and the history series The Story of Wales (2012). He won a Royal Television Society award for best live programme of 2014, with D-Day 70. He is President of the London Welsh Trust.

Further Information:
The book will also appraise their contribution since the 1770s and review the current position and projections for the future. Includes c.180 photographs.