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At the foot of Newcastle Hill stands the Old Unitarian Chapel, built in 1795, although records show a “Meeting place for dissenting Protestants” on this site as early as 1702. In 1662 the Act of Uniformity was laid down, dictating how religion was to be practised, including Anglican Church form for prayers and sermons . At this time many were either ejected or chose to leave the Anglican Church and follow their own paths of Christian belief, becoming non-conformists. The Chapel is Grade II Listed.
The Chapel's most famous minister was Rhys Price of Tynton, who was the father of the celebrated Dr. Richard Price, the mathematician and moral philosopher. Dr Price was also a radical preacher and regularly preached on liberty, encouraging the adoption of non-conformism. These preachings, along with the Religious freedom, mass immigration for industry and services in Welsh helped the wide spread of non-conformism in Wales and by the middle of the nineteenth century this made up 80% of the population.
