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The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is a non-departmental public body of the Home Office of the United Kingdom.The DBS enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially involving children or vulnerable adults, and provides wider access to criminal record ...
The congregation, founded in 1663, is the oldest Baptist congregation in Massachusetts and one of the oldest in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1663 by John Myles as the first Baptist congregation in Massachusetts, and Myles brought the Ilston Book with him from Swansea in Wales.
What happened at Swansea's Oct. 1 and 10 information sessions The building at 68 Stevens Road that houses the town offices was gifted in 1890, when Swansea’s population was 1,456.
The Barneyville Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district on Old Providence and Barneyville Roads in northwestern Swansea, Massachusetts.The area was the site of a successful shipbuilding operation during the early 19th century, and then became a local center for jewelry making.
The South Swansea Baptist Church is set at the northwest corner of Church Street and Gardner's Neck Road in an otherwise residential area. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, set on a raised rubblestone foundation with a gabled roof. A gabled section projects on the south side, and there is at the southeast corner a square tower ...
Church of Christ, Swansea (also known as First Christian Congregational Church and Swansea White Church) is a historic church along United States Route 6 in Swansea, Massachusetts. The current Greek Revival church building was built in 1833 for a congregation with a recorded history of meetings dating to 1680. [ 2 ]
The Martin House and Farm is a historic farm at 22 Stoney Hill Road in North Swansea, Massachusetts. The main house is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, with a crosswise ell at the rear. The oldest portion was built in 1728 by John Martin, as a single pile structure with a gable roof.
John Myles, also known as John Miles, (c. 1621–1683) was the founder of Swansea, Massachusetts, and the founder of the earliest recorded Baptist churches in Wales (UK) and Massachusetts (US). John Myles was born in Wales around 1621 and was educated at Brasenose College at Oxford University .