David Jones (Llangan)

David Jones (10 July 1736 – 12 August 1810) was a Welsh Anglican priest, whose sympathy for Methodism saw him become one of the leading religious figures in Wales.

[2] At this later post his outspoken style of preaching made him unpopular with his congregation and he left to accept a curacy over the border in Wiltshire, England.

The Countess, a prominent leader in the English Christian revival, found Jones' passion and noble character impressive, and the two became friends.

[2] On the first Sunday of each month, massive crowds would descend on Llangan from miles around with the churchyard or sometimes nearby barns used to preach from as the church could not hold the numbers.

[2] In 1775 Jones bought a two-acre plot of land to the north in Pencoed and in 1776 erected a Methodist chapel, Salem, on the site.