Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1365-1869 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.172 cubic meters (6 boxes, 1 folder)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Foley family were descended from a John Foley, architect to the bishops of St Davids and constable of Llawhaden castle in the 14th century. Richard Foley is mentioned in regard to Ridgeway in 1711. John Foley built a new house there which was completed in 1741. In 1811 the estate was owned by John Herbert Foley who married Emily Ann Chambers of Totteridge, Hertfordshire, in 1794. By 1871 Ridgeway was the seat of a R. P. Davies.
Archival history
The papers were formerly in the possession of Messrs Richard Furber & Son, 2 Gray's Inn Square, London, before they were deposited at NLW.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by A.T. Woods, 2 Gray's Inn Square, London, WC1 per The British Records Association (B.R.A. 1933) in 1964, followed by a donation of some 200 letters by Mrs Sylvia R. Woods, Burford, Oxfordshire, in March 2001 (item no. 350).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds and documents relating to the estate of the Foley family of Ridgeway, Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, mainly in that county, 1365-1869, together with letters, 1815-1851, from the agents and solicitors of Mrs Emily Foley relting mainly to her estate in Kent.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at/donated to NLW have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in NLW.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Ridgeway Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Ridgeway Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Foley, Emily (Subject)
- Foley family, of Ridgeway, Pembrokeshire -- Archives. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
June 2001
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940, (London, 1959), Jones, Francis, Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and their families, (Newport, 1996).
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.