Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 19th cent. / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.081 cubic metres (57 vols)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The family, originally called Treherne, lived at Llettymawr, Llannon, Carmarthenshire. Morgan Thomas, 1726-1800, of Llettymawr, married Frances, only child and heiress of Henry Goring of Staffordshire in 1768. Their heir was their only child, Rees Goring-Thomas of Llannon and Tooting Lodge, Surrey, who died in 1821. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Rees Goring-Thomas, 1801-1863, of Gellywernen. During the late 1820s a new house was built at Gellywernen, which was subsequently attacked during the Rebecca riots in 1843. He was succeeded by his eldest son and namesake of Plas Llannon who died in 1887. His eldest son and heir son Rhys Goring-Thomas (b. 1864) sold Plas Llannon in 1913. He was succeeded by his second son, Captain Gilbert Esdaile Foy Goring-Thomas (b. 1898) of Gellywernen.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mr G.E.F. Goring-Thomas, Henley-on-Thames, in September 1938.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of the Goring-Thomas family of Llannon, Carmarthenshire, nineteenth century, including diaries of Rees Goring Thomas, 1841-1848, 1850-1885; a collection of cookery and household recipes; accounts of several journeys made by members of the family; photographs; and miscellaneous letters, accounts and papers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected
System of arrangement
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.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A very brief description of the papers is in NLW, Minor Deposits, p. 41. A rather fuller description appears in NLW, Annual Report 1938-39.
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.
Note
Originally catalogued as NLW Minor Deposits 513-569.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Goring Thomas, Rees -- Diaries. (Subject)
- Goring-Thomas family of Llannon -- Archives (Subject)
Genre access points
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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
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.
Archivist's note
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Burke's Landed Gentry, (London, 1952), Jones, Francis, Historic Carmarthenshire Homes and their families, (Newport, 1997); Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales (London, 2 vols, 1872), vol. I;