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Dwy gyfrol yn perthyn i Gymdeithas Cymry Manceinion (Cymdeithas Genedlaethol Cymry Manceinion yn wreiddiol), sef llyfr cofnodion, 1954-1991, gan gynnwys rhaglenni'r tymor, a llyfr lloffion yn cynnwys erthyglau papurau newydd yn nodi gweithgareddau’r gymdeithas a'r eglwysi, 1925-1932. Dathlodd y gymdeithas ei chanmlwyddiant ym 1986. = Two volumes relating to Cymdeithas Cymry Manceinion (Manchester Welsh Society, originally known as Manchester Welsh National Society), being a minute book, 1954-1991 including programmes of events, and a scrap-book containing newspaper articles, 1925-1932, detailing the society’s activities and also the churches. The society celebrated its centenary in 1986.

Papurau, 1966-2006, gan gynnwys cofnodion cyfarfodydd, gohebiaeth, papurau ariannol, rhaglenni a phapurau amrywiol eraill yn ymwneud â'r gymdeithas. Bu Dr Lewis Davies (m. 2006), diweddar ŵr y rhoddwr, yn ysgrifennydd a thrysorydd y gymdeithas am nifer o flynyddoedd. = Papers of the Durham Welsh Society, 1966-2006, including minutes of meetings, correspondence, financial papers, programmes and various other papers, relating to the society. Dr Lewis Davies (d. 2006), the donor’s late husband, was secretary and treasurer of the society for many years.

Papurau Pwyllgor yr Angor, 1979-1987, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, tanysgrifiadau, hysbysebion, cyfriflenni banc, anfonebau a phapurau personol,1979-1983, a chofnodion ariannol, 1983-1987 = Papers of the Committee of Yr Angor, 1979-1987, comprising correspondence, subscriptions, advertisements, bank statements, invoices and personal papers, 1979-1983, and financial records, 1983-1987.

Llyfr cofnodion, 1913-1917, Pwyllgor Gwaith Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Birkenhead, 1917, yn cynnwys cofnodion, deunydd printiedig a thorion perthynol o'r Brython, Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Mercury, Birkenhead News, Liverpool Express a Tharian y Gweithiwr. = Minute book, 1913-1917, of the Executive Committee of Birkenhead National Eisteddfod, 1917, comprising minutes, printed material and related press cuttings from the Brython, Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Mercury, Birkenhead News, Liverpool Express and Tarian y Gweithiwr.

Printed copy of the poem 'Canterbury Pilgrims' by Sebastian Evans, signed by the author and dated Christmas 1902.
It was subsequently published in Canterbury: Mother-city of the Anglo-Saxon Race, ed. by Sebastian Evans and Francis Bennett Goldney (Canterbury, [1904]).

Volume intitled 'Survey. Breconshire estates. 1820', being a survey of the Breconshire and Herefordshire estates of Sir Charles Morgan, presented to him by Thomas Bold, agent, March 1821. The estates are divided into the Tredegar estate (4,555a), Dderw estate (1,572a.), Palleg estate (2,164a.) and Herefordshire estate (487a.), and include interests in canals and other utilities.

Manuscripts and papers collected by Canon Trevor Owen (d. 1916). They include a group of papers of Sir William Williams ('Speaker Williams', 1634-1700), papers of John Williams (1700-87), attorney-general of the Chester Circuit and Chief Justice of the Brecon Circuit, and papers of John Roberts, Maes-y-porth ([1767]-1824), deputy registrar of the diocese of Bangor. The papers of Sir William Williams include personal papers and correspondence mainly relating to his purchase of the Llanforda estate, 1678-88; papers and correspondence re his offences and fine in scandalum magnatum against James II and the Earl of Peterborough, 1684-9; legal papers linked with his work, 1675-98; political papers and correspondence concerning parliamentary proceedings and the religious issues of the Stuart period, 1668-c. 1700; and printed political pamphlets and poetry, 1676-[1697x1700]. The papers of John Williams all relate to his legal work, c.1740 x c.1787. Canon Trevor Owen's own papers comprise deeds, mainly for lands in Denbigh, 1741-1883, and correspondence about a legal case, 1882-3. The papers of John Roberts comprise deeds, 1773-c. 1820, and correspondence, 1800-17, connnected with his work as deputy registrar of Bangor, and Maes y porth estate deeds, papers and correspondence, 1774-1827. The collection also contains deeds re premises in Neston, Cheshire, 1731-1802; and miscellaneous 18th-19th century papers.

A manuscript containing the names of all rectories 'in the kingdom of England and Calais and the Marches thereof' of the annual value of over £10, arranged in dioceses, deaneries and counties, followed by the names of all vicarages in England, Wales and the Marches of the annual value of over £10, similarly arranged, all having been transcribed from the Liber Regis in the First Fruits and Tenths Office.

Mainly unrelated deeds, 1488-1861, relating to property in Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

Deeds and documents (1668-1882) relating to properties mainly in in co. Flint (Axton, Bistre, Caergwrle, Coleshill, Cwm, Cwm Uwchglan, Diserth, Estyn or Hope, Hawarden, Holywell, Hope, Hope Owen, Huriathicke, Kilken, Kinnerton, Mould, Newmarket, Northop, St Asaph, Shordley, Skeiviog, and Whitford), but also in cos Denbigh (Denbigh, Henllan, Llanrwst and Lleweny), Chester (Chester and Dodleston), Brecknock (Devynnock), Anglesey (Amlwch, Coedana, Llanerchymedd, Llanbadrug, Llanddyfnan, Llanfechell and Llanfihangel Tre'r Beurdd), Montgomery (Berth Lloyd) and Pembroke (Amroth). The main families were Mostyn of Mostyn Hall and Hope of Broughton and Hope.

Journey notes and observations, 1766-1787, including notes from visits to London and Birmingham in 1766 concerning the manufacture of pig and bar iron. The notes contain the names and addresses of businessmen and details of their work, and notes on lead imports and exports in London. Also included are notes on forge processes at a foundry in Bristol, 1787, and observations on water wheels.

Miscellaneous prose pieces by Idris Davies, [1930s]-[1940s], comprising an essay entitled 'Teify Side' (ff. 1-3); drafts of a memoir entitled 'A Schoolboy During the Great War' (ff. 4-17); 'Portrait of an Old Welsh Miner' (ff. 18-29); fragment of a novel or short story (ff. 30-4) and draft of the beginning of a novel (ff. 35-9); five brief, surrealistic prose pieces (ff. 40-51); letter to the News Chronicle about a Fascist demonstration in Trafalgar Square, 1937 (ff. 52-7); Holiday in a Mining Valley (ff. 58-73); a Welsh version of 'A Schoolboy During the Great War' (ff. 74-84); and copies of two prose pieces published in Comment, 19 September 1936 and 23 January 1937 (ff. 85-6).

Legal precedents written in several hands and based largely on legal records of the early years of the reign of George II. Several of the documents recorded in the volume are of interest to co. Middlesex.

Two nineteenth-century tune books now joined together as one volume, the first bearing the dates 1816 and 1866 (inside covers) in the hand of Mair Richards of Darowen, and the second 1850 (inside front cover); the first part contains popular and traditional Welsh song and dance tunes, the second, English waltzes, marches and quicksteps with a few traditional Welsh tunes and hymn-tunes. Also included are an englyn attributed to M[air] R[ichards], but signed below in red by David Richards ('Dewi Silin'; 1783-1826), who may have been the first owner (part one, f. 1).

Birdsall family papers and records of Birdsall & Son Bookbinders, including personal papers, 1889-1972, photograph albums, [c. 1886]-1918, albums of press cuttings, 1856-1960, rubbings of miscellaneous printed books, 1823-1942, glass negatives, [c. 1862]-1904; miscellaneous finishing tools and samples of binding work, 1902-1949, and a framed testimonial presented to Richard Birdsall on the occasion of his marriage, 1872.

An alphabetical index of place names, mainly in Herefordshire.

A minute-book, 1869-1878, of the Montgomeryshire and Salop Presbytery (Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church), with statistics for the years 1870-1871, 1873-1876.

A manuscript armorial of English and Welsh families entitled The nomenclature or Heralds Alphabett of Surnames, A-K (vol. I), with additional notes by Peter Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King at Arms. Painted coat-of-arms have been affixed to the manuscript at relevant points throughout the work.

Black and white photographs documenting research into the life cycle of mushrooms with a view to increasing crop size. There is some duplication.

Notes for an essay or address on 'Anfarwoldeb yr enaid' by Edward Roberts, ' ty Capel, Great [?Mersey] Street, Liverpool'.