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Adysgrif, [?1890au], gan John Williams (Wyr yr Eos), o'r traethawd 'Llawlyfr Cyfarwyddiadau i ganu Penillion ac Awdlau gyda'r Tannau' a ysgrifennwyd yn y 1870au gan ei daid John Williams (Eos Môn). = A transcript, [?1890s], by John Williams (Wyr yr Eos), of an essay on penillion singing, 'Llawlyfr Cyfarwyddiadau i ganu Penillion ac Awdlau gyda'r Tannau', written in the 1870s by his grandfather John Williams (Eos Môn).
Cynhwysir hefyd lythyr, 22 Medi 1955, gan y rhoddwr, yn disgrifio hanes y llawysgrif (f. i). = Also included is a covering letter, 22 September 1955, from the donor, describing the history of the manuscript (f. i).

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.

One of forty-one volumes containing transcripts of, and extracts from, parish registers and bishops' transcripts of parish registers principally from Monmouthshire, in the autograph of Bradney, with several insets in the autographs of John Hobson Matthews (Monmouth), Francis Green (St Davids), John Davies (Aberystwyth) and others. This volume contains transcripts and extracts from the parish registers of Panteg, 1598-1785; Llanishen, 1601-1775; Llanllowell, 1664-1762; Llangibby, 1678-1806; Llangoven, 1691-1745; Llanvapley, 1699-1812; Goytrey, 1700-1778; Trostrey, 1723-1811; Pen-y-clawdd, 1728-1806; Bettws Newydd, 1736-1810; and Oldcastle, 1794-1836.

A transcript of the well-known work by George Owen of Henllys- 'A Treatise of Lordshipps Marchers in Wales'.

An essay by Thomas Edwards on 'Flintshire Place-names', with numerous emendations and additions by the author and others. The preface is dated March 1909, and an accompanying autograph letter, dated 10 October 1910, from W. H. Evans, Sons & Co., The Farmers' Herald Office, Chester, to the author, contains an estimate of the cost of the proposed publication of the volume.

Includes personal and official letters and papers relating to Roland Mathias's case as a conscientious objector.

Poetry and essays written by John Jones ('Gwalch'), Aberaman, mainly for 'eisteddfodau' in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.

Letter (17 pp.), 1885, from W. J. Hardy, Chancery Lane, London, outlining the result of searches carried out among records at the Public Record Office (now The National Archives), Lambeth Palace, and the British Museum, concerning the Bishop of Bangor's foreshore rights, including wreck of the sea, within all his manors and lands. Also included are extracts from, and abstracts of, documents, 1284-1715, from the three repositories; together with an abstract of a report entitled 'Bangor Bishoprick Estates. Foreshores and Waste Lands', prepared by H. W. Hewlett in 1866.

An account book, 1760-1763, of a brewer [? at Caernarfon] dealing mainly with Anglesey and Caernarvonshire customers; the volume was later used as an arithmetic and geometry exercise book, probably by Roberts.

A report by John Ballinger and a scheme for a public libraries' service for the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, 1907.

Notes on place names, mainly in Wales.

Mainly manuscript and typescript notes, 1970-1987, prepared by Sir Goronwy Daniel for addresses and speeches on themes relating to the arts in Wales, together with a small quantity of related printed items and press cuttings. The file also contains notes for an address on 'Yr Ieuanc a Disgyblaeth Heddiw' delivered by Sir Goronwy at Cyfundeb Annibynwyr Penfro, 16 July 1980.

Miscellanea, including notes on Glamorgan and Gower manors and estates, transcripts of records, etc.

Notes relating to primary, secondary, and university education, with several references to education in Wales, copied from various sources between 1903 and 1923 by Sir Henry Lewis, Bangor.

The file comprises various newspaper and magazine cuttings, [Oct.] 1966-Dec. 1967, some in photocopied form, concerning the disaster at Aberfan on 21 October 1966, including cuttings regarding the subsequent public inquiry at Merthyr Tydfil, as reported in both the national and local press, as well as articles from the Colliery Guardian. Also included are some pages from a glossy magazine showing pictures of the scene immediately following the tragedy.

Journal of a tour through Wales and part of Ireland in August 1848 by Charles Lucey of Clapham and later of Henley, shipwright, with a map showing his itinerary and further notes added by him, 1856-1891.

A volume containing an early manuscript draft, [c. 1932], by Margiad Evans of her second novel, The Wooden Doctor (Oxford, 1933), here entitled 'A Divine Image', and containing material not included in the published text. The volume was originally in the possession of the geologist and palaeontologist Robert Etheridge and contains notes by him, 1854, on lead mining in Cardiganshire (ff. 242 verso-244).

Two groups of letters from Welsh emigrants to America, 1846-1847, 1870-1878, together with letters relating to emigration from Wales, 1948-1955.

Sermons preached at Efenechtyd and Llangynhafal, Denbighshire, 1810-1830, by John Jones of Plasynllan, Llangynhafal, rector of Efenechtyd, 1799-1817, and of Llangynhafal, 1817-1830, and brother of Robert Jones, the friend of William Wordsworth; and a copy of Mawr werth enaid dyn (Caernarvon, 1805).

A poor-rate assessment book, 1835-1836, for Uwch-y-coed township, parish of Penegoes, co. Montgomery.