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A letter from R[ichard] Jennings, rector of Hirnant, to John Dugdale, dated 3 March 1886, encloses a photograph of Hirnant church, "so that you may have an idea of the state it is in".

Original bundle of mainly attested copies of papers relating to the descent of the Bencliff Hall estate, including attested copies of the wills of Rev. Thomas Valentine of Frankfort, co. Sligo (dated 1763, proved 1766), Samuel Valentine of Freetown, co. Bristol, Massachusetts, yeoman, 1781, and John Partington of Bencliff House, p. Eccles, co. Lancs, gent., 1813; conversion of the reversionary interest of premises in Bencliffe otherwise Bentcliffe Hall, p. Eccles and in Pendleton, co. Lancs, between Thomas Valentine of the said Freetown, mariner, and John Partington of Garratt, Manchester, co. Lancs, dyer and printer, 1794; and other deeds, 1796-1814.

Letters to John Marshall Dugdale, mainly from his father John Dugdale, and mainly Feb.-April 1880, June-Dec. 1881 and Aug.-Oct. 1882.

Bundles of draft deeds, letters and other papers related to the purchase and sale of properties, all in the village or parish of Llanfyllin, comprising Llanfyllin rural automatic telephone exchange site, 1931; parcels of land in Derlwyn Lane, 1936, 1949 and 1951; the sale of Llwyn (48a.) to Montgomeryshire Education Authority, 1946-1947; allotment gardens at Penbryn, 1949; property in Brook Street, 1951; 15 Penbryn, 1951; Dane Cottage, 1951-1952; Domgay (12a.), 1953; and Pendre Mill weir and millrace and the land between the millrace and the Afon Cain, 1955.

Personal papers of J.E.M. Dugdale and his wife, including order of service for confirmation at Eton College chapel, 1935, and two letters from Clement Davies MP, 1947 and 1959.

File of correspondence relating to the sale of Llanfyllin Mill and yard by Major J.E.M. Dugdale to Ifor & John Williams of Llanfyllin, and Pendref Weir to Llanfyllin Town Council.

Newspaper cuttings and other papers, mostly 1935-1945, including relating to grass drying, including a report on Llwyn estate farms and hill land, by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth, with special reference to pasture improvement and grass drying, 1935, and tickets for a demonstration of grass drying equipment at Llwyn, 1948.

Paper cover endorsed 'J. E. M. Dugdale'.

Newspaper cuttings extracted from a scrapbook, including 'The March retreat: full text of Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch', The Times supplement, 22 Oct. 1918; the marriage of Hugh Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring and Diana Dugdale, 1935; the laying of the foundation stone of Llanfyllin bi-lateral school by Ruth Dugdale, chair of the Montgomeryshire education committee, 1952; obituaries and funeral of Major William Dugdale, 1952.

Manuscript history and topography of the hundred of Llanfyllin, by "Mechain".

Presentation inscription 'J. Marshall Dugdale, from Arthur Hargreaves, Xmas 1899'. Loose papers inclosed relating to the disposal of game, 1929-1930. [Hargreaves was Dugdale's wife's maiden name].

John Marshall Dugdale of Llwyn's profit and loss accounts, 1907-1918. Also draft accounts, shares bought and sold, surtax computations, and supertax, property, timber, corn etc. accounts, 1919-1944.

Commonplace book relating to Irish home rule, including precises of speeches by Max O'Rell, Justin McCarthy MP, S. C. Buxton MP; the heads of the Government of Ireland Bill; newspaper cuttings; the platform of the first meeting of the Home Rule Party, May 1870; and poems.

File entitled 'Materials required', probably for a history of Llanfyllin, enclosing articles entitled 'The bells of Llanfyllin', 'John Foulkes, the bellman', 'The old charter of Llanfyllin', 'Llanfyllin railway' and 'Cefn Brân race course'.

Front cover stamped 'J. E. M. D.'

Files of notes and other papers relating to aspects of Llanfyllin history, including education, including the British, National, Board and Intermediate schools, the Llanfyllin & District Horticultural Society, Lake Vyrnwy, the railways, notes for a chronology, and Llanfyllin as a military centre. Most of the letters are dated 1913-1916. Also typescript 'history of the parish of Llanfyllin from 1862 to 1913, by J. Marshall Dugdale of Llwyn', and a disbound copy (pp. 1-128) of the article as printed in Mont. Coll, retitled '1861 to 1915'.

Printed items, comprising catalogue of the furniture and other effects at Llwyn to be sold by auction, 1854 (one copy plus loose pages from another copy, both annotated); 'The land question in Wales : being a survey of the evidence collected in view of the appointment of a Royal Commission and suggestions for the collection of further evidence; together with a review of some of the main aspects of the question, issued by The North Wales Property Defence Association', 1892; draft Charity Commission scheme to constitute the Vaughan and Strangways Foundation out of the charities of Mary Vaughan (1720) and Mary Strangways (1726) for p's Llanfyllin and Llanfihangel, co. Mont., 1893; catalogue of W. H. Smith & Co., iron hurdle and fencing manufacturers, Whitchurch, 1894; Cambrian Railways Act 1896; 'Index of archæological papers published in 1904', 1905; Montgomeryshire Agricultural Show dinner card, 1927; 'Montgomeryshire County Music Festival, 1938, eighteenth year'; 'The sixth festival of music and poetry at Gregynog, 1-3rd July 1938' (Gregynog Press, July 1938); 'In memory of Henry Walford Davies, 6 September 1869-11 March 1941 ; an order of service to be used at Gregynog on Saturday 19 April 1941' (Gregynog Press, April 1941); 'A letter as might have been written today by the fourth earl of Chesterfield to his son', an advertising pamphlet (14 pp.) by Lambert & Butler cigar manufacturers, [post 1951]. Also local flyers, programmes and orders of service, 1923-1950.