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Letters relating to the publication of a pamphlet, 'A short account of Ishow the Martyr, Parish of Partishow, County of Brecon, Diocese of St Davids', by R. Baker Gabb, together with letters of appreciation, including from Romilly Allen, editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1906, (F 5/1), and John Ballinger, librarian of the Cardiff Public Libraries, 1907 (F 5/17). 42 items.

Manuscript copy of articles on Partrishow church in Archaeologia Cambrensis, by Professor J. O. Westwood, 1856, and Mr Mathew H. Bloxam, 1874.

Registers of thermometer, barometer and rain gauge readings at The Chain. The meteorological readings continue to 29 Dec. 1945 only. The registers also contain diary entries and newspaper cuttings relating to the weather and to the Baker Gabb family, orders of service, and other ephemera, including notices of a Ladies' Private Subscription Ball, Angel Hotel, Abergavenny, 1886; reference to a colliery accident at Abersychan, co. Mon., 5 Feb. 1890; reference to a perambulation of the manors of Abergavenny and Crickhowell, 31 Aug. 1892; reference to an earthquake, 17 Dec. 1896; order of service of the Royal Diamond Jubilee, 1897; programme for the opening of new buildings of the King Henry VIII Grammar School and County Intermediate School for Girls, Abergavenny, 1898; programme for the funeral procession of Queen Victoria from Victoria Station to Paddington Station, London, 1901; order of service in commemoration of Queen Victoria, 1901; reference to Trinity College, Dublin, conferring degrees on women, Cambridge having declined, 3 July 1906; dance cards for the Spinsters' Ball and the Ladies of Monmouthshires' Ball, Swan Hotel, Abergavenny, 1906; programme of the South African [Rugby] Football Tourists v. Glamorgan, Arms Park, Cardiff, 1906; programme of the Municipal [Horse] Races, Abergavenny, 1906; newspaper cutting of a hailstorm at Abergavenny, 22 July 1907; letters from Hugh Robert Mill, president of the Royal Meteorological Society, relating to his visit to inspect rain gauges in the neighbourhood, 1908; programme of the Monmouthshire Hunt Club Point-to-point Steeplechases, Triley, 1908; newspaper cutting relating to the sale of the Bryn-arw estate, near Abergavenny, 1909; reference to Daniel's Comet, 3-4 Jan. 1910; order of service in commemoration of King Edward VII, 1910; reference to an aviation meeting at Bournemouth, [Dorset], at which Charles Stewart Rolls [of The Hendre, p. Llangatwg Feibion Afel, co. Mon.] was killed, 10-16 July 1910; newspaper cutting relating to the sale of the Pentre estate, near Abergavenny, 1911; Forms of prayer authorised by the bishops of Bangor, Llandaff, St Asaph and St Davids, for use in church on the day appointed for humble prayer and intercession in connection with the proposal for the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales, 1913; reference to the outbreak of the First World War, 28 July 1914, and to a thanksgiving service following the Armistice at St Mary's church, [?p. Abergavenny], 11 Nov. 1918; Form of humble prayer to almighty God to be used on ... the day appointed for intercession on behalf of the nation and empire in this time of war, 1915; National Registration Act, 1915: form for males; order of service for the enthronement of the Archbishop of Wales, 1920; The Times supplement, for the burial of the Unknown Warrior, Armistice Day, 1920; The British Gazette [the government newspaper during the General Strike], no. 8, 13 May 1926; newspaper cuttings relating to the solar eclipse, total from Hartlepool to Cricieth, 1927; newspaper cutting relating to the Monmouthshire branch of the English Folk Dance and Song Society festival at Caldicot castle, including the Llanofer Reel, 1931; newspaper cutting relating to the sale of parts of the Llwyndu Court and Clytha estates, 1931; newspaper cuttings relating to a burglary at The Chain, the recovery of the stolen property, the committal for trial and the acquittal of the accused, 1932-1933; newspaper obituary and order of service to the memory of Joseph Bradney, county historian of Monmouthshire, 1933; newspaper cutting recording a Severn bore of 12ft at Stone Bench, near Gloucester, 1934; notice, programme, and review of Milton's "Comus," performed by the A.C.I.S. [Abergavenny County Intermediate School] Players, in the garden of The Chain, in aid of the Cottage Hospital, 1938; Form of service for the national day of thanksgiving, prayer and dedication, for use on the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of war, 1944; programme for C.E.M.A. [Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts] and Old Vic Theatre Company presentation of "Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw, 1945; newspaper obituary and order of service in memory of Leslie Ruthven Pym of Penpergwm Lodge, National MP for the Monmouth Division, and trustee of the Llanofer Trust Estate, 1945; and letter of regret from the Meteorological Office on the ending of meteorological observations at The Chain, together with appreciation for 60 years of co-operation, and noting the continuation of observations at Coed Dias, [p. Cwm-iou, co. Mon.], 1946. The back pocket of C 2/16 also contains miscellaneous meteorological memoranda, forms, and summaries, including monthly rainfall totals for The Chain, 1885-1944, and Coed Dias, 1907-1950.