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A property rating book covering parishes in north Pembrokeshire and kept by Griffith Davies, Cardigan.

Lists of sheriffs of Pembrokeshire from 1540 to 1864, together with additions to 1878, and of mayors and sheriffs of the town and county of Haverfordwest from 1563 to 1864.

A volume in the hand of D. Morgan Lewis containing short collections of Welsh proverbs, Pembrokeshire dialect forms, and equivalent Welsh and English idiomatic expressions; transcripts from Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru, vol. I, part I - vol. II, part 2 (1909-1919); and a transcript of the beginning of a work by William Williams, Pantycelyn, from the holograph manuscript designated NLW MS 74.

Holograph sermon notes by the Reverend Simon Evans, minister of the Congregational churches of Pen-y-groes, parish of Whitchurch-in-Cemais, co. Pembroke, and of Hebron, parish of Llanglydwen, and Nebo, parish of Cilymaenllwyd, both in co. Carmarthen. NLW MS 11689A ('9fed Bregeth Lyfr Cymreig') was compiled at Tyddyn, parish of Whitchurch-in-Cemais, during the period 1852-1854, and NLW MS 11690A ('18 Bregeth Lyfr Cymreig') at Caeraeron, parish of Llanfyrnach, co. Pembroke, during 1873-1876.

A memorandum book containing notes of land and financial transactions, together with surveys of land in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, recorded by several owners in connection with those counties, etc.

Journal of Sarah Ponsonby, 10 May-25 June 1778, entitled 'Account of a Journey in Wales perform'd in May 1778 by Two Fugitive Ladies', recounting the arrival of herself and Lady Eleanor Butler in Pembrokeshire and their subsequent travels in Wales and Shropshire, including first impressions of Llangollen (f. 11) and a watercolour view of Benton Castle signed by the Ladies (f. 1 verso).

Copies of memorial inscriptions, etc., mainly in Pembrokeshire.

A list, copied from British Museum Harleian MSS. 1933, of the justices of the peace for Pembrokeshire, 1620, and a copy of the charter granted to Haverfordwest by James I.

Sermons, 1711-1736, preached at Haverfordwest, Prendergast, Manordeifi, Capel Colman, and Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire.

A register of the overseers and parish constables of the hundreds of Kemes, Dewsland, Roose, and Dungleddy, 1864-1879.

A collection of inscriptions and notes by John Rowland (Giraldus), 19 cent., in pencil, from churches in Pembrokeshire.

Sermons preached at Newport, Maenclochog, Brynberian and elsewhere in Pembrokeshire, 1817-1819 [? by Thomas Jones].

A manuscript containing Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire pedigrees (ff. 1-76, 80-87); the beginning of the Welsh Laws (ff. 77-79); and a table of the contents of ff. 17-76b (f. 80).
Ff. 17-76b, 80-80b are in the hand of George Owen of Henllys (see f. 59) and are dated 1577-1599; ff. 77-79b are in a later hand; ff. 83-86b belong to 1684; f. 87 is in the autograph of the Reverend Samuel Williams; and ff. 1-16b are in an eighteenth century hand.

A heraldic manuscript probably compiled by, and in the hand of, George Owen, in which he blazons the arms of over sixty members of eminent Pembrokeshire families. The work contains some gaps and later additions and corrections have been added by George Owen.

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing pedigrees of Cardiganshire gentry families (pp. 1-136), together with a few from Carmarthenshire (pp. 137-163) and Pembrokeshire (pp. 164-179).

Devotional works, 1814-1850, of Pembrokeshire provenance comprising a volume of sermon notes, 1848-1850, of the Rev. David Bateman; and copies of Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, Esponiad Byr ar Gatecism yr Eglwys (4th ed., London, 1778) and Telyn y Cristion (Carmarthen, [1830]), both annotated by their owners with verses, memoranda, etc.

A draft by Morgan James Rees of a scheme for hospital inquiries, together with notes of an inquiry, 30 July 1911, relating to hospital service in Pembrokeshire.

Lists of the sheriffs of Pembrokeshire from 1540 to 1867, the Queen's Lieutenants of Pembrokeshire, 1867, and the Mayors and Sheriffs of Haverfordwest from 1563 to 1857.

Notes by G. G. T. Treherne on ancient trackways in 'Laugharneshire' and suggestions of a possible pilgrims' track from Llanfihangel Abercowin to Tavernspite.

Minutes and memoranda of the Savings Committees in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, namely those for Aberystwyth, Lampeter, Teifiside, Tregaron, Cardigan, Aberaeron, Pembroke & Pembroke Dock, Haverfordwest, Neyland, Dewisland, Fishguard & Goodwick, Llanfyrnach, Tenby, Milford Haven, Narberth, North Pembs., and Kemes, 1931-1973; of the North Cardiganshire, South Cardiganshire, Mid Pembrokeshire, and North Pembrokeshire Committees, 1971-3; and of the Pembrokeshire County Committee, 1941-4.