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George Augustus Bowring (1828-1855), called 'Gussie' in the family, was born 14 June 1828 at Mile End, Liverpool, the son of John Raphael and Emma Bowring. He went to Oporto in Portugal in 1843 for a year's education. He then lived in Aracati and Para in Brazil from 1844 to 1849. He returned to Britain and was resident in Manchester from 1849 to 1852. He then moved to London and worked in a countinghouse. He married Anna Tilbury, daughter of John Tilbury of the Bank of England on 11 Jan. 1853, in London. He died in London on 10 April 1855 and was buried in Highgate cemetery in a unmarked common grave (no. 6449/46). Unusually, two conflicting records exist, one suggesting that he was baptised on 14 Aug. 1828 at St John the Baptist, Chester; the other that he was baptised on 14 Sept. 1829 in Rhaeadr parish church.

The sermons are all in Bodfan's hand, many being endorsed with the date of either their composition or their delivery. The majority of them are in Welsh; a few are written in short-hand. When a sermon has a specific title this is noted; otherwise, the text is quoted. The average length is 4,000 words.

Administrative records relating to grant funding of the Welsh National Opera and material concerning the design competition for the proposed Opera House in Cardiff Bay. They include letters and correspondence, memoranda, grant applications, committee material, reports and studies, press releases, news cuttings, and architectural plans and drawings.

Production records relating to shows previously produced by Welsh National Opera that will not be revived (i.e. 'Dead Shows'). They include production and stage management copies of vocal scores, records relating to individual productions, administrative letters and correspondence, memoranda, technical reports, drawings, press cuttings and posters.

Arranged into records of the Tivyside Hunt, Pembrokeshire militia, and deeds and documents.

Arranged into mining plans etc., 1823-1867, railway plans, [n.d.], and estate plans, 1740-1870. The record descriptions in the original hard copy catalogue are un-numbered, and probably also the maps and plans themselves; the references below are notional.

A small group of photographs, many of them bearing endorsements in the hand of Mrs Kitty Idwal Jones which are quoted below:.

Arranged into letters arranged by christian mame (1/1-1/117); letters arranged by surnames or names of organizations (1/118-1/1410); letters written by Bodfan Anwyl (1/1,411-1/1,414); and letters not directly related to Bodfan Anwyl (1/1,415-1/1,417).

John Jones James (1781-1837) was the eldest child of John and Jane James. He was baptized in 1781 in Rhaeadr church. He married Eliza, surname unknown, and had one legitimate daughter, Catherine Jane, who was born at sea in 1828, and one illegitimate daughter, Cornelia Ludovica Immens of Antwerp. He was a mate with the East India Service by 1805 and was later trading in India on his own account. In Calcutta, around 1836, he resided at 31 Pollock Street. He died on board the Therese off St Helena and was buried there at the county church on 22 Feb. 1837.

Born 9 March 1789, at Rhaeadr, the son of Lt John James and Mrs Jane James, he was little more than a year old when his father died. Educated perhaps at a naval school (Woolwich?), the navy became his life, marrying his wife, Sarah Margaretta Symonds at St James's Church (now the Cathedral), Bury St Edmunds, on 28 Feb. 1833, while on shore leave. Horatio served as a midshipman on the Jason (1804-1808); as a master mate on the Ethalion (1808-1810), Marlborough (in 1810), Donegal (1810-1811), Poictiers (in 1811), Foudroyant (1811-1812); as a lieutenant on the Royal Sovereign (1813-1814), as first lieutenant on the Saracen (1814-1815), as lieutenant on the Antelope (1815-1819), as first lieutenant on the Eden (1822-1823), and the Surinam (1823-1825), as lieutenant on the Hyperion (1828-1830); then, as lieutenant-commander took command of the Surly cutter (1830-1831), the Viper schooner (1831-1834), and the Tartarus steam vessel (1834-1837). In 1841, he was given a sinecure, command of the sloop Blossom, enabling him to be promoted to the rank of commander. Praised for bravery in 1830, HJ was an accomplished artist and had a keen interest in politics. He died in London on 9 October 1850, and was buried at Rhaeadr on 14 October. (For a detailed account of the life and career of Horatio James, see no. 165). Mrs Sarah Margaretta James (1802-1889) was born in Bury St Edmunds on 16 April 1802, baptised 6 Sept. 1803 (at St James's Church). She was the daughter of John Symonds 'the younger' and Margaretta, née Twight (who married 30 April 1786, also at St James's). Sarah married HJ on 28 Feb. 1833, and died at Penralley on 29 Sept. 1889, aged 87. She was buried in Rhaeadr churchyard. (See also no. 1081). Arranged into papers relating to his naval service, 1795-c.1862 (166-504), family matters and personal affairs, 1790-1888 (505-530b), local affairs, 1758-1849 (531-559), the Gloucester, Aberystwyth & Central Wales Railway Co., 1845-1846 (560-570), political matters, 1758-1846 (570a-611), and Mrs Sarah James, 1757-1878 (612-625).