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'Scrapiana', or cuttings from newspapers, both Welsh and English, collected by Charles Ashton. The cuttings, ranging from 1884 to 1890, are from Y Dydd, Gwalia, Cambrian News, Liverpool Daily Post, Tit-bits, Y Drych, The Welsh Farmers' Gazette, Liverpool Weekly Mercury, Wellington Journal, Y Llan, Oswestry Advertizer, and the Montgomeryshire Express.

Typescript transcripts and lists, 1943, compiled by David E. Gardner, comprising transcripts (for 1725-1812) and extracts (1813-1929) of marriages recorded in the parish registers of St Brides, Pembrokeshire (ff. 8-12); transcripts of marriages (1754-1837) recorded in the parish registers of Loughor, Glamorgan (ff. 13-33); and a list of non-parochial registers relating to Cheshire held at the General Registry Office, Somerset House (ff. 1-7).

Deeds, 1310-1427, relating to lands in the area of Swineshead in Holland, Lincolnshire, owned by the (de) la Warre family together with some 19th century notes on the descent of the Gresley, Warenne, De la Warre, and West families.

The fonds comprises case papers, 1903-1973, dealing with interested parties within Wales and/or the London area who had some sort of Welsh connection. Included are papers dealing with land and property transfer, receivership and company liquidation, defamation and compensation, opposition to parliamentary bills, the settlement of personal estate, contempt of court and general legal matters. Not all of the issues addressed in the files actually resulted in court cases. The majority of the files consist of legal papers such as instructions and notes to counsel, briefs to counsel, opinions of counsel, affidavits, statements, declarations, summonses, claims and orders, often in draft form or as official copies, and solicitors' charges and bills. These are usually accompanied by correspondence made up of original letters and copy letters, both office copies and carbon copies, as well as handwritten notes and occasional telegrams, bills and receipts. Frequently, the files also contain associated documents such as copies of leases, agreements and deeds, plans and maps, accounts, reports and transcriptions of evidence, together with relevant printed material such as sale particulars, parliamentary bills and published reports.

A manuscript containing a terrier of lands, 1616, in Cheshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire, together with memoranda involving money owing and lent, etc.

'Maxims on the political, social, and domestic economy of the English country gentleman in his public and individual capacity', written in 1823 by Thomas Netherton Parker, Sweeney [Hall, near Oswestry]'.

Papers of and acquired by John Thomas Evans and his brother A. W. Wade-Evans 1590-1964, largely antiquarian in interest, comprising transcripts, mostly by J. T. Evans, of church records, 1902-1932, including parish registers for Haverfordwest, St Nicholas, Grandston, Llanwnda, Llanychlwydog and Llanllawer, Newport, Llanstinan, Fishguard, Nevern, Meline, and Dinas (St Brynach's), all of Pembrokeshire, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire and Rockingham, Northamptonshire; monumental inscriptions from Llanwnda and Newport churchyard, Manorowen and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire; and notebooks of some eminent Welshmen; printed articles and cuttings, [1901]-[1964]; drawings, [1898x1909]; rubbings of armorials from Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire altar vessels; correspondence, 1891-1940, addressed to J. T. Evans, A. W. Wade-Evans and various members of the Evans family, including a group of letters sent from Thomas Henry Evans when he was in South Africa; documents, articles and letters, 1766-1939, relating to various aspects of the interests and life of J. T. Evans in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire; historical and antiquarian material and notes, 1904-1938; miscellaneous collected printed material, manuscripts and deeds, 1579-[1928]; personal documents of J. T. Evans and A. W. Wade-Evans, such as licences and certificates, 1895-1964; together with some papers of their brother Thomas Henry Evans, including A copy of Y Llyfr Grôt a book written by T. H. Evans, of his experiences as a mining engineer in the Yukon district, Alaska, 1914; essays by and copied by T. H. Evans, [1859x1920]; and letters, [1859x1920].

Deeds relating to properties at Deep Dean, Walford, Herefordshire, 1799-1816, and in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, 1788-1859.

Papers, 1891-1938, relating to the work and administration of the Western Sea Fisheries and the Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries, comprising files of correspondence relating to individual fisheries, 1896-1914; reports of Fishery Officers, annual reports and printed material, 1892-1938; correspondence relating to Committee personnel, 1892-1923; bye-laws and certificates, 1892-1899; Committee papers, 1891-1913; financial papers, 1893-1923; papers of James Travis Jenkins on Fishery Schools, the Sardine Case of 1912, and a bibliography of whaling [20th century].

Deeds relating mainly to Carmarthenshire, 1531-1857, and to other Welsh counties including Brecknockshire, 1655-1800, Cardiganshire, 1628-1819, Glamorgan, 1673-1792, Monmouthshire, 1636-1795, Montgomeryshire, 1675-1702, Pembrokeshire, 1724-1811, and Radnorshire, 1689-1773. There is no apparent connection between the deeds.

Papurau, 1966-2006, gan gynnwys cofnodion cyfarfodydd, gohebiaeth, papurau ariannol, rhaglenni a phapurau amrywiol eraill yn ymwneud â'r gymdeithas. Bu Dr Lewis Davies (m. 2006), diweddar ŵr y rhoddwr, yn ysgrifennydd a thrysorydd y gymdeithas am nifer o flynyddoedd. = Papers of the Durham Welsh Society, 1966-2006, including minutes of meetings, correspondence, financial papers, programmes and various other papers, relating to the society. Dr Lewis Davies (d. 2006), the donor’s late husband, was secretary and treasurer of the society for many years.

Papurau Pwyllgor yr Angor, 1979-1987, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, tanysgrifiadau, hysbysebion, cyfriflenni banc, anfonebau a phapurau personol,1979-1983, a chofnodion ariannol, 1983-1987 = Papers of the Committee of Yr Angor, 1979-1987, comprising correspondence, subscriptions, advertisements, bank statements, invoices and personal papers, 1979-1983, and financial records, 1983-1987.

Llyfr cofnodion, 1913-1917, Pwyllgor Gwaith Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Birkenhead, 1917, yn cynnwys cofnodion, deunydd printiedig a thorion perthynol o'r Brython, Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Mercury, Birkenhead News, Liverpool Express a Tharian y Gweithiwr. = Minute book, 1913-1917, of the Executive Committee of Birkenhead National Eisteddfod, 1917, comprising minutes, printed material and related press cuttings from the Brython, Liverpool Daily Post, Liverpool Mercury, Birkenhead News, Liverpool Express and Tarian y Gweithiwr.

Dwy gyfrol yn perthyn i Gymdeithas Cymry Manceinion (Cymdeithas Genedlaethol Cymry Manceinion yn wreiddiol), sef llyfr cofnodion, 1954-1991, gan gynnwys rhaglenni'r tymor, a llyfr lloffion yn cynnwys erthyglau papurau newydd yn nodi gweithgareddau’r gymdeithas a'r eglwysi, 1925-1932. Dathlodd y gymdeithas ei chanmlwyddiant ym 1986. = Two volumes relating to Cymdeithas Cymry Manceinion (Manchester Welsh Society, originally known as Manchester Welsh National Society), being a minute book, 1954-1991 including programmes of events, and a scrap-book containing newspaper articles, 1925-1932, detailing the society’s activities and also the churches. The society celebrated its centenary in 1986.