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Records of Prestatyn Urban District Council, comprising the specification of duties of Surveyor, 1900, a list of attendances of councillors, 1900, and a notice of apportionment of street works charges, 1901.

A manuscript copy of 'Prestatyn, 1669-1777', being material for an address on the vestry books of the parish delivered to the Prestatyn Scientific and Literary Society, 1 April 1919.

Four typewritten copies of 'Prestatyn, 1669-1777', being material for an address on the vestry books of the parish delivered to the Prestatyn Scientific and Literary Society, 1 April 1919.

'Rhuddlan Castle: An historical record', being the draft of an extensive essay by Thomas Edwards on the structure, description, and history of the castle. The preface is dated 19 July, 1916.

Three typewritten copies, with some manuscript emendations, of a revised version, compiled in 1924, of part of the essay contained in NLW MS 8959F.

Draft pencil sketches of portions of Rhuddlan Castle.

Notes, with illustrations, on the structure of Rhuddlan Castle, with a few similar notes on Prestatyn Castle and buildings at Gwaenysgor and Gwespyr; monumental and other inscriptions from Bodrhyddan, Golden Grove, Rhuddlan Church, and Diserth Church; and notes on Diserth Church plate.

Two facsimile reproductions of the charter of the borough of Rhuddlan, 8 September 1284, together with an English translation.

Accounts of Jenking Gruffith and Robert Thomas ab Edward, churchwardens for the franchise of Rhuthland for the year 1700.

S. C. and M. C. A. Wynne Edwards: Historical Guide to Rhuddlan [1891], with some manuscript corrections; and a proof copy of Thos. Edwards: Rhuddlan. A Short History and Guide, 1914.

Transcripts of Bodrhyddan estate and other documents relating to the boundaries of the manor of Rhuddlan, and to manorial rights claimed by the Crown in lands affected by the Rhuddlan Enclosure Act of 1807. Among them are a report by John Golborne, Chester, on lands lying between Point of Ayr and Voryd, 1773; descriptions of the boundaries by John Matthews, 1807, and John Calveley, 1808; and perambulations, 1808-77 and undated.

Material relating to the history of Rhuddlan, comprising extracts from the parish registers, 1686-1799; a transcript of a terrier, 1774, and of a deed of exchange, 1821, endorsed on a terrier of 1791; extracts from vestry books, 1851-1915; draft lists of vicars, thirteenth century-1884; extracts from public records (Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, State Papers (Domestic), Inquisitions Post Mortem), from printed sources (e.g. Rymer's Foedera) and from Welsh manuscripts (Llanstephan, Cwrtmawr) relating to the Blackfriars; and an extract from a Parliamentary Survey (1649) relating to the rectory.

Material relating to a history of Rhuddlan, comprising extracts and transcripts from printed sources, from Bodrhyddan estate muniments, and from a wide variety of public records (Recognizance Rolls, Welsh Rolls, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Charter Rolls, Fine Rolls, Pipe Rolls, State Papers Domestic, Land Revenue Miscellaneous Books, Chamberlains' Accounts, Ministers' Accounts, 'Rotulorum Originalium ... Abbrevatio', Papal Letters, Parliamentary Surveys, Red Book of Exchequer, etc.). NLW MS 8973D contains a terrier, partly in shorthand, 1791, and notes, 1915, in the hand of the vicar, T. W. Vaughan.

Material relating to the history of Rhuddlan, consisting largely of extracts from vestry books, 1700-1860; with some notes on church plate, parish chest, and font cover, and transcripts of inscribed stones built into the walls of Nonconformist chapels.

Material relating to a history of Rhuddlan, comprising extracts and transcripts from printed sources, from Bodrhyddan estate muniments, and from a wide variety of public records (Recognizance Rolls, Welsh Rolls, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Charter Rolls, Fine Rolls, Pipe Rolls, State Papers Domestic, Land Revenue Miscellaneous Books, Chamberlains' Accounts, Ministers' Accounts, 'Rotulorum Originalium ... Abbrevatio', Papal Letters, Parliamentary Surveys, Red Book of Exchequer, etc.). NLW MS 8975C contains an address presented to the family of Bodrhyddan by the inhabitants of Dyserth on the coming-of-age of Conwy Grenville Hercules Rowley, Esq., 6 January 1862.

Abstracts from the tithe apportionment of the parish of Rhuddlan, 1839[-42].

Material relating to Rhuddlan compiled by, and in the hand of, Archdeacon D. R. Thomas, including an essay on its history and antiquities (with a transcript), transcripts of documents, 1404-57, and draft notes on the castle and other objects of archaeological interest.

A transcript of Dr. Robert Cochrane: 'Mediaeval House, Dyserth, Flintshire' from Archaeologia Cambrensis, Ser. 6, Vol. 12 (1912), pp. 33-38; together with photographs of the house.

Cuttings from The Rhyl Journal, 17-24 January 1914, of a paper by the Reverend J. Fisher, B.D. on 'Some Place-names in the Locality of St. Asaph', read before the St Asaph Literary Society, 8 December 1913.