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Bishop John Owen Papers,
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Note books,

Three note books containing newspaper cuttings and accounts. The cuttings include traditional medical recipes, old wives tales, and items of political and religious nature.

Note books,

Notebooks containing extracts from the Bible, numerous newspaper cuttings, notes for sermons and prayers, possibly in the hand of his father, Griffith Owen. Welsh. Previously identified as numbers 4, 6-7, 12, 18, 20, 23-24, 29.

Letters,

Letters on various subjects, including church reform, objections to Mr Darlington as schools inspector, the health of the Bishop of St Davids, various testimonials, the Penrhyn strike etc., 1896.

The early life of Bishop Owen,

Incomplete manuscript of The early life of Bishop Owen, up to 1919, for the period 1854-1872. 'Early days at Ysguborwen', 'Parentage' and 'Bottwnog school-days' are missing.

Correspondence,

Correspondence discussing various subjects, including the Welsh prayer book, 1901; marriage of divorced persons, 1902; sale of the National School, Llanelli, 1905; QAB; Oxwich with Nicholaston parish; the use of incense in church, 1902.

Letters re. the 1902 Education Bill,

Letters from various correspondents including the Bishop of St Asaph, Bishop of Bangor, Dean Richards, Canon Roberts and others, with regard to the Education Bill, 1902. Includes a printed copy of the diary of the Bill to 16 Oct. 1902.

Letters,

Letters concerning the new Bishop of Llandaff, 1905, clerical poverty, and the return to Abergwili etc., 1905-1906.

Letters,

Letters discussing subjects such as the bishopric's seals for the Ecclesiastical Commission buildings; receipts for rebuilding work at the Palace; and letters of diocesan interest, including Pembroke Dock discharges, mainly 1905.

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