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Family and estate records of Baker-Gabb of The Chain, Abergavenny, and papers relating to Gabb & Co., solicitors of Abergavenny, including estate rentals, 1876-1918, including the Grovefield and Latham estates, [both in the parish of Abergavenny?], and the Ffawyddog estate in the parish of Cwm-iou, Monmouthshire; papers, 1908-1918, relating to the Grwyne Fawr reservoir in the parish of Llaneleu, Breconshire; family and household papers include registers of meteorological readings (thermometer, barometer and rain gauge) at The Chain, 1881-1947, which also contain numerous diary entries; newspaper cuttings and other ephemera of local and family interest; cellar books, 1884-1932; diaries of tours, including to the Austrian Tyrol, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Sicily, Switzerland, 1893-1908; papers relating to the Monmouthshire Polo Club, 1872-1888, to Patrishow church, Breconshire, 1856-1963, and to St Mary's Church and Priory, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, 1925-1949, and papers, 1902-1960, relating to the history of the firm of Gabb & Co., solicitors.

Deeds and papers, meteorological registers, household and personal accounts, and ephemera relating mainly to the Abergavenny area and to Monmouthshire and Glamorgan. 20 files.

Personal papers of Blanche Rosa Minnie Baker Gabb (1874-c.1953), including a birthday book, inscribed "on her 9th Birthday" (E 5/1); travel diaries, to Italy, 1893 (E 5/5/1), to Scotland, 1894 (E 5/5/2), to Norway, 1896 (E 5/5/3), to Italy and Sicily, 1900 (E 5/5/4), to Switzerland, 1900 and 1901 (E 5/5/5-6), to the Austrian Tyrol, 1904 (E 5/5/7), to Ireland, 1906 (E 5/5/8), to Switzerland, 1908, and Devon and Cornwall, 1912 (E 5/5/9); MA degree certificate, Trinity College, Dublin, 1906 (E 5/6); passports, 1913, 1920, 1930 (E 5/8/1-3); account book, 1914-1928 (E 5/9); diaries, 1939, 1942-1944, 1948-1951 (E 5/10/1-8); war-time Christmas card (photocopy) from Col D. R. Paterson, A.F.H.Q., North Africa, 1943 (E 5/11); order of service for funeral (E 5/12/1). 12 items.

Personal papers of Alice Parry Levick of Harlesdon, [Middlesex] (c.1833-1896), comprising order of service for funeral, and In Memoriam card, both 1896. 2 items.

Papers relating to the bells of the Priory, comprising an extract from The Reformation in the old Diocese of Llandaff, by Rev. Lawrence Thomas, 1930, and rough drafts of a short play relating to the bells of St Mary's church, 1500-1556, part of the English Folk Dance and Song Society jubilee festival pageant at Monmouth, 1935. 3 items.

Papers relating to Dore Abbey and St Mary's church, Abbeydore, Herefordshire, including articles from The Builder, 1893 and 1896 (H 1/1); Dore Abbey, Herefordshire: a short account of its history and an appeal for its repair, by Rowland W. Paul, 1898 (H 1/2); appeals for the repair of the church, [1898?] and 1911 (H 1/6-8). 9 items. Eleven post-cards of the exterior and interior of the church, [late 19C.?], transferred to the Dept of Maps and Prints (see introduction).

Form of service of dedication of the church of St Michael and All Saints, Mont Caux [?Montceaux-lès-Provins, France], 1906, together with a memorandum of the gift of an alms-dish and a lectern for the communion table given by Mr and Mrs Baker Gabb, 1905. 2 items.