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(With 172D). Two volumes of rough transcripts, abstracts, extracts, etc. by J. H. Davies, with one transcript by E. A. Lewis, of original material (14c-19c) mainly relating to Caernarvonshire and partly to Anglesey and Merioneth, extracted mainly from public records. Other sources include manuscripts in the British Museum; Bangor episcopal lease books, surveys and rentals in the possession of the Welsh Church Commission (now in the National Library of Wales); and printed matter.

(With 173B). Two volumes of rough transcripts, abstracts, extracts, etc. by J. H. Davies, with one transcript by E. A. Lewis, of original material (14c-19c), mainly relating to Caernarvonshire and partly to Anglesey and Merioneth, extracted mainly from public records. Other sources include manuscripts in the British Museum; Bangor episcopal lease books, surveys and rentals in the possession of the Welsh Church Commission (now in the National Library of Wales); and printed matter.

A volume lettered 'Hanesion Llyn ac Eifionydd', being a collection compiled by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') of literary, historical and antiquarian material relating mainly to South Caernarvonshire. The collection is partly in the form of notes and extracts in the compiler's hand and partly of mounted cuttings, 1838-1900 and undated, from Yr Herald Cymraeg, Y Genedl Gymreig, Yr Eifion, Yr Arweinydd, Yr Haul, Yr Ymofynydd, Y Winllan, Y Gwladgarwr, Archaeologia Cambrensis, Dysgedydd y Plant, Trysorfa Y Plant, Y Geiniogwerth, Y Brython ('Cyntaf'), Y Wawr ('Americanaidd'), Columbia, Y Goleuad, North Wales Chronicle, Y Cronicl, Y Protestant, Baner ac Amserau Cymru, Y Drych, Seren Gomer, Papur Pawb, etc. The following is a representative collection of titles: 'Llynau'r Ddwyfor', 'Plwyf Abererch', 'Plwyf Llangybi', 'Plwyf Llanarmon', 'Hen dai yn mhlwyf Llanbedrog', 'Pont Rhyd-y-Croesau', 'Talhenbont', 'Cyfarfod Llenyddol Pwllheli' (1857), 'Llenyddiaeth Lleyn ac Eifionydd', 'Caer Fenlli', 'Ynys Enlli', 'Ysgol Sul gyntaf sir Gaernarfon', 'Taith dros yr Eifl', 'Aberdaron: Trem ar ddechreuad yr achos [Wesleaidd] yn y lle', 'Y Nadolig yn Lleyn', 'Dinlleyn', 'Adgofion boreu oes am Pwllheli a'r gymydogaeth', 'Ymweliad a Galltraeth ...', 'Ffynonau cysegredig Cymru', 'Taith drwy Lleyn ac Eifionydd', 'Tyddyn y Llan, Llangybi', 'Elusendai Llangybi ...', 'Llanystymdwy a'i hynodion', 'Cofiant Dewi Wyn ...', 'Mangofion barddonol', 'Adgofion ieuenctyd [am Dremadog]', 'Cymdeithas Ddarllen Porth Madog, i Forwyr, Crefftwyr, ac eraill', 'Cymdeithas Lenyddol Eifionydd', 'Hanesion Eifionydd (O Draethawd Buddugol Ynys-y-Pandy)', 'Hanes Plwyf Llanystumdwy', etc.

A scrap-book containing material largely of Caernarvonshire interest (biographical notes, press cuttings, extracts from almanacs, copies of memorial inscriptions, etc.) compiled by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'). There is a rough list of contents at the beginning but this is not exhaustive and the pages are not numbered. Inset are two letters, one incomplete, 1920-1, from Ifan ab Owen Edwards, Llanuwchllyn to 'Myrddin Fardd'.

An album lettered 'Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon' and labelled 'I' from the library of John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing press cuttings with annotations and some additions by the compiler.

A collection of press cuttings, mainly relating to Caernarvonshire, compiled by 'Myrddin Fardd'.

A collection of press cuttings mostly of Caernarvonshire interest compiled by 'Myrddin Fardd', with manuscript notes by him.

A collection of press cuttings mostly of Caernarvonshire interest compiled by 'Myrddin Fardd', with manuscript notes by him.

A collection of press cuttings mostly of Caernarvonshire interest compiled by 'Myrddin Fardd', with manuscript notes by him.

Papurau Bob Owen yn cynnwys traethodau eisteddfodol, 1910-1941; beirniadaethau ar draethodau eisteddfodol, 1916-1949; crynodebau o bregethau a glywodd, 1895-1927; teipysgrifau rhaglenni radio yr oedd ynghlwm wrthynt, 1936-1957; gohebiaeth, 1908-1961, yn cynnwys llythyrau Dr Thomas Richards, 1923-1960; dyddiaduron, 1905-1961; papurau personol, 1898-1961; papurau teuluol, 1900-1923; copïau a drafftiau o ddarlithoedd, erthyglau a thraethodau, 1906-1950; nodiadau ac adysgrifau helaeth ganddo o farddoniaeth Gymraeg, ewyllysiau a mynegeion ewyllysiau, cartiau achau ac achresi, cofrestri plwyf ac adysgrifau'r esgob, dyddiaduron, llythyrau, almanaciau, cofnodion llys, yn ymwneud yn bennaf â siroedd Caernarfon a Meirionnydd, a chofiannau, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; nodiadau ar anghydffurfiaeth yng Ngogledd Cymru, plwyfi siroedd Meirionnydd a Chaernarfon, llongau a morwyr o Gymru a Chymry Llundain, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; nodiadau pwysig ar ymfudo o Gymru, yn enwedig i'r Unol Daleithiau, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; copïau teipysgrif o gofnodion corfforaethau yn cynnwys Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri a Chyngor Sir Feirionnydd, 1922-1962; cofnodion gwreiddiol a ddaeth i feddiant Bob Owen, yn bennaf cofnodion Chwarel Parc a Chroesor, sir Feirionnydd, yn cynnwys cyfrifon a chofnodion, 1891-1941, a chofnodion ysgolion ac ysgolion Sul, 1861-1957; a thorion ac adysgrifau o amrywiol gyfnodolion Cymreig, 1816-1965. = Papers of Bob Owen including eisteddfod essays, 1910-1941; adjudications of eisteddfod essays, 1916-1949; summaries of sermons heard by him, 1895-1927; typescripts of radio programmes involving him, 1936-1957; correspondence, 1908-1961, including letters from Dr Thomas Richards, 1923-1960; diaries, 1905-1961; personal papers, 1898-1961; family papers, 1900-1923; copies and drafts of lectures, articles and monographs, 1906-1950; extensive notes and transcripts by Bob Owen of Welsh poetry, wills and indexes of wills, pedigrees and genealogies, parish registers and bishops' transcripts, diaries, letters, almanacs, court records, mainly relating to Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, and biographies, [20 cent, first ½]; notes on nonconformists in North Wales, Merionethshire and Caernarvonshire parishes, Welsh ships and sailors and the London Welsh, [20 cent, first ½]; important notes on emigration from Wales, especially to the United States, [20 cent, first ½]; typescript records of bodies including Snowdonia National Park and Merioneth County Council, 1922-1962; original records acquired by Bob Owen, mainly records of Parc and Croesor Quarry, Merionethshire, including accounts and minutes, 1891-1941, and school and Sunday School records, 1861-1957; and cuttings and transcripts from various Welsh periodicals, 1816-1965.

Deeds, documents and plans, 1455-1895, relating to properties in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire; including papers of the Poole family, owners of the Caenest and Pencraig estates in Merionethshire and Anglesey; surveys, [c. 1770] of the Caenest and Pencraig estates; and building leases for properties in the port of Amlwch, [late 18th century].

Miscellaneous papers, 1856-1939, with annotations in the hand of Owain Llewelyn Owain, mostly relating to Caernarvonshire, including a letterbook, 1856, pertaining to Bryn Hafod y Wern slate quarry, Bethesda; a tribute, 1876, to Hugh Owens, Tal-y-sarn, musician, and father of Owain Llewelyn Owain; typescript copies, with manuscript emendations, of two speeches by David Lloyd George, the first delivered at Caernarfon in June 1930, and the second at Bangor, 17 January 1935; and a draft of a speech by Sir Thomas Artemus Jones, chariman of the North Wales Tribunal of Conscientious Objectors, delivered at Caernarfon Town Hall in November 1939.

Lists of sheriffs of Caernarvonshire, Merioneth and Anglesey; notes of some Caernarvonshire and Anglesey law cases submitted for opinion of several counsel, including John Parry, Caernarvon; a table of fees to be charged by the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Caernarvon as from 1779; copies of bills of costs in the ecclesiastical court of Bangor, 1777; bills of costs of erecting a seat in church by a faculty from the court at Bangor, 1779; etc.

Abstracts of some cases of Caernarvonshire interest heard in the Court of Star Chamber, temp. Elizabeth.

Correspondence of David Thomas, 1907-1929, together with pamphlets, reports and other printed items relating mainly to socialism, the Independent Labour Party, workers' unions, agricultural wages, publication of Y Werin a'i Theyrnas, local committees in North Wales for improvement of social conditions, the Caernarfonshire parliamentary election, 1922, and miscellaneous unspecified subjects; incomplete copies of David Thomas's printed works, articles and parts of his thesis, 1928; account books, [c. 1878]-1910, belonging chiefly to John Williams, Bwlchgwyn, Denbighshire; a small notebook containing literary adjudications in connection with an eisteddfod at Tal-y-sarn, 1908, and translations of six stories from French into Welsh by Morfudd' [Miss H. Jones, Porth] andNehushtan' [N. El. Thomas, Swansea], entered at the Barry National Eisteddfod 1920.

Records of the Nefyn Branch of the Caernarvon Conservative and Unionist Association, including a minute book, 1960-1979, and minute book of the womens' branch, 1960-1976; circulars, [1960s]-1977; miscellaneous papers, [1960s]-1979; and publications from the Conservative and Unionist Central Office, 1946-1977.

An incomplete biographical dictionary of Caernarvonshire worthies ('Enwogion sir Gaernarfon') (209 numbered pages, with numerous gaps) by 'Gwydion ap Don', which was submitted for competition at the National Eisteddfod held at Caernarvon in 1877.

The manuscript of a review by Timothy Lewis (1877-1958), Aberystwyth in Zeitschrift für Ortsnamenforchung, 1930, of J. Lloyd-Jones: Enwau Lleoedd Sir Gaernarfon ... (Cardiff, 1928).

Personal papers of Sir John Williams comprising notes, essays, lectures and transcripts by him, [19th century]-[early 20th century]; certificates and testimonials, 1858-1915; cards and letters from the children of King George V and invitation cards to royal functions, 1889-1916; documents relating to his various honours, 1894-1911; photograph and stamp albums, 1849-[early 20th century]; other photographs, [1840s]-1905; press cuttings, [c. 1870]-1926; letters collected by Sir John, 1633-1912; letters to him, 1879-1922, the correspondents including members of the Royal Family; deeds and other documents relating to properties in Llangadog, to Plas Llanstephan and to Harley Street, London, 1790-1918; bibliographical material, [19th century]-[20th century]; medical notebooks and other papers, 1855-1900; diaries of Sir John and Lady Williams, 1872-1925; estate and financial records, 1890-[1926]; papers relating to public affairs, 1870-1911; miscellaneous items collected by Sir John, 1795-[c. 1919]; personal possessions, including University and commemorative medals, insignia, medical equipment, and ceremonial trumpets, 1861-1913; and deeds collected by Sir John Williams, 1546-1869, comprising deeds of the Vaughan family of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, the Penry family of Swansea, Glamorgan, and the Dalton family of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, 1545-1677, relating to properties in Llangennech and Pembrey, Carmarthenshire; deeds of John Jones, Ystrad, Carmarthenshire, relating to Llansadwrn, Carmarthenshire, 1632-1793, and the borough of Carmarthen, 1611-1869; Wynn of Gwydir deeds, 1352-1797, relating mostly to Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire and Denbighshire; miscellaneous Welsh deeds, relating mainly to properties in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, 1451-[c. 1840]; and miscellaneous deeds relating to England (mainly Cornwall and Staffordshire), Ireland, and Scotland, 1586-1896.

Gohebiaeth, barddoniaeth, rhyddiaith a phapurau teuluol, yn ymwneud â J. W. Jones, 1878-1954, a'i dad, 'Glan Barlwyd', 1866-1917; deunydd a gasglwyd gan J. W. Jones yn ymnweud ag unigolion a sefydliadau yn ardal Blaenau Ffestiniog, gan gynnwys gohebiaeth, barddoniaeth a phapurau eraill o eiddo 'Gwilym Deudraeth', 1917-1939, 'Elfyn', 1874-1917, Y Parch. R. R. Morris, 1883-1933, 'Alafon', 1875-1915, 'Llifon', 1899-1916, 'Isallt', 1887-1913, a 'Glyn Myfyr', 1893-1937; llythyrau at John Daniel Davies yn rhinwedd ei swydd fel golygydd Y Rhedegydd, 1930-1942; barddoniaeth a phapurau eraill o eiddo T. Gwynn Jones, 1910-1944; barddoniaeth, [1840]-1940, gan amryw feirdd, yn cynnwys Hedd Wyn ac R. Williams Parry; deunydd rhyddiaith amrywiol, peth ohono wedi'i gyhoeddi yn Y Drysorfa ac yn Y Rhedegydd, 1879-1954; llawysgrifau cerddorol, 1876-[c. 1934]; beirniadaethau eisteddfodol, 1870-1939; llyfrau lloffion yn cynnwys torion o'r wasg, [c. 1879]-1940; dyddiaduron, 1864-1935; cofnodion chwareli llechi Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1868-1951; amryw gyfrifon a llyfrau cyfrifon yn ymwneud â gwahanol fusnesau a sefydliadau, 1784-1932; cofnodion yn ymwneud ag eglwysi'r Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1840-1951, gan gynnwys rhai Bethel, Tanygrisiau, [1840x1945]; pregethau a nodiadau crefyddol,1846-1952; deunydd printiedig yn cynnwys effemera etholiadol, marwnadau, baledi, carolau ac emynau, 1820-1948; a gweithredoedd a dogfennau yn ymwneud â siroedd Caernarfon, Meirionnydd a Dinbych, 1759-1947. = Correspondence, poetry, prose and family papers, relating to J. W. Jones, 1878-1954, and to his father, 'Glan Barlwyd', 1866-1917; material collected by J. W. Jones relating to individuals and organizations in the Blaenau Ffestiniog area, including correspondence, poetry and other papers of 'Gwilym Deudraeth', 1917-1939, 'Elfyn', 1874-1917, Rev. R. R. Morris, 1883-1933, 'Alafon', 1875-1915, 'Llifon', 1899-1916, 'Isallt', 1887-1913, and 'Glyn Myfyr', 1893-1937; letters to John Daniel Davies as editor of Y Rhedegydd, 1930-1942; poetry and other papers of T. Gwynn Jones, 1910-1944; poetry, [1840]-1940, by various poets, including Hedd Wyn and R. Williams Parry; various prose material, some of which was published in Y Drysorfa and Y Rhedegydd, 1879-1954; musical manuscripts, 1876-[c. 1934]; eisteddfod adjudications, 1870-1939; scrapbooks containing press cuttings, [c. 1879]-1940; diaries, 1864-1935; records of Blaenau Ffestiniog slate quarries, 1868-1951; various accounts and account books relating to various trades and organisations, 1784-1932; records relating to Calvinistic Methodist churches, 1840-1951, including those of Bethel, Tanygrisiau, [1840x1945]; sermons and religious notes, 1846-1952; printed material including electoral ephemera, elegies, ballads, carols and hymns, 1820-1948; and deeds and documents relating to Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire and Denbighshire, 1759-1947.