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- 1802 / (Creation)
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280 pp., unnumbered; over sixty leaves blank towards the end. Worn sheepskin binding with clasp.
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A notebook written in pencil by Edward Williams, 'Iolo Morganwg', and containing an account of his journey from London to Merthyr, 29 May - (?) 24 June 1802. A few of the pages are now very indistinct and almost illegible. The places mentioned include Tatsworth, Oxford, Woodstock, Enstone, Long Compton and Rollright circle, Tidmanton, Alderminster, Stratford upon Avon, Wooton [sic], Henly [sic], Birmingham, Bromwich, Westbury, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Tettenhall, Shiffnal [sic], Madley ? [Madeley], Colebrook Dale, Buildwas, Hatcham, Salop (Shrewsbury), Crew Green, Meivod, Llanfair, Newtown, Ceri, Felindre, Bugeildy, Llanfair Waterdine, Knighton, Norton, Presteign, New Radnor, Old Radnor, Glasdre [? Gladestry], Pain's Castle, Clirow, Hay, Glasbury, Llyswen, Capel (y) ffin, and Brecon. Among the individuals briefly mentioned are the Reverend Walter Davies ['Gwallter Mechain'], curate of Meifod, with whom, 14 June, Iolo Morganwg sets out on a survey of South Wales, Mr. Weyman 'at Griffin Ffloyd', Mr. Richard Williams of the Duke's Arms, Knighton, Thos. Grove, Esqr., of Cwm Elen, and Mr. [ ] Morgan, wool-stapler, of Knighton. There are also some notes on the Vale of Glamorgan, including an air, and hymn stanzas, e.g. 'Rhodio gyda Duw'.
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English, Welsh.
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The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 13174A.
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- Hymns, Welsh
- Oxfordshire (England) -- Description and travel
- Rollright Stones (England) -- Description and travel
- Warwickshire (England) -- Description and travel
- Bedfordshire (England) -- Description and travel.
- Montgomeryshire (Wales) -- Description and travel.
- Radnorshire (Wales) -- Description and travel.
- Breconshire (Wales) -- Description and travel.
- Monmouthshire (Wales) -- Description and travel
- Vale of Glamorgan (Wales)
- Shropshire (England) -- Description and travel
- West Midlands (England) -- Description and travel
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- Davies, Walter, 1761-1849 (Subject)
- Williams, Richard, Knighton (Subject)
- Grove, Thomas, Cwm Elen (Subject)