Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1852-1857 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
NLW MS 16384iB Extent: 10 ff. ; Dimensions: 195 x 165 mm.NLW MS 16384iiB Extent: 12 ff. (8 verso-12 blank) ; Dimensions: 195 x 165 mm.Exercise books, paper covers.At least 12 ff. removed at end, f. 6 loose, affected by damp (NLW MS 16384iB); leaves removed after f. 9, 10, 11 and 12, affected by damp (NLW MS 16384iiB).At least 12 ff. removed at end, f. 6 loose, affected by damp (NLW MS 16384iB); leaves removed after f. 9, 10, 11 and 12, affected by damp (NLW MS 16384iiB)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Samuel Davies's Book' and 'Samuel Davies Royal Oak Lampeter' (NLW MS 16384iB, inside front cover); 'Elizabeth Davies's Book' (NLW MS 16384iiB, inside front cover).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs D. R. Thomas; Lampeter; Donation (with NLW MS 16385B, NLW Deeds 1149); June 1946
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two school exercise books containing bidding accounts, 7 April 1852, for the marriage of Samuel Davies of Lampeter, Cardiganshire (NLW MS 16384iB), and his wife Elizabeth (née Jones) (NLW MS 16384iiB, ff. 1-6), both in the hand of Samuel Davies.
Also included in the second volume are a few rough accounts, 30 May 1857 (MS 16384iiB, f. 8).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Text
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16384i & iiB.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Davies, Samuel, 1829-1905? -- Marriage. (Subject)
- Davies, Elizabeth, of Lampeter -- Marriage. (Subject)
- Davies, Samuel, 1829-1905? -- Archives. (Subject)
Genre access points
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Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2006 and December 2014.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;