Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1545-1945 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.458 cubic metres (16 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The first member of the Parry family to reside at Llidiradau was David Parry who married Mary, widow of John Jones, vicar of Cardigan. Thomas Parry (1746-1819) succeeded his father David in 1763. Thomas Parry married Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Williams of Pantsheriff. Following his death, his only son, George Williams Parry (1785-1838), succeded to the Llidiardau estate. He was succeded by his son George Williams Parry (1811-1874) who married Elizabeth Hughes of Glanrheidol and then by another George Williams Parry (1852-1927). His eldest son and heir was George Williams Randolph Marriott Parry (1885-1974). The estate was sold in 1956.
In 1873 the Llidiardau estate measured 3,561 acres with an annual rental of £1,974.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
G. W. R. Marriott Parry; Llidiardau, Llanilar; Deposit; May 1956
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal and estate papers of the family of Parry of Llidiardau, Llanilar, Cardiganshire, and of the associated families of Hughes of Glanrheidol, Llanbadarn Fawr, and Hughes of Alltlwyd, Llansantffraid, both also of Cardiganshire, mainly 18 cent.-20 cent., mainly comprising deeds, 1545-1901; rentals of the Llwyniorwerth estate, 1736-1740, 1776, the estates of George Parry, Havefordwest, 1786-1836, the Pantsheriff estate, 1806-1822, Wervilbrook, 1824-1831, and of Llidiardau, 1885-1926; correspondence, 1725, 1782-1936; probate records, 1610-1866; legal papers from the office of Charles Parry, solicitor, Aberystwyth 1824-1870; papers relating to Charles Parry's clerkship of the Cardiganshire Roads Board; and documents acquired by G.W. Parry as justice of the peace and chairman of the Cardiganshire Quarter Sessions, 1848-1870.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Preliminary arranged by record type.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A preliminary list is available at NLW and HMC.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Barber, Barbra Jill, Sources for family history : a case study with paricular reference to Wales, the Parrys of Llidiardau, (University of Wales Ph.D Thesis, 1995).
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Llidiardau Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Llwyniorwerth Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Cardiganshire (Wales). County Roads Board (Subject)
- Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cardiganshire) (Subject)
- Charles Parry (Firm) (Subject)
- Pantsheriff Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Wervilbrook Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Glanrheidol Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Llidiardau Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Parry, George (Subject)
- Parry family, of Llidiardau -- Archives (Subject)
- Hughes family, of Glanrheidol (Subject)
- Hughes family, of Allt-lwyd, Llansanffraid (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2002.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Jones, Francis, Historic Cardiganshire Homes and their families, (Newport, 2000); National Library of Wales, Annual Report, 1955-1956; Meyrick, Samuel Rush, The History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan, (London, 1810);