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Date(s)
- [c. 1807]-1904. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 165 ff. (many blank leaves) ; 200 x 160 mm. Full leather, rebacked at NLW.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Thomas J. Edwards, grandson of Thomas Edwards; Barry; Donation; 1981
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Scope and content
A register of Salem Baptist church, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, containing a brief history of the cause, details of membership, births, baptisms and deaths, and other memoranda pertaining to the church, 1797-1847. A note by Thomas Edwards ('Iorwerth Goch'), Lletty Ifor, Mountain Ash on f. 74 records that the volume was used by him while compiling 'Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Salem, Glanyfferi, o'r dechreuad hyd 1890' (Aberdar, 1891). Also included are memoranda by Thomas Edwards including an account, 1897, of the descendants of William and Phebe Jenkin, Cwmslac, St Ishmael, Carmarthen, in the hand of his son Llewelyn Morgan Edwards (ff. 34-71).
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Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 21748B.
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Name access points
- Salem (Church : Ferryside, Wales) -- Registers. (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas, 1831-1905 (Subject)
- Edwards, Llewelyn Morgan (Subject)
- Jenkin family, Cwmslac, St Ishmael (Subject)
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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Language(s)
- English