Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1711-1916 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.143 cubic metres (5 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Members of the Evans family of Maenol include Thomas Evans (d. pre-1853) of Maenol, Anne Evans (d. c.1843), spinster, Eleanor otherwise Ellen Evans (d. c.1868) spinster, and Marianne Evans (d. pre-1873) of Llanidloes, neice and contingent heir of Thomas Evans, and wife of William Hunt (d. pre-1867) of Llanidloes.
The estate appears to have come into the hands of Mrs Elizabeth Hayward (alive 1827-1888) of Maenol, Llanidloes, widow, and Thomas Hayward (alive 1828-1873) of Llanidloes, solicitor. The estate was later held by Margaret Eleanor Phillips (alive 1871-1928) of Aberystwyth, formerly M. E. Hayward, spinster, grand niece of Thomas Hayward, and wife of the Rev. Canon Evan Owen Phillips (d. pre-1897). The Phillips family owned an estate in the parishes of St Dogmaels and St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Evan Owen and Margaret Eleanor Phillips had a daughter Ellen Margaret Phillips (alive 1900) of Aberystwyth.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Messrs McLaren, Jeens & Seacome of Cheltenham, 19 March 1956, per the Gloucestershire Record Office.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal and estate records of the associated families of Evans, Hayward, and Phillips of Maenol, near Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, and especially of Thomas Hayward, a Llanidloes solicitor, including title deeds and abstracts of title, [mid-18]-[early 20 cent.], relating to properties in Montgomeryshire, and St Davids, Pembrokeshire (being the original estate of the Phillips family), and Radnorshire, including deeds relating to railway development in Llanidloes and Llangurig, Montgomeryshire, 1865-1916; original, copy and draft probate records, 1732-1928, of members of the families of Evans of Llanidloes, Phillips of Llanidloes and St Dogmaels, and Lucas of Llangurig; accounts, correspondence and other documents of Thomas Edmund Marsh of Llanidloes, solicitor, 1831-1837, in connection with his investigations of the title to properties in Llangurig and Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, purchased by Thomas Evans of Maenol; and legal and business letters to Thomas Hayward of Llanidloes, mainly 1877-1879.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged in bundles by subject.
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
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Hard copies of the catalogue are available at NLW and HMC.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
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
- Maenol Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Llanidloes Public Rooms Company. (Subject)
- Marsh junior and Hayward. (Subject)
- Maenol Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Hayward, Thomas. (Subject)
- Marsh, Thomas Edmund. (Subject)
- Phillips family, of Maenol -- Archives. (Subject)
- Hayward family, of Maenol -- Archives. (Subject)
- Evans family, of Maenol -- Archives. (Subject)
- Hayward family, of Maenol. (Subject)
- Evans family, of Maenol. (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
January 2002.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Stephen Benham.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Maenol Deeds and Documents;