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Two volumes which contain two groups of scrapbooks, eighteen in all, containing materials relating principally to Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, compiled by George Eyre Evans in 1910 in his capacity of Assistant Inspector to the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire.
They consist of notes in the autograph of George Eyre Evans, including extracts from the parish registers of Llanidloes, 1616-1747, Llanerfyl, 1670-1783, and Cemmaes, 1733-1812, and a transcript of a part of a journal of a visit by the Reverend Thomas Price, vicar of Merthyr Tydfil, to Dolcoed Wells, Llanwrtyd, 1762; autograph letters to George Eyre Evans from Henry Bonsal, Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Llanbedrog, S. A. Evans, Llanbadarn Fawr, H. E. Forrest, Shrewsbury, C. P. Gasquoine, Caxton Press, Oswestry, F. W. Gibbins, Pendine, J. D. James, Llanerfyl Rectory, D. E. Jones, Board of Education, Katie Jones, Llansilin, D. C. Lloyd Owen, Four Oaks, Warwickshire, Elsie Owen, Cwmrhaiadr, Machynlleth, O. R. Owen, Llangynog, Norman Penney, Friends' Historical Society, London, J. H. Swann, Manchester, E. R. Vaughan, Staylittle and John Williams, Llanwddyn Vicarage; photographs, illustrations, rubbings of inscriptions, press cuttings and broadsides; and miscellanea, including notes in Welsh on the ancient monuments of Cemmaes, compiled in 1909 by Hugh Francis, clerk to the parish council.
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Welsh, English.
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Formerly known as Eyre Evans 50-51.
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Preferred citation: NLW MSS 7973-7974C.
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- Price, Thomas, Rev., of Merthyr Tydfil. (Subject)
- Bonsall, Henry, of Llanbadarn Fawr (Subject)
- Evans, J. Gwenogvryn (John Gwenogvryn), 1852-1930. (Subject)
- Evans, S. A., Llanbadarn Fawr. (Subject)
- Forrest, H. E., Shrewsbury. (Subject)
- Gasquoine, C. P., Caxton Press, Oswestry. (Subject)
- Gibbins, F. W., Pendine. (Subject)
- James, J. D., Llanerfyl Rectory. (Subject)
- Jones, D. E., Board of Education. (Subject)
- Jones, Katie, Llansilin. (Subject)
- Lloyd-Owen, D. C. (David Charles), 1843-1925 (Subject)
- Owen, Elsie, of Cwmrhaiadr (Subject)
- Owen, O. R., Llangynog. (Subject)
- Penney, Norman, Friends' Historical Society, London. (Subject)
- Swann, John H., Manchester. (Subject)
- Vaughan, E. R., Staylittle. (Subject)
- Williams, John, Llanwddyn Vicarage. (Subject)
- Francis, Hugh, Cemmaes. (Subject)