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Title
Date(s)
- 1875 / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 8 ff. ; 330 x 215 mm. and less. Guarded and bound at NLW. Damaged, repaired at NLW with some loss of text.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Given to the donor by T. H. Roberts (d. 1948), Parliament House, Dolgellau.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Hugh J. Owen; Dolgellau; Donation; June 1954
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A lithographic copy of a report, dated 9 December 1875, by A. B. Phipson, architect, on the 'Old Parliament House, Dolgelly', describing the condition of the building and making recommendations for its restoration.
It includes plans (ff. 1 verso, 5-6), drawings illustrating the suggested restorations (ff. 1, 7-8) and sketches of particular features (f. 1 verso). A transcript was published in Hugh J. Owen, 'Owen Glyn Dŵr's Old Parliament House at Dolgelley', Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society, 2 (1954), 81-88 (pp. 83-85). A covering letter from the donor, 11 June 1954, is included (f. i).
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Existence and location of copies
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Publication note
Hugh J. Owen, 'Owen Glyn Dŵr's Old Parliament House at Dolgelley', Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society, 2 (1954), 81-88.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 17401E.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Plas-yn-dre (Dolgellau, Wales) (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2008.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;