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- [20 cent., first ½]. (Creation)
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Miscellaneous essays, notes, etc., of a topographical and biographical nature, relating mainly to the parishes of Llanfor, Llanuwchllyn, and Llanycil, co. Merioneth, including an essay (62 pp.) on 'Hynafiaethau a Hynafiaid Ardal Celyn' [Cwm Celyn, parishes of Llanfor and Llanycil], by ' O letty'r chwilotwr', 1927; two short essays (19 pp. and 11 pp. respectively) on 'Hen Dyddynnod a Bythynod Dadfeiliedig Cwmtirmynach [ parish of Llanfor], ynghyd a preswylwyr olaf', the one by 'Brysiog', and the other bearing no name or pseudonym; a short essay (17 pp.) on 'Edward Jones y Wenallt' [? parish of Llanfor], by R. Price, Llansilin; notes by John Hughes on 'Hen Dyddynod Ardal y Parc'; notes by R. Prys Jones on 'Edward Foulke, Coedyfoel, Bala', who emigrated to America, 1698; and a copy of a paper on 'Hen Dyddynod Adfeiliedig y Plwy [ Llanuwchllyn], ag adgofion am rai o'u preswylwyr', read by Edw[ard] Edwards, to the Young People's Society of Yr Hen Gapel [the Congregational church, Llanuwchllyn]. Some of the essays noted were submitted for competition at local literary meetings.
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Welsh.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12592C.
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- Welsh -- United States -- 17th century
- Congregationalists -- Wales -- Llanuwchllyn
- Ruined buildings -- Wales -- Cwmtirmynach -- History
- Farms -- Wales -- Cwmtirmynach -- History
- Farms -- Wales -- Parc -- History
- Ruined buildings -- Wales -- Llanuwchllyn -- History
- Farms -- Wales -- Llanuwchllyn -- History
- Llanfor (Wales)
- Llanfor (Wales) -- History
- Llanuwchllyn (Wales)
- Llanuwchllyn (Wales) -- History.
- Llanycil (Wales)
- Llanycil (Wales) -- History
- Capelcelyn (Wales)
- Capelcelyn (Wales) -- History.
- Cwmtirmynach (Wales)
- Cwmtirmynach (Wales) -- History
- Parc (Wales)
- Parc (Wales) -- History
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- Hen Gapel (Llanuwchllyn, Wales). Young People's Society (Subject)
- Jones, Edward, ?Llanfor (Subject)
- Foulke, Edward, Bala (Subject)
- Price, R., Llansilin (Subject)
- Hughes, John, ?Parc (Subject)
- Jones, R. Prys (Subject)
- Edwards, Edward, ?Llanuwchllyn (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).