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- [19 cent.] (Creation)
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A composite volume, originally owned by Owen Williams ('Owain Gwyrfai'), Waun-fawr, with copious insets, containing a folio (pp. [655]-656) from Baner Cymru, October 20 1858; a section ('Ordevices', cols 777-840) from William Camden: Britannia (? 1722 edition) with a map of North Wales by Robt. Norden (? from the 1695 edition); two keys to 'Coelbren y Beirdd', the one undoubtedly and the other probably in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'); extensive transcripts of Caernarfonshire and other North Wales pedigrees, mainly in the hands of Owen Williams and John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'); and imperfect notes relating to the history and endowments of the Free School, Dolgellau.
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Welsh, English.
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Preferred citation: 407E.
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- Dolgellau Free School (Dolgellau, Wales) (Subject)
- Williams, O. (Owen), 1790-1874 (Subject)
- Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826 (Subject)
- Camden, William, 1551-1623 (Subject)
- Norden, Robert (Subject)
- Myrddin Fardd, 1836-1921 (Subject)