Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1690]-1871 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
18 vols, 15 bundles, 1 folder, 8 envelopes
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Books and papers relating to the borough and county elections in Cardiganshire, in which members of the Pryse family either stood for Parliament themselves or supported another candidate, The series comprise poll books, 1729-1812, [1841x1852.]; freeholders’ books and other electoral registers, 1760-1849; election accounts, [1769]-1871; political and election letters, 1739-1855; and miscellaneous election papers, [1690]-1862. Some of the miscellaneous bundles contain items which elucidate the system of borough administration at Cardigan and Lampeter in addition to the election material,
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into five series: poll books, freeholders’ books, election accounts, letters, and miscelaneous election papers.
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Notes area
Note
This group incorporates Gogerddan Vols 246-253, 364-365, 428-435, boxed and numbered by NLW prior to this ctatalogue.