Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1756]-1854 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
24 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Trefayog (Trefaeog) is situated in St Nicholas parish, some miles from Llwyngwaren in Pembrokeshire. Cilau-wen is situated in Llanstinan parish, also in Pembrokeshire. Both estates were in the possession of the Evans family during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchase; 1914.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, [1756]-1854, of the Evans family of Trefayog and Cilau-wen, Pembrokeshire and comprise largely of accounts and rentals relating to Cilau-wen and Trefayog estates and ship's accounts and log books kept by members of the Evans family who went to sea; together with a diary, sermons, exercise books, etc.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW reference numbers: NLW MSS 11509-11532.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
W. R. Carver, The Cilauwen Estate, Pembrokeshire (Cardigan, 1913) [auction catalogue].
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Note
Formerly known as Cilau-wen 1-24.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971); Archives Network Wales on-line site, viewed 18 September 2009; Cronfa Capeli on-line site, viewed 18 September 2009.
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.