Notebook of Samuel Davies of Lampeter, Cardiganshire, carpenter, containing a register, 1887-1904, of coffins made by him (ff. 2 verso-22 verso). The volume gives details of the deceased, which include four relatives of Davies's (see ff. 5, 6, 16 verso, 20 verso) and a significant number of paupers. Davies was contracted in December 1887 by the Lampeter Board of Guardians to supply coffins for the poor of Lampeter and surrounding parishes (see ff. 2 verso-3, 13).
The volume also includes a further list, [1887], of coffins made prior to commencing the volume, compiled from memory (ff. 1 recto-verso); and an account of money received by Samuel and Elizabeth Davies, 1891-1899, towards the maintenance of their four orphaned grandchildren (ff. 23 verso-25 verso, inverted text).