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A transcript by Thomas Charles Townsend, Prestatyn, Flintshire, dated 1 August 1943, of the Order in Council of 1860 creating the ecclesiastical parish of Prestatyn (formally 'The District of Prestatyn', p. 3) from parts of the parishes of Meliden and Llanasa.
Included as part of the text are schedules describing the boundaries of the new district (pp. 6-8) and listing landowners and occupiers, with details of rent charges due, within the townships of Prestatyn and Meliden (pp. 8-11).

Papers of, and relating to, Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins of Cilbronnau, Llangoedmore, Cardiganshire, chief justice of Bombay. They include a copy order on his call to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn, 1883; the printed minute of his appointment to the Privy Council, together with a covering letter and a printed form of the oath, 1916; an autograph letter, 1926, from Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour, lord-president of the Council, to Sir Lawrence Jenkins, on the occasion of the latter's retirement from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; and press cuttings.

Official documents and other papers, 1675-1727, many of them addressed to the deputy lieutenants, etc. of Caernarvonshire and relating to the militia, musters, the confiscating of weapons in the possession of Papists, etc. Among the correspondents are Henry, 3rd marquis of Worcester and first duke of Beaufort, Lord President of the Council in the Marches of Wales, Col. Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaeth, John Wynne of Whitehall, mustermaster for Caernarvonshire, and Richard, 3rd baron Bulkeley of Baron Hill. The documents include a statement by Thomas Glynne relating to a 'conventicle' at the house of Ellis Owen, Llangybi, at which James Owen preached; a memoranandum by Thomas Mostyn relating to the refusal of William Wynne, sheriff of Flintshire, to read the proclamation of King George II at Holywell; and some papers of general North Wales interest.

Official letters and other papers mainly relating to Caernarvonshire, 1660-1661, comprising communications received from the Privy Council by Richard, 2nd earl of Carbery, Lord Lieutenant of Wales and Lord President of the Council in the Marches of Wales, and transmitted by him to the deputy lieutenants, etc., of Caernarvonshire, with reports of the meetings of the latter, letters sent by them to the high constables, and communications sent by them to each other. Among the correspondents are Sir Richard Wynne of Gwydir and Henry Maurice. Many of the documents relate to the militia in Caernarvonshire and include records of men subject to be called to the militia, lists of horses, arms, and ammunition available in the county, etc.