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A manuscript, profusely illustrated, containing an account of a 'Walk through South-Wales in October 1819' by W[illiam] S[andys] and S[ampson] S[andys], members of a family of London lawyers (see Frederic Boase: Modern English Biography, Vol. III, cols 409-10). The journey comprised Clifton, Aust Passage, Chepstow, Tintern Abbey, Caerleon, Machen, Caerphilly, Pont y Prydd, Merthyr, Pont Neath Vaughan, Cil Hepste, Neath, Briton Ferry, Swansea, Loughor, Llanelly, Kidwelly, Llanstephan, Llaugharne, Pendine, Tenby, Manorbeer, Lamphey Court, Pembroke, Carew, Carmarthen, Lampeter, Tregaron, Strata Florida, Devil's Bridge, Rhayader, Builth, Hay, Crickhowell, Abergaveny, Usk, Caerwent, New Passage (Black Rock) and Clifton. The text comprises a dedication, preface and eighteen chapters. The illustrations consist of engravings (some by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck) and wash and line drawings (largely attributed to W. S. and S. S.), and the subjects include Bristol Hot Wells (drawing); Aust Passage (engraving); Chepstow Castle (2 engravings); Tintern Abbey (3 engravings, 1 drawing); Wire Work at Tintern (engraving); Saxon Door, Malpas Church (drawing); Newport Castle (engraving); Caerphilly Castle (1 engraving, 1 drawing); Pont y Prydd or New Bridge (drawing); Cil Hepste Waterfall (drawing); Neath Abbey (2 engravings); Neath Castle (engraving); Briton Ferry (drawing); Swansea Castle (engraving); Kydwelly Castle (1 engraving, 2 drawings); Llanstephan Castle (engraving); Laugharne Castle (engraving); Lamphey Court (3 engravings); Manorbeer Castle (3 engravings); Tenby Castle (engraving); Pembroke Castle (2 engravings); Pembroke (engraving); Carew Castle (2 engravings), Cross Inn (drawing), 'Llangariti' ?[Glangwili] [? Alltwalis, Carmarthenshire]; Tregaron (drawing); Stratflour Abby [Strata Florida] (engraving); Hafod Lodge (drawing); Devil's Bridge (drawing); Defile between the Devil's Bridge & Rhayader (drawing); Hay Castle (engraving); Brwynllys Castle (engraving); Tretwr Castle (engraving); Usk Castle (engraving); Caldecot Castle (engraving), etc. There are also maps marked with the direction of the journey taken by the travellers. The maps include A New Map of South Wales by Nathl. Coltman (London, 4th ed., 1813) and individual printed maps of Monmouthshire, Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire, Radnorshire and Brecknock. The spine is lettered 'Walk through South Wales, 1819'.

Estate records, including deeds and documents, 1304-1887, relating to the estates of the Glynnes in Flintshire and elsewhere. The first three centuries covered by the deeds relate largely to the Ravenscroft family, their property, and their legal transactions. A large body of the documents relate to the period when Sir John Glynne, 6th bart., was the occupier of the estate. Other estate records include accounts, rentals, estate, household, and personal accounts, inventories, election expenses, colliery accounts, lists of charities distributed, estate maps, plans, surveys, bills, vouchers, etc., 1690-1872, including rentals of the lordship of Hawarden, 1686-1886. -- Amongst the personal papers are the diaries and account books of Sir John Glynne, 1753-1757, the diaries of the Rev. Stephen Glynne, 1798-1824, Mary Glynne, afterwards Lady Lyttelton, 1824-1831, Stephen Richard Glynne, 1825-1874, and W. H. Gladstone whilst at Eton College, 1856-1857; travel journals through North Wales, 1824, South Wales, 1824, Scotland, 1839, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Belguim, Greece and Austria, 1834-1866, Turkey, 1848, Egypt, 1850, and Palestine, 1850. -- The archive also includes election papers such as lists of voters, canvass returns, accounts, relating to Flintshire elections, 1727-1837, letters written by and to members of the Glynne family and to Gladstone; notes on history, genealogy and ecclesiology; ships' log-books, 1727-1730 and 1734-1739. -- A separate group of legal papers which belonged to a lawyer named Dovey, relate mainly to bankrupts, and their immediate relevance to the Glynne family is not very obvious.