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A rent collecting book of Lewis Jones in the Aberdyfi-Tywyn area of co. Merioneth, 1846-1847.

A register of services by boars, 1927-1943, recording sows serviced by a boar owned by the Evans family of Old Hall farm, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire.
The register was issued by Montgomery[shire] County Council in accordance with the Swine Fever Order, 1911, and records names and addresses of sows' owners.

A register, 1570-1671, of the corvisers or shoemakers of Ruthin, containing a copy of the petition of the shoemakers to Ambrose, Earl of Warwick and Anne, his wife, for a grant of privileges, articles agreed upon by the fraternity, accounts of money lent, 1570-1571, and lists of members of the fraternity in the original hand to 1593, and continued to 1671.

A register, 1647-1649, giving particulars of the sale of episcopal lands in England and Wales, including the dioceses of St Asaph, Bangor, St Davids and Llandaff.

Photocopies of the register of baptisms, marriages and burials of Eglwys Newydd Church, Llanilar, 1773-1812.

A photostat facsimile of a register of clocks and dial plates made by Samuel Roberts, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, 1755-1774, with specifications, prices and names of buyers.

A collection comprising correspondence, poetry, notes, extracts and miscellanea (mainly relating to religious matters), an account book from Haverfordwest, sermons by several individuals, a journal of Timothy Davies, Caeronnen, and hymns by Reuben Davies ('Prydydd y Coed').

The fonds consists of personal papers and correspondence, 1826-1967, of members of the family of Rees Jenkin Jones, namely the Rev. John Jones (1802-1863), Mrs Anne Griffith Jones (1852-1899), Dr Goronwy Jones (1881-1945), the Rev. Simon Jones (1879-1967) and the Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones (1835-1924) himself, together with estate records, 1620-1916, of the Clettwr estate, Cardiganshire, Cilgell Isaf estate, Carmarthenshire, and of premises in Aberdare, Glamorgan. Much of the material relates to the Unitarian cause in Wales.

A notebook giving the names of the purchasers and the prices realised at a sale of crops, livestock, farm implements and furniture at Lanlanisa farm, Cellan, Cardiganshire, 1864, with the prices of dairy produce, etc. sold in 1901-1902.

Miscellaneous printed, typescript, and manuscript material, August - September 1939, relating to plans for the reception of evacuees from Liverpool at Aberystwyth.

A volume of typescript material relating to hunting and Welsh huntsmen entitled 'Random Accounts of Welsh Huntsmen and Hunts' accumulated by Dr T. F. Holley, 2004.

A manuscript by R. J. Edwards entitled Incidents of the Great War which burst out in Europe in 1914, as seen at Ruthin. The narrative is continued until July 1921.

The fonds comprises research material relating to drovers and drove roads in Wales, and in other parts of Britain and Ireland, reflecting R. G. Avent's interest in the subject. The papers include manuscript notes, notebooks and offprints from journals and magazines, together with some related publications. Also included is a card index containing references to relevant printed sources, some of which are cross-referenced with the notes.

An extract from the proceedings of the Epiphany Quarter Sessions for Cardiganshire, 1826, signed by the Clerk of the Peace, presenting Rees Jones, Nantremenin, Llandysul 'as a fit person to serve the office of chief constable for the lower Division of the Hundred of Moyddyn for the year ensuing in the Room of John David Jones ...'.

Papers of the family of Jones and Pughe-Jones of Ynysgain, Cricieth, Caernarfonshire, 1501-[c. 1955], including deeds, mostly relating to the Cricieth area and to Merionethshire, 1501-1890; and an account book, 1614-1918.

Papers of Professor J. N. Hutchinson, 1940-1996, comprising reports on the Aberfan tragedy including Geotechnical investigation into the causes and circumstances of the disater of 21st October, 1966 , by the donor and others, together with a very rare copy of Rubbish Tip slide, Cilfynydd Common 5 December 1939 (1940), and an offprint of an article by him and others entitled 'Rapid failures of colliery spoil heaps in the South Wales coalfield', Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 1996.

Atgofion teipysgrif David Morris Lewis yn dwyn y teitl 'From Prison to Prison', yn ymwneud â'i yrfa yng ngharchardai Wakefield, Wandsworth, Amwythig, Abertawe, Dartmoor, Caerloyw, Canolfan Gadw Brynbuga ac Albany, Ynys Wyth, 1937-1971. / Typescript recollections of David Morris Lewis entitled 'From Prison to Prison', relating to his career in the prison service at Wakefield, Wandsworth, Shrewsbury, Swansea, Dartmoor, Gloucester, Usk Detention Centre and Albany, Isle of Wight, 1937-1971.

Printed material, leaflets, newsletters and circular correspondence relating to trade unions, pressure groups and left-wing organizations, c 1970s-80s, including the Communist Party Welsh Congress, 1972; the Welsh Committee Against Racialism, 1977; Defence of Trade Unions Committee, 1977; the Wales for the Assembly Campaign, 1977-9; Llafur: the Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History, 1978-9; Gwynedd CND, 1981; the National Left, 1982; and the National Union of Mineworkers, 1984-5; together with a pamphlet by the British and Irish Communist Organization entitled Is Wales a Nation?, 1972; three issues of Mirror on Rural Scotland, 1982-3; an issue of The Communist, undated; and a pamphlet by Plaid Gwerin Cymru entitled Capitalist Socialism, Capitalist Nationalism and Socialist Nationalism, undated.

Thirty deeds and documents, 1657-1914, relating to properties in Broad Street and Scotland Street, Presteigne, Radnorshire, with copies of two wills of inhabitants of Presteigne, Radnorshire, 1764 and 1823, and a letter of administration, 1824.

A volume containing press cuttings, 1887-1898, relating mainly to the Tithe War in Wales, including an index at the front of the volume.