Manuscripts and rare books relating mostly to the counties of Brecknockshire and Carmarthenshire, on subjects such as history, topography and especially genealogy, 1604-1859, including a transcript of the Golden Grove Book of pedigrees and other pedigrees, relating mainly to South Wales families; 19th century transcripts and copies of letters, including some from Sir Walter Raleigh, [1624]-[1807]; lists of Carmarthenshire sheriffs and Brecknockshire Lords Lieutenant, 1809-1849; parts of original manuscripts of Theophilus Jones and William Owen Pughe, [1792]-[1805]; notebooks and scrapbooks, 1839; and various annotated printed books; and deeds and other documents, 1588-1911, relating mostly to properties in Brecknockshire (particularly in the parish of Bronllys), with a few relating to Carmarthen and Swansea.
Deeds and documents, 1586-1910, relating to the trust created by the will, 25 April 1846, of Edwin Carter of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, and afterwards of Clifton in the city and county of Bristol, and pursuant to an order in Chancery in the cause of Carter v Carter, 1905. They include title deeds relating to premises in Monmouthshire, and Clifton, in Bristol, and family probate records.
A ledger containing miscellaneous accounts, mainly for repairs of buildings and farm implements in the Machynlleth area, by Richard Ashton, Post Office, Aberhosan, carpenter and wheelwright.
Account book, 1925-1943, of D. W. Price of Felindre, Three Cocks, Breconshire, builder, carpenter and undertaker. Miscellaneous accounts and invoices found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (MS 21885iiE).
Notebook, [1905x1930], of M. H. Jones, Penllwyn, Aberystwyth, containing lists of place-names in Carmarthenshire, arranged by letter and accompanied by etymological and philological notes, as well as detailed notes relating to older forms of names. Notes found loose inside the volume have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 144-145).
An account book kept, c. 1681-1696, by a [? Carmarthenshire] landlord (possibly Thomas Lloyd, Alltycadno (d. by 1721)) to record financial and farming transactions, including rents due and paid to him, rates and other dues paid, wages of servants, purchases and sales of livestock, etc.
Lloyd, Thomas, Alltycadno, Carmarthenshire, d. by 1721 Account book possibly by (c. 1681-1696), NLW MS 4275B
Ledger, 1812-1828 (watermark 1810), of Thomas Rees of New Inn, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Carmarthenshire, a general merchant operating in Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, written mainly in the hand of his clerk, John Griffiths. The ledger relates primarily to his Carmarthenshire customers and includes records of payments for butter and for the transportation of goods (particularly butter) between New Inn and Tregaron, Lampeter and Carmarthen. There are entries of old debts dating from 1798 (pp. 1-2) and particulars of rents and Talley grange custom paid by tenants and debts collected on behalf of creditors. Items found loose in the volume, including invoices and a note relating to the export of butter, have been placed in an archival envelope (42 ff.).
Miscellaneous papers, 1708-1893, relating to Cardiganshire, including a survey of lands and houses in Aberystwyth by Thomas Evans and John Richard, 1708 (ff. 1-2); particulars of tithe owners in north Cardiganshire, mid eighteenth century (ff. 3-7 verso); and minutes of a meeting of estate owners relating to enclosing the manor of Mefenydd, 1814 (ff. 11-12).
Records of the Cardiganshire Liberal Association, 1921-1974, including minute books, 1923-1951; correspondence, financial and other papers, 1914-1974; electoral registers, 1951-1964; press cuttings of political interest, 1900-1963.
Account books, 1869-71 and 1888-9, of cash receipts and expenditure on account of the highways in the districts or townships of Broncastellan, Cwmrheidol, Melindwr, Tirymynach, Trefeirig, Clarach, Vaenor Lower, Issa yn Dre, Parcel Canol, Vaenor Upper and Ucha yn Dre, all in North Cardiganshire.
A register of criminals apprehended by Cardiganshire Constabulary, 1897-1933, with physical descriptions of prisoners and details of previous convictions. Photographs are included of most of those sentenced between 1897 and 1909.