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Including notes on: Machynlleth; Penegoes; Llanwrin; Darowen; Cemmaes; Llanidloes; Foel; Garthbeibio; Cann Office; and Llangadfan.

Including notes on: Llangurig; Plynlymon; Llanwnnog; Llanbrynmair; Llandinam; Cemmaes; Trefeglwys; Staylittle; Penegoes; and Llanwddyn.

Four miscellaneous typescripts by George Eyre Evans, namely: 'Gogerddan and the Pryses', being a broadcast talk, 4 April 1938; a talk on Philip Barker, founder of Willaston School, given to the boys of that school; notes on a visit to St Marys Church, Aberafan, conducted by George Eyre Evans; and a list of the mayors and bailiffs of Kidwelly. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 317.

Including a list of seals; notes on St Dogmaels Abbey; a list of Sir John Williams manuscripts relating to Carmarthenshire; notes on Bishops' Transcripts; addresses of various historical societies; notes on the Domesday Survey; notes on John Tillotson, archbishop of Canterbury, 1691-1694; notes on Cardigan Grammar School; a transcript of the Freemen's Roll of the Borough of Carmarthen, 1835-1867; &c.

Notes relating to Carmarthen and Llanegwad, co. Carmarthen; Mynachlog Ddu, co. Pembroke; and Court Henry and Llandilo, co. Carmarthen; abstracts of four letters, dated 1329-1661; various rubbings; notes on stones at Llanbadarn Fawr, co. Cardigan, and on Coed Franc, co. Glamorgan; &c.

A volume of miscellaneous notes extracted from various sources including printed calendars of public records. The material, which is arranged alphabetically, includes notes on the Bevington family of Warwickshire; Carmarthen; the Gibbins family of Birmingham and Cornwall; Nicholas Jose of Sennan, Cornwall; and Joseph Tregelles of Falmouth. Loose items within the volume include printed items concerning the history of Tredington,.co. Worcester; manuscript notes on Llanybyther and Llanwenog; a typescript copy of a letter from Jos. Newman of Hatch End, co. Middlesex, concerning the Bevington family; and two telegrams, 1919, to George Eyre Evans. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 310.

Miscellaneous notes partly in the autograph of George Eyre Evans, including extracts from The Carmarthen Journal and The Welshman, 1812-1835, and a list, compiled in 1910, of some South Pembrokeshire dialect words.

A bundle of miscellaneous notes, etc., belonging to George Eyre Evans, including notes relating to Humphrey Toy (?1542-75) of Carmarthen and to the Toy family generally; a short article on 'Quaker Humphry of Llwyngwril'; transcripts of letters, 1793-1810, from M[oses] Griffith, surgeon, to members of his family near Haverfordwest; a transcript of a letter, 1770, from Rice Price; a transcript of a letter, 1811, from Lisbon relating to the Peninsular War; lecture notes on the 'Nelson' relics in Carmarthen Museum, on gold mining in Carmarthenshire, 'A West Wales Tramp', 'Votepore the Sinner's Stone', 'The Submerged Village of Hawton', and 'Llanfair ar y Bryn Church'; a list of ministers trained at academies which finally came to form the Carmarthen Academy; files of notes relating to Ystrad Meurig School; notes on, and extracts from, George Bagnall's 'Weather Book', 1841-86; notes entitled 'Royal Medals & Souvenirs George III to George V, 1809 to 1935;' notes relating to Llansantffraid Cwmteuddwr, co. Radnor; notes on the King's Chapel, Carmarthen Castle, 1338 onwards; transcripts, 1908-11, of letters from Professor Robert Carr Bosanquet of Liverpool to George Eyre Evans; a transcript of the 'Return of the state of the diocese of St. Davids 1563' from B.L. Harleian MS. 595; and transcripts of letters, 1762-3, from E. Davies at Rochford, to his brother. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 316.

A collection of miscellaneous letters received by George Eyre Evans from various correspondents, concerning early Presbyterian and Unitarian meeting-houses at Wakefield, Warminster, York, Norton [?co. Radnor], Tenterden, Chowbent (Atherton), Ciliau Aeron, Ditchling, Framlingham, Dorchester, King's Lynn, Wanham, Rochdale, Belper, Boston, Bradford, Chatham, Todmorden, and Topsham. Other items include letters, 1897, relating to the recipient's volume Vestiges of Protestant Dissent . . . (Liverpool, 1897); letters, 1905, from James Phillips of Cloth Hall, St Clears, relating to the possibility of holding Unitarian meetings again at Rhyd-y-parc Chapel; notes on a lecture delivered in 1854 by the Rev. E. Talbot on 'Tenterden in the Old Time'; letters, 1904, and notes relating to Daniel Evans, 'Daniel Ddu o Geredigion' English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 356-62.

A bundle of miscellaneous letters received by George Eyre Evans from various correspondents, including Richard Heape, Rochdale, Arthur A. Rollason, Dudley, A Marcroft, Oldham, Richard Robinson, Bowdon, W. M. Fairbairn, Tiverton, Sidney Webb, London, G. Pegler, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Monica Hodgson Pratt, Sennen, William Cuthbert Pitt, Small Heath, B. Hills-Johnes, Dolaucothy, Alan Stepney-Gulston, Derwydd, Walter Whitehead, Birkenhead, Mrs. Melson Godfrey, Luton, and Ernest Axon, Stockport. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 373.

A bundle of miscellaneous letters sent to George Eyre Evans, together with a few printed items, post-cards, &c. The letters relate mainly to the Carmarthen Museum, the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society & Field Club and other archaeological and antiquarian matters. Also included in the bundle are three bidding letters, Llanegwad/Llangathen 1826, Laugharne 1828, and Felinwen 1885; an elegy for Thomas Roberts of Gellyglyd, [Llanegwad], who died 12 Nov. 1883, aged 21; a printed poem, Cwyn y Cristion, by John Thomas (1775-1863) of Dyffryn Clettwr, co. Card., printed by Jenkin Howell of Aberdare; 'An account of Money Laid out by Anne Thomas Kilyrychen [Llandybie] in Biddings', 1815-1829; and two receipts, 1832, relating to the craft 'George & Jane' at Carmarthen, &c. English; Welsh. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 369.

A bundle of miscellaneous letters received by George Eyre Evans. The correspondents include J. Islan Jones, Bolton, J. C. Warren, Nottingham, R. J. Jones, Aberdare, Daniel Evans, Sheffield, J. W. Brown, Colyton, E. Basil Lupton, Leeds, Stephen Davies, Ystrad Rhondda, and Phoebe Pickard, Cardiff. The bundle also includes several letters from servicemen on active service during the First World War. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 370.

A bundle of miscellaneous letters received by George Eyre Evans from various correspondents, including H. Wilson Holman, London, Herbert M. Vaughan, Llangoedmore, R. J. Jones, Aberdare, William Blazeby, Sheffield, James Knox, Manchester, Kentish Bache, Ross, Alfred Amey, Colyton, Philip J. Worsley, Clifton, W. J. Evans, Carmarthen, Arthur A. Rollason, Dudley, E. Alfred Jones, London, J. Morgan Whiteman, Burnley, John Hibbert Swann, Manchester, and Alice Turner, Cheadle Hulme. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 372.

A small group of miscellaneous letters, including letters from David Sturbuck of Swansea, 1825, and C. Philipps of Brighton, 1830, both to Margaret Thomas of Cilyrychen, Llandybie: Samuell Pae at Waterford, 1839, to John C. Bloomfield at Laugharne; Charles Harries of Haverfordwest, 1839, to [--]; Alfred J. Kempe of Chelsea, 1839, to the Hon. H. Yelverton; Richard Walkden of Carmarthen (3), 1842-1844, to James Smith of Hamper Mill, Watford, as well as two covering letters, 1935, and explanatory notes from O. King Smith of Hove to George Eyre Evans, transferring the Walkden letters to him; Eliza [--] of Lower Salem, Washington County, Ohio, 1849, and Margaret Davis of Philadelphia (formerly of Ffynnonllywelyn, Rhyd Owen, Llandysul), 1851, to relatives in Wales; and Fred. Stubbs of London, 1875, to Tom [--]; together with a prospectus of a young ladies' academy run by Mrs. Rogers of Berkeley Square, Clifton, [1821?]. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 382.

Essays on 'Hanes Ysgol Penparciau' (1912) and 'Christmas' (1910), written for competitions in connection with 'Darllenfa Penparciau', also essays on 'The history of Wales, 450-650', written by Cardiganshire secondary school children (1910).

A scrap-book containing miscellaneous material, including, post-cards, photographs, postage stamps, book-plates, illustrations, cuttings, &c. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 285.

A volume of miscellaneous material collected by George Eyre Evans, including: pp. 1-8, transcripts of baptismal records, 1889-1916; pp. 50-54, transcripts of marriage records, 1890-1897; pp. 100-105, transcripts of burial records, 1890-1923; pp. 106-150, memoranda relating to members of the Powell, Evans and Kingdon families; pp. 151-160, school reports, 1867-1868, of George Eyre Evans and details of his education; pp. 161-197, lists of books, articles, &c., published by George Eyre Evans, lists of societies and clubs of which he was a member, as well as a list of letters received by him from Dr James Martineau; pp. 200-379, a list of churches visited by George Eyre Evans in England (pp. 200-339), Ireland (pp. 341-359), Scotland (p. 361), and Wales (pp. 363-379); pp. 450-475, a list of non-parochial registers seen and copied by George Eyre Evans; pp. 591-598, 636-699, 706-714, a list of correspondents, 1879-1939, with George Eyre Evans; pp. 600-635 & 700-702, transcript of a letter from Commander George Eyre Powell, R.N., to his wife, dated 1820; and p. 973, a receipt for the records of the Unitarian Church at Whitchurch, co. Salop., dated 21 July 1897. The volume contains an index to the subject matter. English; Welsh. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 99.

Subscribers to Midland Churches... (Dudley, 1899).

George Eyre Evans's own copy of Midland Churches: A history of the congregations on the roll of the Midland Christian Union (Dudley, 1899), volume II - Walsall to Wolverhampton.

George Eyre Evans's own copy of Midland Churches: A history of the congregations on the roll of the Midland Christian Union (Dudley, 1899), volume I - Alcester to Tamworth.