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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.

A scrap-book containing photographs, post-cards, &c., entitled 'Men and Matters'. Included in the volume are pictures of servicemen of the First World War, miscellaneous book-plates, reader's tickets for libraries, picture post-cards, seals, letters, water-colour paintings, foreign paper money, &c. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 284.

A transcript of the memorandum book of events kept by Mrs Elizabeth Laugher for the years 1767 to 1775, the transcript and footnotes having been made by A. Weight Matthews, at Gothic House, Hunters Forstal, Kent. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 401.

A memoranda book which belonged to Rebecca B. Gibbins (d. 1862), containing a poem 'The truthful boy'; 'Some account of the early life of Stephen Guellett'; and press cuttings from The Cambrian, 1827, being a series of articles by Elijah Waring of Plas-y-Velin, Neath, entitled 'Recollections of Edward Williams', ['Iolo Morganwg']. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 457.

A volume containing memoranda, dated 1840-41, of Ophelia Catherine Powell (1823-1866), daughter of George Eyre Powell and Catherine, his wife, afterwards wife of the Rev. Professor David Lewis Evans, and a commonplace book of poetry and some prose items kept by the said Ophelia Powell between January 1843 and July 1854. Other items included in the volume are an incomplete letter, dated at Colyton 20 Dec. 1846, addressed to 'Miss Powell with J.T.'s [?the Rev. James Taplin] affectionate regards', and the substance of a funeral address and a sermon delivered by the Rev. James Taplin in 1845. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 12.

A list compiled by George Eyre Evans of the mayors, bailiffs, sergeants, petty constables, coroners, chamberlains (accountants), scavengers and bellmen of Aberystwyth, 1690-1835.

A volume, compiled [c. 1934], entitled 'Biographical Accounts of various members of the family descended from the Matthews of Wilnecote Warwickshire by Arthur Weight Matthews', giving biographical accounts of members of the family descended from Thomas Matthews (1747-1793) of Birmingham, a native of Wilnecote in Warwickshire.

A group of about one hundred and forty autograph letters and postcards, 1907-1908, addressed to George Eyre Evans, and some invoices and receipts relating to the publication of his Lloyd Letters... (Aberystwyth, 1908); 'Account of the late Mrs. Lettice Lloyd and Family', transcribed by George Eyre Evans from The Monthly Magazine, 1812, Part I, and published in part in Lloyd Letters, pp. xxiii-xxvi; and an autograph pedigree of the family of Lloyd of Brynllefrith, compiled by John Davies, Aberystwyth in 1908.
The names of almost all the writers of the letters appear in the published list of 'Subscribers' to Lloyd Letters.

Two volumes which contain two groups of scrapbooks, eighteen in all, containing materials relating principally to Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, compiled by George Eyre Evans in 1910 in his capacity of Assistant Inspector to the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire.
They consist of notes in the autograph of George Eyre Evans, including extracts from the parish registers of Llanidloes, 1616-1747, Llanerfyl, 1670-1783, and Cemmaes, 1733-1812, and a transcript of a part of a journal of a visit by the Reverend Thomas Price, vicar of Merthyr Tydfil, to Dolcoed Wells, Llanwrtyd, 1762; autograph letters to George Eyre Evans from Henry Bonsal, Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Llanbedrog, S. A. Evans, Llanbadarn Fawr, H. E. Forrest, Shrewsbury, C. P. Gasquoine, Caxton Press, Oswestry, F. W. Gibbins, Pendine, J. D. James, Llanerfyl Rectory, D. E. Jones, Board of Education, Katie Jones, Llansilin, D. C. Lloyd Owen, Four Oaks, Warwickshire, Elsie Owen, Cwmrhaiadr, Machynlleth, O. R. Owen, Llangynog, Norman Penney, Friends' Historical Society, London, J. H. Swann, Manchester, E. R. Vaughan, Staylittle and John Williams, Llanwddyn Vicarage; photographs, illustrations, rubbings of inscriptions, press cuttings and broadsides; and miscellanea, including notes in Welsh on the ancient monuments of Cemmaes, compiled in 1909 by Hugh Francis, clerk to the parish council.

Material relating to the history of Lampeter, Cardiganshire acquired by George Eyre Evans largely during 1904.
They include extracts from the parish register, 1765-1805, the vestry book, 1777-1803, and accounts of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, 1705-1742; extracts from the presentment books of the manor of Lampeter, among the Falcondale muniments, 1741-1883; extracts from the manuscripts of William Floyd in the National Library of Wales and of Sir Richard Colt Hoare in the Public Library, Cardiff, a transcript of 'The Case of the Lordship and Manor of Lampeter, drawn by Mr. James Price of Killgwin, with the Advice and Opinion of Richard Aston, Esq.', 1755, relating to the election of portreeves; a list of portreeves, 1615-1883; a list of vicars, 1662-1903; extracts from letters from W. J. Rees, Cascob to John Jenkins, Kerry, 1826-1828, from NLW MS 1737, letters from Rice Rees, Lampeter to his uncle W. J. Rees, Cascob, 1820-1830, from the Tonn Manuscripts in the Public Library, Cardiff and letters from D. R. Rees, Stamp Office, Llandovery to his brother, W. J. Rees, Cascob, 1818-1828; seventeen autograph letters and postcards, 1904-1910 and undated, to George Eyre Evans from T. W. Barker, Diocesan Registry, Carmarthen, Ll. J. M. Bebb, St David's College, Lampeter, D. H. Davies, Verwig, Herbert Davies-Evans, Highmead, Walter J. Evans, Carmarthen, John C. Harford, Falcondale, J[ohn] Lloyd, bishop suffragan of Swansea and vicar of Lampeter, Benjamin [Morris], Lampeter and John H. Swann, Manchester; nineteenth century monumental inscriptions; extracts from private sources; and press cuttings.