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A copy of the Manual of the Guild of the Good Shepherd with manuscript entries by George Eyre Evans, being a collect and a list of communicants, 1878-85, at Renshaw Street Chapel Sunday Schools, [Liverpool]. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 170.

A scrap-book entitled 'Man', containing photographs, drawings, press cuttings and notes relating to archaeological evidence of feritility cults, including phallic representations, the sheela-na gig, &c. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 286.

A series of press cuttings containing an article by Griffith John Thomas entitled 'Madam Bevan's Will. The Chancery Action (Attorney-General v. Stepney), 1784-1804', which appeared in The Welshman. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 459.

A thin parchment manuscript, 1909-1914, entitled 'A Roll of signatures of persons forming the congregation founded in the Good Templars' Hall, Chapel street, Luton, Anno Domini 1909'. A further note adds that 'In February 1911 the Congregation removed to No. 3 Church Street, Luton.' English. XX cent. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 399.

A volume of press cuttings of a series of articles by A. Weight Matthews, entitled 'Monumental Inscriptions in Luton Churchyard'.

Transcripts made by George Eyre Evans in 1903 of twenty-eight autograph letters of the family of Lloyd of Brynllefrith, parish of Llanwenog, Cardiganshire. The letters were edited by Evans in Lloyd Letters (1754-1796), being extant letters of David Lloyd, Minister of Llwynrhydowen, Posthumous Lloyd, his Brother; and Charles Lloyd, LL. D., his Son ... (Aberystwyth, 1908).
Also included are press cuttings, including extracts from the letters published by George Eyre Evans, under the pseudonym 'Philip Sidney', in The Welsh Gazette, 9 July 1903; and autograph letters, 1903, to George Eyre Evans from Lucy Theakston, Waterloo, near Liverpool, who formerly owned the original letters, Rees Jenkin Jones, Aberdare and Walter Jenkin Evans, Carmarthen.

George Eyre Evans's own copy of Lloyd Letters (1754-1796), being extant letters of David Lloyd, Minister of Llwynrhydowen; Posthumus Lloyd, his brother; and Charles Lloyd, LL.D., his son (Aberystwyth, 1908).

A volume entitled 'Lloyd family records' compiled by Lucy E. Lloyd Theakston, being a manuscript draft of the book Lucy E. Lloyd Theakston & John Davies, Some family records & pedigrees of the Lloyds of Allt yr Odyn, Castell Hywel, Ffos y Bleiddiaid, Gilfach Wen, Llan Llyr and Waun Ifor . . . (Oxford, 1913), together with printed items, letters, book-plates, &c. English; Welsh; French. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 425.

A small volume of notes relating to the earthworks found at Llanllwni, co. Carm., including Castell Nonni, Castell Pyr, Crugiau Edryd, Crug y Biswel, Crug Maescoch, Llanllwni itself and Ogofau y Cornel. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 422.

Notes dealing with and extracted from the registers and other records of the parish of Llangoedmore, Cardiganshire.

A transcript of the Llanbadarn Fawr, co. Card, vestry book for 1815-1831, with further notes and insertions relating to the parish, etc., namely: a sketch of, and information re, a parish bier used until 1845; extracts from a lecture, 1845, by W. Basil Jones on 'Some remains of ecclesiastical architecture in Cardiganshire'; a photograph of a sketch of the interior of Llanbadarn Church, 1862, by Miss M. E. Davies (later wife of Shadrach Pryce, dean of St. Asaph); three letters, 1918-19, from Lewis Pryce, vicar of Colwyn Bay; off-prints of articles by George Eyre Evans on Aberystwyth Mint, 1637-48, and Aberystwyth Castle; six letters, 1913-14, and an off-print of an article by Herbert M. Morgan on the Aberystwyth Mint; a transcript of a churchwardens' presentment for Llanbadarn Fawr, [?1684]; printed items re war memorial at Llanbadarn Fawr; a water colour of Celtic crosses in Llanbadarn Church by Jennie Thomas, 1916; a list of Llanbadarn Fawr incumbents, 1251-1914; and a press cutting and an order of service leaflet, 1925, re a service to unveil two memorial windows at Llanbadarn Fawr Church. English; Welsh. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 303.

A volume of notes and photographs relating to the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr. Included are extracts from printed and manuscript sources arranged under subject in alphabetical order and covering the period 1242 to 1869; post-cards of Llanbadarn Fawr village; photographs of the removal of the Celtic crosses from the churchyard; reproductions of drawings relating to the everyday life of the village, c.1806; and an extract re Llanbadarn Fawr from George Eyre Evans's article on church plate in Archaeologia Cambrensis for October 1917. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 304.

Accounts being poor rate assessments and lists of pensioners for the parish of Llanarthne, co. Carm. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 395.

A bound volume containing three printed editions of Lists of Non-Parochial Registers and Records in the Custody of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, published in London in 1841, 1858 and 1859, together with a receipt, 1778, re. collections at a dissenters' meeting-house at Cheshunt, [Hertfordshire]; a receipt, 1789, for duty on non-parochial register entries made by the Rev. Jeffries of Topsham, Devon; a letter, 1837, from Thomas Jones of Newmarket, Flintshire, to the Registrar-General; a printed letter, 1794, from the Stamp Office, Rochester, to Edward Love of Headcorne; and correspondence from the General Register Office, Somerset House, 1897-1909, to George Eyre Evans. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 430.

A volume entitled 'Ministerial Successions in Presbyterian and Free Churches' and containing lists of various Unitarian meeting-houses in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with names of ministers and the dates of their ministries. The meeting-houses listed are arranged alphabetically by place under each country. he volume opens with a list of ministerial biographies and obituaries for 1794-9 from the Protestant Dissenters' Magazine and also included are a list of preachers of the anniversary sermon at the Stourbridge Dissenters' Chapel, 1786-1874; an abstract of several papers by the Rev. Noah Jones of Walsall; a newspaper cutting, 1895, relating to the Rev. L. de Beaumont Klein; and items of correspondence relating to the compilation of the contents of the volume. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 290.

A copy of the booklet Lists and Classifications of Presbyterian and Independent Ministers between 1717 and 1731 Extracted from MSS. by T. S. James (Birmingham, 1866) with additional manuscript notes. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 432.

A volume compiled by George Eyre Evans, listing the articles in the Dictionary of National Biography which were written by Alexander Gordon, M.A.. English. Formerly George Eyre Evans Bequest MS 319.

Two volumes of limericks, 1916, some in the hand of George Eyre Evans, and others being press cuttings.

Volume of limericks.

Volume of limericks.