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Memoranda by Walter Davies, including copies of englynion, a Welsh-English vocabulary, etc.

Material relating to eisteddfodau, mainly in the hand of Walter Davies, including notes on eisteddfodau, lists of subjects, adjudications, printed programmes, circulars, and minutes of committees, including some in the hand of John Jenkins, and original compositions by Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd), etc.

Transcripts by Walter Davies, from manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum, of letters to Edward Lhuyd from William Nicolson, William Price, Nic. Roberts, W. Rowlands, Jo. Maddocks, Edward Thomas, T. Davies, Thomas Hamorne, Maurice Jones, William Gambold, Erasmus Saunders, J[ohn] Ll[oyd], Robert Humphreys, and Humphrey Foulkes.

Printed forms and questionnaires, relating mainly to ecclesiastical affairs, sent to John Jenkins in his capacity as incumbent of Kerry and rural dean of Maelienydd Ultra Ithon.

A copy of Dafydd Saunders: Dwy Awdl : y gyntaf ar Elusengarwch ... yr ail ar Farwolaeth Syr Thomas Picton ... (Merthyr Tydfil, 1820), with a few marginal notes by Walter Davies.

'Dosparth Edeyrn Dafawd Aur', etc., copied 'from a Transcript of Lewis Richards of Darowen ... dated 1821; the commencement written by ... John Jenkins ... in 1829, and the remainder by ... W.J. Rees ... Cascob ... who finished it Feby 14, 1832'.

'Antiquarian and Historical Documents &c. relating to Wales', including transcripts by John Jenkins of abstracts and extracts made by John Lloyd, Caerwys, from Sebright manuscripts.

A copy of Vol. I (A-Hachelai)of Carolus Stephanus (i.e. Charles Estienne): Dictionarium Historicum, Geographicum, Poeticum ... (Oxford, 1671), interleaved with manuscript notes, some of which are by Walter Davies.

Diaries of Walter Davies for various periods from 1822 to 1845.

Diaries and journals of tours in North and South Wales kept by Walter Davies at various times from 1797 to 1822, and containing references to agriculture and other industries.

Extracts, in the hand of Walter Davies, from Cyfrinach Beirdd Ynys Prydain, possibly made from the original draft written by Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg); and notes by Walter Davies entitled 'Sylwadau ar ba Gyhydeddau a Mesurau y canent y prif-feirdd', and based on a study of the earlier Welsh poetry printed in the first volume of The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales.

Collectively called the Crosswood Manuscripts after their Montgomeryshire home, this collection consists of three groups of manuscripts known as the Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) Manuscripts, the John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri) Manuscripts, and the Frances Althea Trevor Manuscripts.

Notes of a lecture on Cornwall and its legends.

Memoranda relating to the topography of Cornwall; genealogical and historical references of Welsh interest; English and Welsh phrases; etc.

'Valuation of the Corn Tithes of Llanrhaiadr and Llanarmon, belonging to The Reverend Walter Davies in the year 1838', with accounts for 1839.

Copies of letters from William Owen [-Pughe] to John Jones (Tegid).

Copies of letters by Walter Davies, Rowland Williams (Meifod), J.B. Bosanquet, Joseph Tarn, Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), John Jones (Tegid), William Owen [-Pughe], Edward Williams (Iolo Morgannwg), etc.

Two volumes consisting of copies by D. Silvan Evans of letters written by Walter Davies, John Jones (Tegid), and Edward Williams (Strand, London).

Copies, mainly by John Jenkins, of letters written by William Owen [-Pughe], Peter Bayley Williams, Walter Davies, David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion), Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon), and S. Pryce (Meifod).