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An address presented to Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn (1830-61), Mostyn Hall, on attaining his majority, 23 January 1851, by William Davies (1806-77), Wern House, Mostyn, land agent to Lord Mostyn and father of Margaret Mostyn Jones.

An autobiographical essay, begun by Margaret Mostyn Jones on 17 April 1929, and further added to, May 1932.

A volume compiled, 1743-6, by John Norman, Caerwys, co. Flint, containing precedents, and drafts and set forms of various processes in the Chester Circuit of the Court of Great Sessions, mostly for counties Flint and Denbigh. At the end of the volume is part of a table of fees relevant to counties Flint and Chester.

Account book, 1832-94, of Josiah Stealey, Plas Captain, parish of Whitford, uncle of Margaret Mostyn Jones, containing wheat, oats and barley accounts, 1832-49, particulars of wages paid to labourers, 1846-9, and rent and other accounts and memoranda.

Midsummer Quarter account, 1845, of Trelogan lead mine, co. Flint; and financial and other papers relating to the Talar-goch Mining Company (Limited), Dyserth, co. Flint, 1864-74, mostly of Cornelius Davies, Dorothea Slate Quarries, Caernarfon, as shareholder.

Papers, 1836-47, of Roger Cartwright, Glanyrafon, parish of Llanasa, High Constable of the Hundred of Prestatyn (Division of Llanasa) comprising warrants of the Flintshire Court of Quarter Sessions, 1836-44, for the collection of the county and poor-rates, giving details of the respective proportions required from both the said hundred and the division, and of how the overall county sum is to be spent; and notice of a special sessions of justices, 1847, to grant licences for the sale of liquors within the Llanasa division of the said hundred.

Journal of Margaret Mostyn Jones (née Davies), mostly concerned with the period 19 September 1861 - 6 October 1862 spent in the employ of Augusta Hall, baroness Llanover, with further entries to March 1864. The domestic life of the household at Llanover Hall, with its strict observance of the language, customs and traditions of Wales, is portrayed.

Account book of Roger Cartwright containing particulars of payments to workmen and other costs, 1834-5, relating to the Marsh Road, Llanasa, and accounts, 1836-69, with the Commissioners of Llanasa Enclosure relating to the enclosure of land by embankment.

Papers, 1743-1994, of or relating to Margaret Mostyn Jones of Wern House, Mostyn, Flintshire, and to members of her family, and including a journal, 1861-1864, kept by her while employed by Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover; correspondence, 1876-1932, to and from Margaret Mostyn Jones, including letters, 1890-1894, written to members of her family while living in Ohio; an autobiographical essay, 1929-1932, by Margaret Mostyn Jones; together with papers, 1743-1874, mainly of Flintshire interest.

Some thirty letters, 1876-1966, comprising letters and drafts (12) 1890-1932, from Margaret Mostyn Jones, seven written to her family in Llanasa, 1890-4, while resident In Oak Hill, Ohio, with her husband the Reverend John Mostyn Jones (1840-1911), Calvinistic Methodist minister; letters (6) 1879-1912, to her, including a letter, 1879, from Daniel Owen, Mold, and a photocopy of a letter, 1912, from Sir Henry Jones, Glasgow; letters (5) 1958, from Maxwell Fraser to Tegwen Morris (née Clee) relating to Margaret Mostyn Jones; and other miscellaneous family letters.

Miscellaneous papers, 1889-1994, including notes concerning Margaret Mostyn Jones, and cuttings from The Flintshire Observer, 1898, relating to the Sunday School established by her grandfather Joseph Stealey at Plas Captain, parish of Whitford.

Miscellaneous papers, 1821-45, mostly of, or relating to, Charles Cartwright, Glanyrafon, parish of Llanasa, including accounts, 1821-4, of Charles Cartwright with the Commissioners of Llanasa Enclosure, and an inventory of his effects, 1837.

A pocket ledger belonging, 1866, to Anne Jane Davies, Wern House, Mostyn, sister of Margaret Mostyn Jones, containing a list of contributions towards the rebuilding of Mostyn Calvinistic Methodist chapel (ff. 1-3 verso). The volume was later used by her sister Martha Catherine Davies (afterwards Cartwright) to record names of preachers, with texts and notes of their sermons, heard at various chapels and churches in and around Mostyn, 1870-8 (ff. 13 verso-61 verso inverted text). Among the preachers noted are David Charles Davies, Trefeca, Daniel Owen, Mold, and Owen Thomas, Liverpool.