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Adroddiadau ar chwareli llechi,

  • NLW MS 11033E.
  • File
  • 1868-1888 /

Papers from the library of O. J. Hughes, estate agent, Nantlle, including versions of a report, 1888, on the Llwyngwern Slate and Slab Quarry, Corris, Merioneth, together with monthly particulars of production, profit or loss, etc., 1886-8; a report on Daren y Gessel Slate and Slab Quarry, Pennal, Merioneth, signed by O. J. Hughes; and an incomplete essay (19 pp.) entitled 'Traethawd ar lechfaeni Nant Nantllef', 1868.

Hughes, O. J., Nantlle, fl. late 19 cent.

Journal of a tour

  • NLW MS 24034B.
  • File
  • 1848

Journal of a tour of North Wales and the North of England, 11 July-8 August 1848, by the sisters E[lizabeth] and Jane Weston of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, and their nephew R[obert] Henry Hewitt of Dodford, Northamptonshire (ff. 1-22 verso). The volume is mostly in the hand of Elizabeth, except for a single entry by Henry (ff. 16 verso-17 verso) and possibly Jane (ff. 4 verso-5).
The Welsh itinerary included Conwy (ff. 1-2), Caernarfon (ff. 4-8), [Llan] Ffestiniog (ff. 9-12 verso), Llanberis (ff. 13-14 verso) and Caernarfon (ff. 14 verso-15). The group's excursions included visits to Anglesey (f. 2 verso), Llanddwyn Island (ff. 5-6), a Nantlle slate quarry (ff. 6 verso-7 verso), and Blaenau Ffestiniog (ff. 11-12) as well as to the various castles (ff. 1 verso-2, 2 verso, 5, 14 verso), waterfalls (ff. 9-10, 12) and other sights. In Llanberis they visited the grave of the Rev. Henry Wellington Starr of Northampton, who died on Snowdon in 1846 (f. 14). They subsequently went by ship to Liverpool (ff. 15-16 verso), and by train to Scarborough (ff. 16 verso-21), finally returning, via York (ff. 21-22), home to Northamptonshire. Items loose within the volume have been tipped in; these comprise a transcript, by Elizabeth Weston, of the inscription on the gravestone of the Rev. Starr (f. 24), a printed obituary relating to Daventry, 1863 (f. 25), and a printed hymn, 1864 (f. 26).

Weston, Elizabeth, 1794 or 5-1878.