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Personalia and miscellanea

The file consists of miscellaneous items accumulated by Dr Roderic Bowen during the course of his career. They include copies of his election address circulated to the Cardiganshire electorate in 1945 and 1951, photocopies of papers relating to Dr Bowen's appointment in 1946 to act as Judge Advocate at a military court for the trial of war criminals, a 1950 general election poster and a full transcript of an interview, 8 August 2000, between Dr Bowen and Matt Cole of Birmingham University. In this interview Dr Bowen reflects in some detail on his life and the major landmarks in his professional career.

Gogerddan fishing book,

  • NLW ex 2530.
  • File
  • 1944-1960.

Printed volume including data recording the names of fishermen and the number of fish caught in north Ceredigion lakes (Llyn Conach, New Pool, Llynpenrhaidr and Llyn Dwfn) owned by the Gogerddan estate, 1944-1960.

Farming account books,

  • NLW MSS 22877-8A.
  • File
  • 1849-1880.

Account books, 1849-1880, of Daniel Jenkins of Coed, Llanddewi Aber-arth, later of Tyngwndwn, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, co. Cardigan, farmer, containing farming and other accounts; a list of purchasers at the Coed sale, 1874, with the amounts paid for the various lots (MS 22878, ff. 1v, 9v-62); and miscellaneous memoranda. Inserted in MS 22877 is a copy of Reynolds's Astrological and Prophetic Almanack for 1848 (ff. 126-34v).

Jenkins, Daniel.

Cardiganshire plea rolls,

  • NLW MS 2912D.
  • File
  • [late 19 cent. x early 20 cent.].

A calendar of plea rolls of the county of Cardigan, 1541-1609, compiled by H. J. T. Wood.

Wood, H. J. T.

Cymanfa Ganu Dosbarth y Garn,

  • NLW MSS 21811-2B.
  • File
  • 1928-1968.

Two committee minute-books, 1928-1956 and 1957-1968, of the Garn District, Cardiganshire, Calvinistic Methodist Singing Festival, the earliest also containing accounts, 1939-1951.

Arbitration dispute: William Rees v David Rees

The file comprises papers, 1854-1856, in the matter of arbitration between William Rees of Velindre, p. Pencarreg, co. Card., farmer, and his brother David Rees of Cae Glas, p. Lampeter, before the Court of Queen's Bench. Arbitrators had awarded £107 to William Rees following a dispute over 'certain accounts, claims and demands', but the defendant refused to pay the same.

Ceredigion Rare Plant Register

The file consists of two registers compiled by A. O. Chater and produced by the Nature Conservancy Council, containing alphabetical lists of species with ordnance survey references, dates, site status and locations.

Chater, A. O

A rent book

Lists of rents paid in South Cardiganshire, 1841-1853, and agricultural accounts, 1842-1852.

Extracts relating to Llanbadarn Fawr,

  • NLW MS 11037B
  • File
  • [Early 20 cent.] /

A volume of extracts (partly with carbon copies) from printed sources, compiled by W. P. Elwy Jones of Cwmpadarn Council School and of Aberystwyth, towards a history of the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire. The volume also contains lists of dialect words.

Jones, W. P. Elwy, Aberystwyth

Out of the past,

  • NLW Facs 1008.
  • File
  • 2005-2006.

Photocopies of an article by W. N. Davis, Dinuba, California, relating to Stephen S. Jones and family who emigrated in 1878 from Cardiganshire to Jackson County, Ohio, together with copies of letters from America and from relations in Wales and poetry entered in a literary meeting in Oak Hill, 1893, together with a copy of an undated photoghraph of Stephen and Anna (Morgan) Jones taken in Jackson.