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Records of the Voelas and Cefnamwlch estates in Denbighshire and Caernarfonshire, mainly 19 cent.-20 cent.; including rentals, 1808-1949, uncommonly full estate correspondence, 1866-1948, building accounts, 1865-1870, estate ledgers, 1866-1912, title deeds, 1726-1956, valuations, 1855-1945; records of the Pooley estate, Warwickshire, and the Pooley Hall colliery, 1838-1909; and family and personal papers of the Wynne and Wynne-Finch families, including letters from Alice Mary Sybil Wynne Finch, 1914-1917, William Heneage Wynne Finch, 1919-1929, and John Charles Wynne Finch, 1924-1945.

The group comprises family and private papers of the Griffith family of Garn and the families to whom they were related by marriage, such as Hughes of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw, Weeg and Cae'r berllan, Wynne of Voelas and Wynne of Garthmeilio, Cwm Mein and Plasnewydd. The Hughes family papers include Williams of Cae'rberllan and Wynn of Havodgregog, to whom they were connected by marriage. The Roberts family of Bryn y neuadd is also represented due to the marital connection between Mary, daughter of Humphrey Roberts, and Robert Wynne of Garthmeilio and Plasnewydd. The papers consist of family settlements and probate records, 1606-1863, literary papers, [1660]-1925, letters of the Griffith family, 1724-1943, and others, 1680-1882, and other personal papers such as diaries and memoranda, 1701-1853, and school and career papers, 1746-1920, records of court cases and other civil disputes, 1672-1928, pedigrees and genealogical notes, [pre-1614]-[c.1934], family and non-family trusts, 1712-1879, and financial papers such as mortgages and accounts, 1680-1906.