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Extracts by Walter Davies from James Howell : Epistolae Ho-Elianae; Familiar letters; extracts from Welsh manuscripts; etc.

A transcript of the introduction by Lewis Morris to his 'Celtic Remains'. The transcript was begun in 1775 by his grandson [? nephew] Lewis Morris.

'A Protestation made on behalf of the Welsh Language and the Church of England against Such orthographical innovations proposed to be made in a new Edition of the Welsh Bible by a Sub-Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society as are not warranted by established authorities and the laws of the Welsh Language ... faithfully transcribed from Mr. Roberts's Manuscript by H.&.A. Lloyd'.

Transcripts by Walter Davies of pedigrees of North Wales and Shropshire families, geographical notes, lists of technical words, and poems by Gwylim ap Sefnyn, Lewis Mon, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Tudur Aled, Hywel Swrdwal, Dafydd Cilan, and Lewis Morganwg.

'Remarks on the unfair manner Mr Burton in his Commentary on Antoninus's Itinerary has quoted and treated the British history which goes under the Name of Galfridus Monemuthensis. By Lewis Morris'.

Transcripts of poems by Jonathan Hughes, Dafydd Cadwaladr (Dinas Mawddwy), Thomas Williams (Llanfihangel y Gwynt), Henry Humphreys (Llanfechain), Evan Williams ('clochudd Llanfihangel y Gwynt'), Dafydd Gruffydd ('Maswn', Meivod), Robert Evans (Meifod), Griffith Griffiths (Clawdd Llesc, Guilsfield), Dafydd Manuel, John Rhys (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), George Humphreys (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), James Jones (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), Rees Ellis, Roland Davies (Llangyniw), Huw Jones (Llangwm), Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), John Cain Jones, and John Wesley. The collection, which bears the title 'Sain yr Utgorn', appears to have been intended for publication by Robert Jones at Welshpool. The second part of the volume is described as being 'o Gascliad William Jones'.

Archaeological and genealogical notes transcribed by Walter Davies from various manuscripts, and including Memoranda ... copied from Mr. [John] Lloyd of Caerwys's copy which he transcribed from loose scraps of paper which he found in the 3 vols. of Mr. [Edward] Lhuyd's Itinerary &c. which is at Hallstone.

Three volumes of elegies by 'Y Bardd Hiraethlon', 'Cynddylan ap Callawg', and 'Gwladgarwr' on the death of John Vaughan, Penmaen Dyfi, Merioneth, probably submitted for competition at the national eisteddfod at Aberystwyth, 1865.

Transcripts of miscellaneous poems, prose extracts, etc.

A Welsh-English vocabulary.

Transcripts by Walter Davies of awdlau, etc., by Gruffudd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Sion Cent, William Llyn, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Thomas Prys, Richard Phylip, Edmwnd Prys, and Sion Tudur; etc.

Two volumes of pedigree tables and genealogical and other notes relating to various branches of the Herbert family, compiled by Walter Davies.

Drafts of letters sent by Walter Davies to The Church and State Gazette and The Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1811-1835.

Two volumes of miscellaneous notes and extracts on a variety of subjects, mainly in the autograph of Walter Davies.

Miscellaneous notes by Walter Davies relating mainly to Welsh literature, history, and archaeology.

Pedigrees and genealogical notes relating to Welsh families, collected by Walter Davies.

Material accumulated by Walter Davies when he was assisting John Jones (Tegid) with the preparation of Gwaith Lewis Glyn Cothi. The Poetical work of Lewis Glyn Cothi ... (Oxford, 1837), and extracts from poems by other bards.

'Englynion', etc., by John Jones ('Tegid'), Evan James, Robert Davies ('Bardd Nantglyn'), Walter Davies, Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch'), Roger Wynn, Richard Jones ('Gwyndaf Eryri'), etc., and miscellaneous notes by Walter Davies.

Miscellaneous notes by Walter Davies on the history and topography of Wales with extracts from printed histories and tours.

Material collected by Walter Davies and relating mainly to the parish and church of Manafon, including Manafon tithes, the enclosure of common lands, pews in Manafon church, Queen Anne's Bounty, and the British and Foreign Bible Society; prayers and sermons; a fragment of an address on reading the scriptures [? in the hand of Lewis Bagot, bishop of St. Asaph]; papers relating to the orthography of the Welsh Bible; an essay written by Efrydydd for an Amlwch eisteddfod, 1866, on Cysondeb Daiareg â'r bennod gyntaf o Genesis; a letter, April 1, 1826, from the deacons and elders of The Church of Christ meeting at the old Chapel Llanbrynmair, inviting Samuel Roberts (S.R.) to accept their unanimous call to become co-pastor of the church and assistant to his father at Llanbrynmair; etc.