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Family papers and estate records of the Evans and Davies-Evans families of Highmead, Cardiganshire. -- The estate records includes rentals and inventories of the estates of Highmead, 1800-1890, Penylan in the parish of Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, 1817-1850, Dolgadfan and Trefeglwys in Montgomeryshire, 1850-1859, and Pantglas in Carmarthenshire, 1879-1897, and of the estate of James Evan Bayly in the parish of Llanwenog, Cardigan, 1822-1840; account books of the Highmead estate, 1757-1899; records of various estates and farms in Carmarthenshire, and Breconshire; and deeds of estates in Breconshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan, Pembrokeshire and Radnorshire, 1549-c. 1880. -- The family and personal papers include the diaries of Anne Evans, John Jones of Blaenos, the Rev. D. H. T. G. Williams, Herbert Davies-Evans, and his son H. Davies-Evans, 1790-1891; pedigrees of, and biographical notes on, the Davies-Evans family and the Llwynhelig family and other genealogical records, family and business letters, late 18th-20th centuries; legal precedents, agricultural memoranda, press cuttings, school exercise books, drawings and sketches, a large body of letters received by Major Herbert Davies-Evans, and miscellaneous papers relating to his service in the militia and in the South African War, 1891-1903 and a group of letters addressed to Anne Evans, 1786-1802. -- Other papers include election papers for Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, 1802-1841; returns and orders of the Carmarthenshire Yeoman Cavalry, 1804-1809; accounts of overseers of the poor and vestry minutes for Llanwenog, 1805-1817; court leet records of the manors of Mabedrid and Mabelview, Carmarthen, 1811-1836; Carmarthenshire turnpike records, 1822-1830; and the log books of four ships, kept by H. D. Evans, 1856-1858.

Papers of J. Glyn Picton, 1949-1991, mainly papers concerned with his researches into General Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815) and the Picton family, 1951-1991, including correspondence, 1949-1977; notes, 1951-1975; copies and transcripts of probate record and Pembrokeshire plea rolls; photographs and news cuttings, 1975-1984; and copies of printed sources; with also records, articles and lectures reflecting J. Glyn Picton's public service in the fields of national health and industrial relations, 1951-1977.

Notebook, 1749-1777, of Samuel Deykin of Carmarthen, including a journal of his travels to London and Barnsley, March-June 1950; an imaginary journal for 1746, had Charles Edward Stuart acceded to the throne (ff. 11-16); topical verse, miscellaneous notes and memoranda, and religious meditations.

Records and court rolls, 1832-1936, mainly relating to the manors of Anhuniog, Creuddyn, Cyfoethbrenin, Mebwynion, Mefenydd, Perfedd, Tal-y-sarn and Silian, in Cardiganshire, 1874-1936, and the manors of Caeo, Catheiniog, Glyncothi and Bwlchcymbyd, Mabelfyw, Mabedrud, Maenordeilo, Mallaen, Pennant Forest and Talley, in Carmarthenshire, 1883-1934; copies of surveys of Talley, 1832; and miscellaneous documents, 1842-1858.

Deeds relating mainly to Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, 1782-1951, including deeds of the Johnes family of Hafod, Cardiganshire, and rentals of manors in Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, [c. 1891]-1925, including the manor of Tal-sarn and Silian, [c. 1891]-1916.

Records of Messrs David and David, comprising records of valuations of properties in South Wales and the adjoining counties of England made during the period 1846-1933, including Breconshire, 1872-1912; Carmarthenshire, 1865-1884; Glamorgan, 1846-1926; Monmouthshire, 1867-1933; Gloucestershire, 1875-1880; Herefordshire, 1874-1881; and Somerset, 1876-1885. The records include surveys, reports, valuations, correspondence, notes, plans, valuation schedules, sale notices and copy agreements. Many of the records reflect the industrial and urban development of South Wales and quite a number of the individual valuations are of land subject to compulsory purchase by railway companies and public utilities.

Deeds and papers accumulated by D. Roy Evans, comprising the papers of Mrs A. A. Puddicombe (Allen Raine), including manuscripts of her work, [1894x1908] and an eighteenth-century manuscript formerly belonging to her; newspaper cuttings relating to the death of, and the inquest upon, Sarah Jacobs of Llether-noyadd-ucha, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, co. Carmarthen, the Welsh fasting girl, 1869-1870; a copy of Mercvrivs Avlicvs, communicating the intelligence and affairs of the Court, to the rest of the Kingdom. From May to May 11, 1645, recording the victory of General Charles Gerard over Major-General Laugharne before Newcastle Emlyn; and deeds and documents relating to properties in the parish of Laugharne, 1609-1756, and to properties in the counties of Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke, 1695-1900.