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Notes of Flintshire interest, comprising extracts from public records and from Harleian manuscripts (e.g. arms from MS 1143), and lists of original sources to be examined.

An address on 'Chester in its relation to Flintshire'; and a few notes from printed sources on the Justices of Chester.

Accounts of Jenking Gruffith and Robert Thomas ab Edward, churchwardens for the franchise of Rhuthland for the year 1700.

Records of Prestatyn Urban District Council, comprising the specification of duties of Surveyor, 1900, a list of attendances of councillors, 1900, and a notice of apportionment of street works charges, 1901.

Material relating to the history of Prestatyn, largely in the form of extracts from public records (Recognizance Rolls, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Pipe Rolls, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Testa de Nevill, 'Rotulorum Originalium ... Abbrevatio'), Bodrhyddan estate muniments, and printed sources (including the Chronicle of John de Oxenedes).

Material relating to the history of Prestatyn, largely in the form of extracts from public records (Recognizance Rolls, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Pipe Rolls, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Testa de Nevill, 'Rotulorum Originalium ... Abbrevatio'), Bodrhyddan estate muniments, and printed sources (including the Chronicle of John de Oxenedes).

Material relating to the history of Prestatyn, largely in the form of extracts from public records (Recognizance Rolls, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Pipe Rolls, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Testa de Nevill, 'Rotulorum Orginalium ... Abbrevatio'), Bodrhyddan estate muniments, and printed sources (including the Chronicle of John de Oxonedes); together with draft essays on Prestatyn Castle.

Four typewritten copies of 'Prestatyn, 1669-1777', being material for an address on the vestry books of the parish delivered to the Prestatyn Scientific and Literary Society, 1 April 1919.

A manuscript copy of 'Prestatyn, 1669-1777', being material for an address on the vestry books of the parish delivered to the Prestatyn Scientific and Literary Society, 1 April 1919.

An incomplete typewritten copy of a revised history of the castle and lordship of Prestatyn.

An incomplete draft of a history of the castle and lordship of Prestatyn.

A volume of three drafts relating to Prestatyn, being a guide, an account of a suggested excursion in the district, and a revised history of the castle and lordship.

A scrap-book containing cuttings from Prestatyn Weekly, etc., 1905-10, relating to Prestatyn, Diserth, Gwaenysgor, and Newmarket. Among them are several cuttings of a Bygones column edited by Thomas Edwards, containing a history of the Talargoch Lead Mine. Also included in the volume are two typewritten acknowledgements, 1911, of copies of anthems and a Welsh coronation hymn presented by Thomas Edwards to the King, and holograph letters to Thomas Edwards from D[aniel] L[ewis Lloyd], bishop of Bangor, 1894, [Sir] O[wen] M. Edwards, Oxford, 1906, Thos. Francis, music printer, Islington, London, undated, and members of his family.

A scrap-book containing cuttings from Prestatyn Weekly and The Rhyl Journal and printed sources, 1906-13, relating principally to the history and antiquities of Diserth and Ffynnongroyw, the activities of the Flintshire Historical Society and the Dyserth and District Field Club, and to the visit to Prestatyn of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.

Material relating to a history of Rhuddlan, comprising extracts and transcripts from printed sources, from Bodrhyddan estate muniments, and from a wide variety of public records (Recognizance Rolls, Welsh Rolls, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Charter Rolls, Fine Rolls, Pipe Rolls, State Papers Domestic, Land Revenue Miscellaneous Books, Chamberlains' Accounts, Ministers' Accounts, 'Rotulorum Originalium ... Abbrevatio', Papal Letters, Parliamentary Surveys, Red Book of Exchequer, etc.). NLW MS 8975C contains an address presented to the family of Bodrhyddan by the inhabitants of Dyserth on the coming-of-age of Conwy Grenville Hercules Rowley, Esq., 6 January 1862.

Material relating to a history of Rhuddlan, comprising extracts and transcripts from printed sources, from Bodrhyddan estate muniments, and from a wide variety of public records (Recognizance Rolls, Welsh Rolls, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Charter Rolls, Fine Rolls, Pipe Rolls, State Papers Domestic, Land Revenue Miscellaneous Books, Chamberlains' Accounts, Ministers' Accounts, 'Rotulorum Originalium ... Abbrevatio', Papal Letters, Parliamentary Surveys, Red Book of Exchequer, etc.). NLW MS 8973D contains a terrier, partly in shorthand, 1791, and notes, 1915, in the hand of the vicar, T. W. Vaughan.

S. C. and M. C. A. Wynne Edwards: Historical Guide to Rhuddlan [1891], with some manuscript corrections; and a proof copy of Thos. Edwards: Rhuddlan. A Short History and Guide, 1914.

Transcripts of Bodrhyddan estate and other documents relating to the boundaries of the manor of Rhuddlan, and to manorial rights claimed by the Crown in lands affected by the Rhuddlan Enclosure Act of 1807. Among them are a report by John Golborne, Chester, on lands lying between Point of Ayr and Voryd, 1773; descriptions of the boundaries by John Matthews, 1807, and John Calveley, 1808; and perambulations, 1808-77 and undated.

Notes, with illustrations, on the structure of Rhuddlan Castle, with a few similar notes on Prestatyn Castle and buildings at Gwaenysgor and Gwespyr; monumental and other inscriptions from Bodrhyddan, Golden Grove, Rhuddlan Church, and Diserth Church; and notes on Diserth Church plate.

Draft pencil sketches of portions of Rhuddlan Castle.