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Papers, 1761-[?20 cent., first ¼], of Taliesin Williams (Ab Iolo), including notes, drafts of his books and other publications, Welsh and English poetry, personal and financial papers, school papers, miscellaneous printed items and family papers.

Papers, notes, transcripts of documents, drafts of articles and books etc., [?1890]-[?1926], accumulated by J. H. Davies during the course of his academic researches.

Personal papers of Bishops of St Davids; Confirmations

Note. All place names in this schedule are in co. Pembroke except when otherwise stated.

PHOTOGRAPHS of various churches and church interiors, and some individuals (including John Fisher); PRINTS of towns, castles, churches and abbeys across Wales; FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES; POSTCARDS of cathedrals, churches, crosses, shrines and various historic buildings and sites across Wales; MAPS - mainly OS editions of locations in North Wales.

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Gogerddan rentals, 1719-1931 and Abernantbychan rentals, c. 1722-1887 .

Deeds and documents relating mainly to properties in the counties of Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire and Cardiganshire, a significant number of which originated in the offices of Bythway & Son, solicitors, of Pontypool.

Comprises 2 volumes of minutes of the Llanelly Trades Council.

Manuscripts and antiquarian notes collected by T. Llechid Jones. Many of these are transcripts, with dates of files taken from the original material, not from the copies.

Deeds and documents relating mainly to properties in the counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan and Lancashire.

Subject files, 1918-46, reflecting Lord Davies's interests and commitments, mainly international movements and affairs and foreign travels. Among the institutions represented are the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Voluntary International Air Force, the Interntaional Refugee Organisation, the United Nations: General Assembly, the United Nations Organisation, the World Movement for World Federal Government, the Atomic Energy Committee, the European Movement and the Council of Europe, and the British Atlantic Committee.

This group represents the deeds and papers, 1428-1788, described in a schedule compiled in 1828 by the Aberystwyth attorney William Jones, with other additions of deeds and estate papers which have been deemed relevant. The William Jones schedule lists deeds and papers once kept at Buscot Park. relating mainly to the estates of the Lewes family of Abernantbychan. These comprised an estate in Llangors and Llanfihangel Nant Bran, Breconshire, the Abernantbychan and Coedmor estates in south Cardiganshire, and lands in Pembrokeshire which had been accumulated in the seventeenth century by Nicholas Lewes of Hean Castle. The estates were acquired by Walter Pryse after the death of George Lewis Langton in 1738. The main groups described in this current catalogue are the Breconshire estate papers and title deeds, 1488-1826; and Abernantbychan estate papers and title deeds, 1416-1918, [1918x1946], which include records of the coal mining industry in Pembrokeshire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Edward Loveden Loveden’s purchase from the Peterwell estate in 1780 appears to have been managed with the other south Cardiganshire properties belonging to Gogerddan. There is also a small groups of deeds and documents relating to an estate in Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, and the Priory at Cardigan, 1428x[1774].
The contents of the bundles described by William Jones are quite diverse so researchers may need to consult several files to discover documents relating to the same property or subject.