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Gogerddan estate accounts

Accounts of the Gogerddan estate in thirteen series, comprising miscellaneous estate accounts books and loose accounts, 1753-1920, accounts current, 1859-1880, weekly accounts, 1851-1855, garden accounts, 1835-1919, cash books, 1820-1922, estate receipts and expenditure, 1870-1876, receipt ledgers, 1880-1913, disbursement ledgers, 1816-1913, requsitions books, 1891-1920, voucher books, 1880-1915, receipt books, 1905-1926, loose bills and receipts (vouchers), 1474-1927, and solicitors’ bills, 1841-1913. The majority date from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century

Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths

Papers, 1892-1942, of Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths (née Davies, other married name Ellis), including letters to her from her first husband Thomas Edward Ellis, 1897-1898, her son Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, 1907-1942, and others; diaries, 1909-1939; and other papers.

Ellis, Annie J. (Annie Jane), 1873-1942

Additional pocket diaries

  • C 3842-3846.
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  • 1880-1883, 1889
  • Part of Vivian Papers

T.J. & J. Smith's pocket diary and almanack, 1880, and Lett's pocket diary and almanack, 1881, 1882, 1883 and 1889. Frequent handwritten meteorological, personal and business entries by Henry Hussey Vivian. The diaries have handwritten entries by Vivian for most days within these years. They provide sometimes detailed accounts of day to day business, conversations, trips and leisure time, often referring to his third wife Averil as 'Ave'. The entries relate to time spent at Hafod Works which was his main place of business, and also to occasions working in Parliament as an MP for Swansea District and Glamorgan. Also noted are business trips including a trip to Paris, dinners, and many entries for game shooting. There are references to Prime Minister William Gladstone and to various bills being debated in Westminster including the Coercian Bill (Ireland), Irish Disturbance Bill, Coal Employees Liability Bill. There is a detailed account of the visit of the Prince of Wales to open the Prince of Wales Dock in Swansea in October 1881 when Vivian was a member of the greeting party. Near the back of the diary for 1880 are a breakdown of cash accounts seemingly including many donations to institutions and places of worship, including Bala College and local chapels.

Breconshire estate financial records

Financial records of the Breconshire estate, comprising rentals (called audit books by the Tredegar estate), 1758-1927, draft and copy audit books, 1872-1915, farm rent ledgers, 1867-1921, Palleg, Brecon and Dderw estate rent ledgers, 1867-1941, rent collection books, 1868-1937, cash books, 1864-1940, surveyor's bills, 1862-1890, employee records, 1889-1935, taxation records, 1910-c.1936, and vouchers, 1850-1938.

R. J. Rees Papers,

Papers, letters, press cuttings, etc., mainly relating to the Reconstruction Commission of the Presbyterian Church of Wales and the C.M. Parliamentary Bill, documented also in nos. 61-74, 134-217 and in the papers of Dr E.O. Davies, especially his letters (nos. 3539-5389) and press cuttings (nos 5390-5516).

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