The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999)
Title based on contents.
Miscellaneous notes by Palmer and press cuttings, found loose inside the manuscripts are filed as NLW MS 22161iiE.
Historian Alfred Neobard Palmer (1847-1915) was born in Thetford, Norfolk, and began his career as a pharmacist. Having moved to Wrexham in 1880, Palmer soon embarked on his enthusiastic involvement in the local history of the area, an involvement which would remain with him for the rest of his life. He addressed local historical societies, contributed to historical and antiquarian pubilcations such as the Archaeologia Cambrensis, and published essays and articles on local history which include The History of Ancient Tenures of Land in the Marches of North Wales (1885) and The History of the Town of Wrexham (1893). Despite being dogged by ill health, Palmer succeeded in exploring nearly all the aspects of antiquarian interest in the counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire and had even begun to investigate the antiquities of Merionethshire. He remained in Wrexham for the remainder of his life and died there in 1915.
Published
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Papers, [1880s]-1914, of Alfred Neobard Palmer, including journals, 1883-1914 (with gaps), notebooks, [1880s]-[c. 1909], and miscellaneous notes. The material is mainly concerned with personal and antiquarian material, with especial reference to Denbighshire and Flintshire.
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 22157-22161.
David Harborne; Cardiff; Purchase; 1985
These volumes were originally part of a series numbered I-XXXVII by Palmer, the other volumes in the series, together with Palmer's unnumbered index volume, having been presented to Wrexham Library after Palmer's death.
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans.
The whole series, including the index volume, is available on fiche in Denbighshire Record Office and in NLW (NLW Fiche 11).
Further papers of, or relating to, A. N. Palmer, are NLW MSS 18081-18090.
Usual copyright laws apply.
The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).
See Christopher J. Williams, 'A. N. Palmer, historian of Wrexham', Denbighshire Historical Society Transactions, 46 (1997), 109-136.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22157B.
Published
Journal of A. N. Palmer, 31 May 1883-28 August 1886, 25 April 1905-16 December 1906, containing detailed accounts of his personal life and antiquarian pursuits, with particular reference to Denbighshire and Flintshire, together with references to local and national events. An index of contents appears on ff. 113-115 verso.
Book-plate of 'Alfred Neobard Palmer No 249' and 'No. 17' inside front cover, 'Private, in large part. A.N.P.' on f. i, 'Note Book No XVII Journal Brought on from Vol III' on f. 1.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22158B.
Published
Journal of A. N. Palmer, 18 August 1909-3 May 1911, containing detailed accounts of his personal life and antiquarian pursuits, with particular reference to to Denbighshire and Flintshire, together with references to local and national events. An index of contents appears on ff. 125 verso-8 verso.
Book-plate of 'Alfred Neobard Palmer No 1270' and 'No. 29' inside front cover, 'Brought on, as Journal, from No XXV Note Book. Contents partly private' on f. i.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22159B.
Published
Journal, 18 June-22 October 1914, recording visits to archaeological sites in Merionethshire.
Book-plate of 'Alfred Neobard Palmer, Ingle-Nook, Wrexham, No. 1337' inside front cover, 'Note Book XXXVII' on f. i
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22160B.
Published
Notes and abstracts by A. N. Palmer probably made in preparation for his volume A History of the Older Nonconformity of Wrexham and its Neighbourhood (Wrexham, [1888]), with particular reference to the Baptist and Congregational churches, Chester Street, Wrexham, and the Dissenters' Burial Ground, Rhosddu Road, Wrexham; extracts from rate books and parish registers; and abstracts of deeds relating to estates in Denbighshire.
Book-plate of 'Alfred Neobard Palmer No 247' and 'Note Book 15' inside front cover, 'Note Book XV' on f. i
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22161iB.
Published
Notes and abstracts, [c. 1896]-[c. 1909], by A. N. Palmer relating mainly to the history and antiquities of Wrexham and its environs including extracts from vestry books, pedigrees of Denbighshire families, and abstracts of deeds and documents.
Book-plate of 'Alfred Neobard Palmer No 252' and 'Note Book No 19' inside front cover.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22161iiE.
Published
Miscellaneous notes by A. N. Palmer and press cuttings, found loose inside NLW MSS 22157-61iB.