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Title
Date(s)
- [1771x1800] / (Creation)
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Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
The fly-leaf bears the name 'C. Newling, 1785', and the title-page is inscribed (in a hand different from that of the manuscript notes), 'Canon Newlings copy with his notes'.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
An interleaved copy of William Evans: New English-Welsh Dictionary (Carmarthen, 1771), with copious manuscript additions, largely in the form of classical and Anglo-Saxon equivalents. The owner and annotator of the volume was probably the Reverend Charles Newling, headmaster of Shrewsbury school, 1754-1770, and prebendary and treasurer of the cathedral church of Lichfield, 1770-1787.
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Language of material
- English
- Welsh
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh, Latin, etc.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 12623B.
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Access points
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Name access points
- Newling, Charles, Rev. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).