Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1555-1875 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.029 cubic metres (1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Scott & Fowler, Solicitors, were based in Gloucester, but dealt with clients with lands in Wales, including Pembrokeshire, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire.
Archival history
The records were transferred from Scott & Fowler to the Gloucester Record Office, before being deposited in the National Library of Wales.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Scott & Fowler, Solicitors, Gloucester, per Irvine E. Gray, Gloucester Record Office, 1951.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds and documents, 1555-1875, relating to properties in the counties of Pembrokeshire, Anglesey, Montgomeryshire; deeds, 1696-1868, of lands in the parishes of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Llanelidan, Efenechtyd, and Llanfwrog, Denbighshire; and documents, 1735-1868, relating to the Eyarth Estate, Denbighshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: Scott & Fowler deeds and documents; Denbighshire deeds; and Clark & Smith deed.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue, under the title Scott and Fowler Deeds (formerly Gray Papers) is available at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from depositor's name; previous title from name of Irvine E. Gray, who transferred the deeds to NLW. Some of the material collected by Scott and Fowler pre-dates the firm.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
- Deeds -- Wales -- Anglesey
- Deeds -- Wales -- Merioneth.
- Deeds -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire.
- Deeds -- Wales -- Denbighshire.
- Deeds -- Wales -- Efenechtyd.
- Deeds -- Wales -- Llanelidan.
- Deeds -- Wales -- Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd.
- Deeds -- Wales -- Llanfwrog (Denbighshire)
- Anglesey (Wales)
- Denbighshire (Wales).
- Montgomeryshire (Wales)
- Pembrokeshire (Wales)
Name access points
- Eyarth Estate (Wales) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: National Library of Wales Schedule, Gray Papers (Scott and Fowler Papers).