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Development Board for Rural Wales records, containing minutes and other papers of the Board and various committees, 1977-1994; general administrative files concerning the establishment of the Board, its functions and responsibilities, and correspondence with other organizations, 1966-1990; construction files containing correspondence, contracts and estate plans relating to housing and industrial developments executed by the Board, particularly in Newtown, 1968-1993; records such as correspondence, minutes, notes and other papers relating to research studies on economic and social life in Mid-Wales carried out by the Board, 1968-1995; files relating to the Board's marketing and promotional strategy, 1978-1991; and press releases, 1977-1990; Mid-Wales Development Corporation records, 1962-1979, including annual reports, 1969-1977, minutes and papers of the Board and various committees, 1968-1979, and seal registers relating to MWDC projects, 1968-1976, containing compulsory purchase orders, contracts, leases and other documents.

An additional three files relating to the Development Board for Rural Wales, being DB/CF/101/1; DB/CF/101/2; DB/CF/101/3 – (Extension to Goodall & Swanwick factories at Dolgellau; factories at Dolgellau; and extension to Marian Park Industrial Estate, Dolgellau). These remain uncatalogued, and are closed for ten years from the date of the latest document in each file.

Mae'r archif yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yr Athro Dewi-Prys Thomas, yn ymwneud bron yn gyfan gwbl â'i waith fel ymgynghorydd pensaernïol i Wyn Thomas & Partners, Caerdydd, wrth gynllunio Swyddfeydd newydd Cyngor Gwynedd yng Nghaernarfon,1979-1985; ysgrifau coffa, teyrngedau, a llythyrau,1985-1987, ynglŷn â ffïoedd ar ôl ei farwolaeth; a phapurau amrywiol,1936-[1979]. = The fonds comprises the correspondence of Professor Dewi-Prys Thomas, relating almost exclusively to his work as architectural consultant to Wyn Thomas & Partners, Cardiff, while designing the new Gwynedd County Offices in Caernarfon, 1979-1985; obituaries, tributes, and letters, 1985-1987, concerning his fees following his death; and miscellaneous papers, 1936-[1979].

Records, 1986-2019, of the Dewi-Prys Thomas Trust, largely comprising correspondence, minutes of meetings and papers relating to Trust prize winners and prize-winning architectural constructions, including certificates awarded.

BOX 1
Papers 1986-2009

BOX 2
Papers 2009-2012

BOX 3
Papers 2012-2015

BOX 4
Papers 2015-2019

BOX 5
Papers relating to the Dewi-Prys Thomas Prize 2012.
Papers relating to the Dewi-Prys Thomas Prize 2015 and to other award-winning architectural constructions.
2012-2015

Research papers, [1988x1998]-2016, relating to the publication of the reference book Post-war to Post-modern: a Dictionary of Artists in Wales published in 2015 in English and the Welsh edition Ȏl-ryfel i Ȏl-fodernaidd: Bywgraffiadau Artistiaid Cymru. The papers include minutes of the editorial group, biographical profiles of visual and applied artists, details of exhibitions held and images of their work.

Letters, 1953-1956, to Dinah White from John Cowper Powys, his brother Littleton Charles Powys, and others; together with printed items, 1954-1987, relating to Father Littleton Alfred Powys and the Powys family.

Records, 1455-1919, of the Lee family of Dinas Powis, Glamorgan, and their predecessors, including rentals of the manor of Dinas Powis and of the Dinas Powis estate, 1610, 1671-1906, surveys of the same, 1566-1610; title deeds, legal papers and correspondence, 1514-1919 (mainly post-1640) relating to properties in Glamorgan, Monmouthshire and Breconshire; records relating to the Friars estate, Glamorgan, of William Hurst, including a survey and rentals, 1777-1786. The archive also includes deeds relating to the estates of the Lords Brooke in Devon, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Manuscripts, [late 12 cent.]-[19 cent.], including the oldest known Welsh version of the Brut or Chronicle of Geoffrey of Monmouth.

The 1944 deposit comprises mainly episcopal registers, 1408-1864; subscription books 1720-1924; ordinations, 1690-1939; appointments, 1661-1947; resignations, 1751-1935; non-residence, 1785-1919; licences to practice surgery and midwifery, 1750-1809; bishops' transcripts, 1666-1917; marriage bonds and affidavits, 1691-1931; Orders in Council, diocesan decrees, 1841-1937; terriers, 1630-1928; consecrations, 1793-1934; petitions for licences to solemnize marriages, 1841-1932; licences for divine service, 1822-1930; faculty papers, 1821-1932; dilapidations papers, 1872-1937; sequestration papers, 1796-1910; Queen Anne's Bounty papers, 1747-1914; registration of Dissenters' meeting houses, 1802-1849; returns to the Privy Council, 1814-1919; tithe documents and papers, 1685-1928; visitation papers, 1567-1942; statistical returns of Church work and finance, 1890-1938; chapter records, 1673-1937; deeds, 1449-1938; and Consistory Court papers, 1586-1917. -- Records, 1823-1997, deposited after 1944 include marriage licenses, 1823, 1924, 1950-1997; ordinations, 1939-1986, appointments, 1921-1987; licences to lay persons, 1929-1969, 1984-1985; enthronements, 1899-1991; subscription books, 1924-1959; dilapidation papers, 1877, 1914, 1931-1962; correspondence files, 1944-1975; properties and land, 1846-1987; licensing of premises to perform Divine Service and for the solemnization of marriages, 1931-1933, 1952-1969, 1989-[1990]; Orders in Council and diocesan decrees, 1911-1991; consecrations, de-consecrations and dedications, 1834, 1925-1987; memorial funds, bequests and charities, 1911-1990; bishops' papers, 1888-1994; visitation papers, 1959-1984; parish and clergy files, 1933-1994; statistical returns, 1907, 1937-1938, [1977]; and confirmation registers, 1945-1975.

Records relating to the administration of the diocese of Llandaff and Dean and Chapter of Llandaff Cathedral from the seventeenth century, comprising episcopal registers, bishops' transcripts, marriage bonds and affidavits, and chapter act books, as well as records relating to: the ordination, appointment and resignation of clergymen and other individuals; the licensing of curates and other individuals; the licensing and consecration of land and buildings; faculty papers; dilapidations and sequestrations; augmentations, the creation of new parishes and boundary changes; dissenters' meeting houses; episcopal revenues and accounts; charities; parochial returns; deeds; consistory courts; visitations; correspondence; and miscellaneous volumes and papers.

Additional papers of the Diocese of Llandaf comprising the Bishop's Visitations for 2002 and 2006 - 9 large archive boxes in April 2015.

Additional records of the Diocese of Llandaff, 1923-2012, including Archdeacon’s Visitations, 2009-2012; Marriage Licences, 1988-2011; and Ordination papers, 1988-2001 - 10 large archive boxes in December 2015.

Additional papers comprising faculties, 2011-2016, together with two documents, 1921 and 1940, and a photograph relating to the Church of St Theodore, Bryncethin (February 2017); faculties and Archdeacons Returns (April 2017); and faculties (August 2017).

Further records comprising two boxes of Faculty papers, 2007-2018, and three boxes of Archdeacons returns (including parish reports and accounts), 2013-2015; February 2020.

Two further boxes containing Grants of Faculty, 2008-2019; November 2022.

A folder containing Faculty papers for Llangynwyd, Hirwaun and Porth; March 2023.

A small bundle of Faculty papers for Pwllgwaun and Llandaff Cathedral; May 2023.

Records of Margam Rural Deanery, 1969-1993, consisiting of minutes of Chapter meetings, correspondence of the Chapter Clerk, and other records relating to the organisation and financing of meetings; June 2026.

Deeds, 1447-1829, relating mainly to properties in the parishes of Bedwellty, Trevethin, Aberystruth, and Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire; records of the parish of Mynyddislwyn, Monmouthshire, 1782-1848; pocket-books of David Davies of Penyvan, 1794-1848; and accounts, 1782-1817.

Deeds and documents, 1280-1797, relating to Shropshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire and Staffordshire, together with genealogical, heraldic and antiquarian notes, compiled c. 1745-c.1766 and [mid 19th cent.].

Deeds and documents, 1598-1856, mostly assignments of mortgage and related bonds, concerning Dôl y Cae and other premises in the parish of Tal-y-llyn, including a lease from William Owen Pughe and his brother Richard to his son Aneurin Owen Pughe.

Estate records of the Dolaucothi estate, Carmarthenshire, and family papers, [16 cent.]-1939, of the Johnes and Hills-Johnes families, including extensive correspondence comprising over 15,000 letters, 1688-1939, and military papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Hill-Johnes (d. 1919).

Estate records, almost all title deeds, of the Dolforgan and Llynlleoedd estates, Montgomeryshire, 1570-1879, together with papers, mainly rentals, accounts, and particulars, of the following manors belonging to the Powis Castle estate: Kerry, Cydewain and Halcetor, 1579-1745, Starta Marcella, 1623-1702, and Tirymynech, 1650-[mid-18 cent.].

Records of the Dolgelley Aiding Society, 1828-1856, comprising financial records, 1828-1845; minute books, 1830-1835; rules, 1829-1856; medical certificates, 1831-1833; and correspondence, 1833.

Deeds relating to the Dolobran estate in the parishes of Meifod and Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Montgomertyshire. The deeds date from the time of Charles Lloyd (1662-1747), and are records of mortgages, transfers of mortgages and creations of trusts, of the sale of the estate by the Lloyd family to Joseph Jones, and of the repurchase in 1873 of a portion of the old estate (Dolobran Fach) by Henry Lloyd. Two documents dated 1878 refer to the acquisition of the other part of the estate by Sampson Samuel Lloyd, MP. The part played by Dolobran in the history of the Quakers in Montgomeryshire is reflected in letters, 1813-1829 relating to transactions for the sale of the Quaker Meeting House and Burial Ground at Dolobran.

Title deeds and family papers of the Owen family of Garthangharad, Dolgellau, Merioneth, 1539-1909, papers and correspondence of the legal practice of Edward Owen, 1799-1852, and deeds and estate correspondence of the Hengwrt, Rhug and Nannau estates, mainly 1824-1858.

Political papers, 1944-1991, of Donald Richard Coleman, including correspondence files, 1964-1991, mainly of political interest; papers concerning the Labour Party, 1964-1990, many relating to the Labour Party Wales; and files, 1944-1990, relating to various subjects.

The papers comprise research papers and notes relating to the Celtic verb and syntax (see Donald G. Howells, 'The Gaelic of Carloway, Isle of Lewis: prepositions with verbal nouns' in James Carney and David Greene (editors), Celtic Studies. Essays in memory of Angus Matheson 1912- 1962 (London, 1968), and D. Gwyon Howells, 'Absolute and conjunct again', Studia Celtica, 22/23 (1987/88)); notes in the form of index cards relating to the origin of Welsh phrases and idioms (boxes 15-16); translation and grammatical points on 'Y Gododdin' (box 6) and comments on the syntax of 'Breuddwyd Rhonabwy' (box 10); and photocopies of articles relating to syntax in other languages, in particular French and Indo- European (box 14).

The collection comprises deeds and documents, 1587-1861, relating mainly to the Mackworth family of Gnoll and to the Gnoll estate; miscellaneous documents, 1801-[1865], mainly relating to Neath; and miscellaneous documents, extracts taken from documents made by Donald H. Jones, mainly of Neath interest; papers relating to meetings, 1923-1933, of the Neath Antiquarian Society; notes made by Donald Jones of tours of north and south Wales; historical and archaeological notes by Donald Jones; a file of letters, 1931-1939, received by Jones; files of press cuttings relating to Neath antiquities, 1925-1935; and many other miscellaneous papers and documents of Neath interest.