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Poor rate assessments made on the inhabitants of the parish of Llanllwchaiarn, Montgomeryshire, circa 1839.

Deeds and documents, 1631-1861, relating to the Llanllyr estate in Cardiganshire, Carmarthen, and Llangynog and Merthyr in Carmarthenshire, together with a toll book, 1796-1833, of Talsarn fairs.

The collection consists of four groups, namely: a collection of manuscripts, [late 16 cent.]-[18 cent.], containing transcripts of Welsh poems and prose items being largely volumes of Glamorgan origin acquired by Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) and forming part of his library (NLW MSS 13061-86); miscellaneous notebooks, papers, etc., of Iolo Morganwg, bound into eighty volumes (NLW MSS 13087-162); miscellaneous papers and correspondence of Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion y Fenni ('The Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Society'), 1836-1848 (NLW MSS 13182-5E); and miscellaneous other manuscripts (NLW MSS 13163-81). The second group (NLW MSS 13087-162) contains a mass of notes on matters of Welsh literary, historical, and antiquarian interest, transcripts of historical documents, transcripts of Welsh poems, series of triads, and prose compositions, and copies of original poems, essays, and reports by Iolo himself, etc. Amongst the historical and antiquarian material are items which Welsh scholars do not accept as authentic but which they regard as being spurious and the fruit of Iolo Morganwg's inventive mind. The literary material too has its quota of items regarded as forgeries, including Welsh poems written by Iolo Morganwg in imitation of the style of earlier poets and attributed by him to such poets. The accounts given of the contents of the manuscripts which belong to this second group are intended to be descriptive and not analytical and, except in the case of major 'forgeries' such as the chronicle 'Brut Aberpergwm' and the poems attributed to Dafydd ap Gwilym, and a few other items such as letters attributed to the Rev. Edward Gamage, no attempt is made to include comments on the authenticity or spuriousness of the items noted. Many of the Welsh items contained in the volumes belonging to the second group were published with English translations and notes in Iolo Manuscripts: A Selection of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts in Prose and Verse from the Collection made by the late Edward Williams, ed. by Taliesin Williams (Llandovery, 1848) and Barddas; or, a Collection of Original Documents illustrative of the Theology, Wisdom, and Usages of the Bardo-Druidic System of the Isle of Britain, ed. by John Williams (Ab Ithel), 2 vols (Llandovery and London, 1862-1874).

The contribution book, 1844-1891, of the Llanrhaiadr [ym Mochnant] Association for the Prosecution of Felons.

A photostat facsimile of the parish register, 1584-1725, of Llansadwrn, Anglesey, recording baptisms, marriages, and burials.

A volume containing attendance registers, accounts, committee minutes and memoranda, 1854-1856, of the charity school at Llansadwrn, co. Carmarthen, in the hand of the schoolmaster, John L. Butler. Also included are accounts, memoranda and correspondence in Butler's hand, 1858-1861, relating to his activities as a tea dealer and grocer in Dowlais, together with a signed temperance pledge witnessed by Butler (f. 37 verso), temperance verses in Welsh (ff. 39 verso-40), and a letter from J. J. Thomas, Carmarthen, 1930 (f. 24).

A survey of Llansanffraid parish churchyard, co Cardigan, carried out by Mr and Mrs Dockerty in 1997, together with an updated version, 2007.

Papers, 1923-1924 relating to the erection and formal opening of the War Memorial Hall at Llansilin, Denbighshire and including printed circulars and a list of men from Llansilin parish who served in the First World War (1914-1918).

A collecting account book (1825-1838) of the tithes of the hamlets of Penpont, Bolgoed and Modrydd, and the parish of Llanspyddid, Brecknockshire.

Manuscripts once held in the library of Plas Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire. The collection comprises mainly transcripts from medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the Black Book of Carmarthen and the Red Book of Talgarth which include poetry, triads, pedigrees, arms, lives of saints, Brut y Brenhinedd, Brut y Tywysogion, the Laws of Hywel Dda, etc.; grammars and vocabularies; translations, mainly from Latin and English sources; proverbs; theological tracts; medical recipes; etc. The earliest of the manuscripts date from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Most of the manuscripts are in the hands of Moses and Samuel Williams, with other scribes including Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, Dr John David Rhys, William Maurice, 'Iaco ab Dewi', Edward Lhuyd and William Owen-Pughe.

A transcript and an English translation by Timothy Lewis (1877-1958) of the portion of Llanstephan MS 4 which describes the pretended exhumation of Arthur and Guinevere, with an introduction and note by J. Douglas Bruce (1862-1923), University of Tennessee (see Revue Celtique, Vol. 33, pp. 432 et seq.).

A photostat facsimile of the parish register of Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, 1698-1761.

Two copies of a typescript transcript of monumental inscriptions at Llantrisant Church, Llanfihangel-y Creuddyn, co. Cardigan, prepared in 1987 by a group from the Aberystwyth branch of the Dyfed Family History Society, subsequently checked and updated by Victor and Shirley Williams in 1994.

Llantwit Major highway rate book in the hands of John Thomas and Evan Thomas (overseers). (Formerly Llanmaes MS 76.) English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.