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Title
Date(s)
- 1887-1904 / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
25 ff. (23 verso-25 verso inverted text) ;200 x 160 mm.Quarther cloth and marbled paper over boards; 'Samuel Davies Joiner 1896' (ink inside back cover).Many leaves removed between ff. 22 and 23; 1 leaf removed before f. 1.Many leaves removed between ff. 22 and 23; 1 leaf removed before f. 1
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs D. R. Thomas; Lampeter; Donation (with NLW MS 16384i & iiB, NLW Deeds 1149); June 1946
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebook of Samuel Davies of Lampeter, Cardiganshire, carpenter, containing a register, 1887-1904, of coffins made by him (ff. 2 verso-22 verso). The volume gives details of the deceased, which include four relatives of Davies's (see ff. 5, 6, 16 verso, 20 verso) and a significant number of paupers. Davies was contracted in December 1887 by the Lampeter Board of Guardians to supply coffins for the poor of Lampeter and surrounding parishes (see ff. 2 verso-3, 13).
The volume also includes a further list, [1887], of coffins made prior to commencing the volume, compiled from memory (ff. 1 recto-verso); and an account of money received by Samuel and Elizabeth Davies, 1891-1899, towards the maintenance of their four orphaned grandchildren (ff. 23 verso-25 verso, inverted text).
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Existence and location of copies
Text
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16385B.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Davies, Samuel, 1829-1905? -- Archives. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2006 and December 2014.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;