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Title
Date(s)
- 1889-1933. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
16 small boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Colonel Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney ('Achydd Glan Troddi'; 1859-1933), historian, of Tal-y-coed Court, Llanfihangel Ystern Llewern, Monmouthshire, served in many capacities in both military and civic rôles. He was the author of A History of Monmouthshire (London, 1904-1932) and A History of the Free Grammar School in the parish of Llantilio-Crossenny (London, 1924) and editor of Llyfr Baglan (London, 1910) and of reprints of several Monmouthshire parish registers.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters reflecting Phillimore's and Bradney's shared antiquarian interests, as well as their mutual taste for rude limericks. Bradney habitually wrote to Phillimore in Latin.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into broadly chronological order.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin, English and Welsh.
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Finding aids
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Existence and location of copies
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Note
Preferred citation: C2.