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Microfiche indexes to the 1881 census: Lancashire

An attendane book, 1908-1922, of the directors of the Lampeter, Aberaeron and New Quay Light Railway Company.

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).

A poor-rate assessment book for the parish of Lampeter, 1817-1830.

Two school exercise books containing bidding accounts, 7 April 1852, for the marriage of Samuel Davies of Lampeter, Cardiganshire (NLW MS 16384iB), and his wife Elizabeth (née Jones) (NLW MS 16384iiB, ff. 1-6), both in the hand of Samuel Davies.
Also included in the second volume are a few rough accounts, 30 May 1857 (MS 16384iiB, f. 8).

Account book, 1934-1949, of the Laleston and District Nursing Association, co. Glamorgan.

Lady Lytton: What I knew of her, 1872-75 by David Jones, Wallington, Surrey, with letters by Lady Lytton, etc, bound with printed copies of Shells from the Sands of Time (1876) and A blighted life (1880) by Lady Lytton. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 41.) English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

A copy of a research work compiled by the author in 2008 on Lady Llanover.

Material relating to the production of Lady Charlotte Guest's English translation of the 'Mabinogion' (London, 1838-49), including facsimiles, a letter from Joseph Fisher, engraver, to Guest, 1838, a modernized (Welsh) version of the tales of 'Branwen ferch Llŷr' and 'Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed', possibly made by John Jones ('Tegid'), original sketches, proofs of illustrations, etc.

Letters, 1950-1970, from Lady Eirene White, to the donor's mother, Mrs M. E. Davies, Ffestiniog, together with three letters from Dr Thomas Jones CH, 1922 and 1950. Also included are press cuttings relating to Lady White and printed material relating to Dr Thomas Jones.

Over seventy letters, [c. 1799]-1832, mainly from Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, The Ladies of Llangollen (ff. 1-118 verso), addressed to their friend, Mrs Margaret Wingfield (1778-1835) and her husband, the Reverend Rowland Wingfield, vicar of Rhiwabon. The letters contain personal and local news.

Eleven letters, 1991-2002, from Kyffin Williams, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, to his friends and near neighbours the broadcaster Ian Skidmore and his wife, the writer Celia Lucas, mainly offering thanks or congratulations, with most containing pen and ink self-portrait cartoons.
The correspondence includes four letters addressed to Celia Lucas (ff. 2-4, 10, the first two in French), three to Ian Skidmore (ff. 1, 9, 11) and two addressed to both (ff. 6, 8); together with a poem concerning the writer and critic A. A. Gill (f. 7) and a limerick addressed to Skidmore (f. 11). The cartoons portray Kyffin in a dunce cap (f. 1), as a Frenchman (f. 2 verso), as a 'naughty little boy' (f. 4 verso), celebrating (f. 5), with an ear trumpet (f. 6 verso), as [?'a fox-hunting man'] (f. 8), dancing with Ian Skidmore (f. 9) and waving a handkerchief (f. 10). There are also cartoons of A. A. Gill being grilled by Old Nick (f. 7) and Ian Skidmore waving a flag (f. 11).

Research, 1993-1994, compiled by Dr Glyn Rhys concerning the Ceredigion ancestry of Sir Kyffin Williams.

A copy of the donor's genealogical research.

Instructions for knitting and crocheting lace.