Papers relating to the Treflan Estate

Comprises transcript copies and photocopies of documents relating to the Treflan Estate, Llanbeblig and Waun-fawr, Caernarfonshire. Includes: 

• Copy probate of the will (5 April 1824) of John Evans of Caernarfon, including three codicils
• Copy of a Highway rate book for the parish of Llanbeblig, Caernarfonshire, 1889
• Copy probate of the will (9 March 1896) of William Humphrey Owen of Plas Penrhyn, Anglesey
• Copy probate of the will (21 September 1891) of Owen Lewis of Llangefni, Anglesey, chemist and druggist

Treflan Estate was located at Llanbeblig and Waun-fawr in Caernarfonshire, north Wales. John Evans (1766-1827) was a prominent Caernarfon solicitor with interests which extended beyond his legal practice into local government administration and the slate quarrying industry. Acting on behalf of the Cilgwyn Slate Company he purchased the estate which lay in the vicinity of the company's two quarries. In 1819 the company sold one quarter of the estate to Evans and six years later he took over the remainder. The estate was sold by auction in 1843.

Material is arranged in chronological order and incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts .

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Deposited by Vaughan Jones of Hafod-y-coed, Waun-fawr, Caernarfonshire.

Description compiled by Anne Lenaghan, April 2002.

Item level word-processed list is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales, Bangor. Reference numbers: General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts: 26520-26523

Usual copyright conditions apply. Reprographics are made at the discretion of the Archivist.

Also held at the Archives Department of the University of Wales, Bangor are the Porth yr Aur Papers and the Porth yr Aur Additional Papers . Collection level descriptions are available on the Archives Hub.

Material was copied from originals held by Mr Lloyd Hughes of Gwastadfaes, Waun-fawr, Caernarfonshire.