Rhondda place-names

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 16264D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004437500
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1921-1938
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh English, some Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • i, 110 ff. (some folios blank) ; 330 x 205 mm. and less.
      Folios i, 1-51: Alphabetical notebook, quarter leather; label of William Lewis (Printers) Ltd, Cardiff, inside front cover.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Notebook of Henry Harris, Ystrad Rhondda, begun in 1921, containing lists of place-names and field names in the Rhondda. Some of the names are taken from a tithe map of 1847 (ff. i, 1-51).
Also included is a typescript list of the same place-names, on loose sheets, the names numbered and in alphabetical order (ff. 52-98); typescript and manuscript notes, [?1938], on the Rhondda in the year 1737, including transcripts of Overseers of the Poor accounts (ff. 103-109); notes, 1938, relating to bird life in the Rhondda (f. 110); and three letters to Harris, October 1921-May 1928, including two from M. H. Jones, Penllwyn (ff. 99-102).

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Acquisition Information

Mr Henry Harris; Ystrad Rhondda; Donation (with NLW MSS 16265-6B); March 1943

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16264D.

Archivist's Note

November 2007 and July 2014.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifan, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Related Material

See also NLW MS 6969A (list of Rhondda field names compiled by M. H. Jones).

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Geographical Names