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).
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
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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;
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Additional Information
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