Tyglyn Estate Records,

Deeds, documents and correspondence, 1685-1947, relating to the Tyglyn estate in Cardiganshire together with rentals of the estate, 1803-1862; letters relating to the New Quay Harbour Company, 1846-1850; letters relating to land belonging to Alban T. Davies required in connection with the extension of the Welsh Midland Railway from Carmarthen to Cardigan, 1845-1846; and papers reflecting the military careers of Lt. Col. William Wilson and his son-in-law Captain Alban Thomas Davies of Tyglyn, 1800-1848.

The Tyglyn estate was inherited by the Davies family following a law suit after the death without issue of Alban Thomas John Gwynne in 1819. The estate came into the hands of Captain Alban Thomas Davies, who returned from service in India in the 1840s. He married Ann, daughter of Colonel William Wilson. They were succeeded by their eldest son, Alban Thomas Davies the younger (d. 1870). The estate then passed to his brother, William John Davies (b. 1832) who married Florence A. Gadsden in 1863. Their heir was Frank Gadsden Davies.

The first donation is arranged into volumes and deeds and then chronologically. The subsequent donations, called Tyglyn Additional Papers are arranged into estate and family papers and military papers and then chronologically.

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Donated by Mr R.J.S. Davies, Ciliau Aeron in 1955, followed by three donations by the late Dr T.I. Davies, Wrexham, per Mr Gareth Davies, London, in May, June and August 1982.

The Tyglyn estate was inherited by the Davies family following a law suit after the death without issue of Alban Thomas John Gwynne in 1819. The estate came into the hands of Captain Alban Thomas Davies, who returned from service in India in the 1840s. He married Ann, daughter of Colonel William Wilson. They were succeeded by their eldest son, Alban Thomas Davies the younger (d. 1870). The estate then passed to his brother, William John Davies (b. 1832) who married Florence A. Gadsden in 1863. Their heir was Frank Gadsden Davies.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

A hard copy of the catalogue of the first donation is available at NLW. All the 1982 deposits are described in NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1983, p.51, also available at NLW.

May 2001.

Compiled by Mair James.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Jenkins, Geraint H., Jones, Ieuan Gwynedd, Cardiganshire County History, Vol. 3; Cardiganshire in Modern Times (Cardiff, 1998); Jones, Francis, Historic Cardiganshire Homes and their families, (Newport, 2000); Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, (London, 2 vols, 1872), vol. I;

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A number of maps and admiralty charts are in National Library of Wales, Map Collections, and medals are in National Library of Wales, Special Collections. Some books belonging to the family are also held at the Library.

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