Cecily Williams-Ellis Papers,

Minutes and administrative papers of the National Executive Committee of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, 1958, 1972-1982; Caernarfonshire branch records, 1943-1983; local groups' correspondence files, 1952-1980; subject files containing correspondence and reports, 1945-1980, including Snowdonia National Park, 1945-1979; industrial development, 1942-1981; roads and transport, 1947-1980; forestry, 1947-1980; caravans and holiday accommodation, 1941-1979; and miscellaneous photographs of architecture, rural landscapes and eyesores, including litter, derelict buildings, and obtrusive signs and aerials.

Cecily William-Ellis was a founder, and for 40 years the Chairman, of the Caernarfonshire branch of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales. She later became President of the Branch. She was also a long-serving nominated member of the Snowdonia National Park Committee. Among her campaigns was the undergrounding of the power cable across the Traeth Mawr and the thwarting of the former Central Electricity Authority's scheme to build hydro-electric schemes on Welsh rivers. She was awarded the MBE in 1982. She died in 1992 at the age of 92.

Arranged into the following: minutes and administrative papers; campaigns, planning and development; and photographs.

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Donated by Mrs. Cecily Williams-Ellis, Tremadog, Gwynedd, 1983.

Cecily William-Ellis was a founder, and for 40 years the Chairman, of the Caernarfonshire branch of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales. She later became President of the Branch. She was also a long-serving nominated member of the Snowdonia National Park Committee. Among her campaigns was the undergrounding of the power cable across the Traeth Mawr and the thwarting of the former Central Electricity Authority's scheme to build hydro-electric schemes on Welsh rivers. She was awarded the MBE in 1982. She died in 1992 at the age of 92.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1984, pp. 63-66, at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed on-line.

April 2003.

Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW Project. The following sources were used for the preparation of the description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1984; NLW Obituaries Cumulated Index (1992-1997);

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CPRW posters, plans of caravan sites at Morfa Bychan, Porthmadog, a map of Dolwyddelan village, various printed maps of Caernarfon-shire, and a group of photographs relating to the Best Kept Village competition, deposited at the same time, are in NLW Special Collections. Other papers are NLW, Records of the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales

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