Peniarth scrapbook

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Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 14827E.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1867-1882
Name of Creator
- Shirley, Evelyn Philip, 1812-1882.
Language of Material
- English English.
Physical Description
- i, 59 ff. ; 330 x 250 mm.
  Half-leather with double gold fillets and marbled endpapers; 'PENIARTH 1867' (in gold on spine); 'Leightons, 40 Brewer St.' (label inside front cover).
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A scrapbook, 1867-1882, begun by Evelyn Phillip Shirley of Ettington Park, Warwickshire, following his visit in August 1867 to his friend W. W. E. Wynne of Peniarth, Merioneth.
The volume initially contained ten photographs of Peniarth and its environs (ff. 11, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 40) with numerous further photographs (and photographs of prints) being added showing other local views and related houses such as Glyn (ff. i verso-47 passim). Also included are leaves from W. W. E. Wynne's Pedigree of the Family of Wynne of Peniarth… (London, 1872), with hand-painted coats of arms added (ff. 2 recto-verso, 12 recto-verso, 20 recto-verso, 22 recto-verso, 24 recto-verso, 26 recto-verso), and additional manuscript notes by Wynne (ff. 13-18); four letters to Shirley from W. W. E. Wynne, [1868]-1877 (ff. i verso, 3-10, 34-35); three letters, June-July 1880, from W. R. M. Wynne (ff. 41-44) and E[dward] Breese (ff. 45-46), following W. W. E. Wynne's death, with copies of Breese's obituary of Wynne (ff. 50-52); and papers relating to the building and consecration of the Wynne Memorial Church at Bryncrug, 1880-1882 (ff. 53-59).

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