Bethania, Aberfan Book of Remembrance

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 24016E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006087644
  • Dates of Creation
    • 2010
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh English, some Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 26 ff. : 14 ff. facsimile on photographic paper, preceded and followed by 6 paper binding leaves ; 390 x 290 mm.
      Bound by Elgar Pugh at NLW in full goatskin leather with gold fillet, and lettered 'Bethania Chapel Aberfan' in gold on spine, April 2010.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Facsimile copy of a calligraphic book of remembrance to deceased victims of the 1966 disaster at Aberfan, Glamorgan. The original volume was displayed at Bethania Independent chapel, Aberfan, and contained the names, dates of birth, and age upon death of 143 individuals (117 children and 26 adults) who died in the disaster on 21 October 1966, their names arranged under the month in which they were born. The official number of fatalities was 144 individuals (116 children and 28 adults). The identity of the calligrapher, and the circumstances surrounding the creation of the original volume, was unknown to chapel Trustees when asked in 2007.

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Acquisition Information

Facsimile created at NLW; Aberystwyth; April 2010; 006087644

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 24016E.

Archivist's Note

March 2011.

Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Following the closure of Bethania chapel on 30 September 2007, the original book was donated to the keeping of the National Assembly for Wales. Two facsimile copies were made at the National Library between September 2009 and April 2010: one was donated to the Trustees of Bethania chapel, Aberfan per the Revd Dr Geraint Tudur, General Secretary of the Union of Welsh Independents in April 2010, and the present copy was retained at the Library.

Location of Originals

The National Assembly for Wales;

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales