Charles Davies Manuscripts,

Papers, [1840x1927], from the library of Charles Davies, Baptist minister at Cardiff, comprising diaries, 1869-1925, and correspondence, 1895-1913, of Charles Davies; sermons preached at Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church, Cardiff by the Reverend David Jones, c. 1842-1850, and by Charles Davies, [1901x1927]; and registers, etc. relating to the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church, Cardiff, 1904-1905.

Charles Davies, Baptist minister, was born in Llwynhendy, Carmarthenshire. He attended the Graig Academy in Swansea before enrolling at the Baptist Theological College, Llangollen. Ordained in 1870, Davies accepted a ministerial post at Penuel church, Bangor before transferring to the Baptist church at Everton Village, Liverpool in 1877. He became minister of the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church, Cardiff in 1888, remaining until his death in 1927. Notable in his time as a passionately evangelical preacher, Davies was elected president of the Wales and Monmouthshire Baptist Union in 1899. He published a volume of sermons (Llangollen, 1910) and a centennial celebration of Tabernacle Baptist church (Cardiff, [1914]), and was also a regular contributor to Baptist periodicals.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 10372-10435.

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Jocelyn F. Davies, son of Charles Davies; Cardiff; Presentation; 1936

Charles Davies, Baptist minister, was born in Llwynhendy, Carmarthenshire. He attended the Graig Academy in Swansea before enrolling at the Baptist Theological College, Llangollen. Ordained in 1870, Davies accepted a ministerial post at Penuel church, Bangor before transferring to the Baptist church at Everton Village, Liverpool in 1877. He became minister of the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church, Cardiff in 1888, remaining until his death in 1927. Notable in his time as a passionately evangelical preacher, Davies was elected president of the Wales and Monmouthshire Baptist Union in 1899. He published a volume of sermons (Llangollen, 1910) and a centennial celebration of Tabernacle Baptist church (Cardiff, [1914]), and was also a regular contributor to Baptist periodicals.

Title based on contents.

Formerly Charles Davies MSS 1-64.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 10372-10435.

Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), pp. 218-219.

September 2008 & June 2011.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953);

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