A glossary of the Gwentian dialect,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MSS 23476-23485B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004654024
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1907-ca. 1936 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh English, Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • Varying from 42 to 194 ff. ; 230 x 180 mm. Cloth and marbled paper over boards.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Notebooks of Thomas (Tom) Jones, Trealaw, containing a draft of 'A Glossary of the Welsh of Glamorgan', 1907, with manuscript and typescript additions and corrections, and pasted-in newspaper cuttings, c. 1908 - c. 1936. Submitted for competition, under the pseudonym 'Meurig', at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Swansea, 1907, the essay was awarded joint first prize, with that of Thomas Christopher Evans ('Cadrawd'). A letter, 1910, from Sir Edward Anwyl has been tipped in on f. iii of MS 23476.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Welsh Folk Museum; Cardiff; Donation; 1991

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 23476-23485B.

Other Finding Aids

The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).

Archivist's Note

May 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Originally donated to NLW in 1938 by Tom Jones's son Mr W. Rosser Jones, Trealaw, and withdrawn by him soon afterwards. The notebooks were on deposit at the Welsh Folk Museum, Cardiff from 1969 until they were returned to NLW in 1991.

Related Material

For the essay by 'Cadrawd', see National Eisteddfod MSS 1907/13 and NLW MSS 1163-75B. For other manuscripts of Tom Jones, see NLW MSS 19538-45, Papurau 'Ap Nathan' T1-89, and NLW Facs. 849-52.

Location of Originals

For a copy of the essay by Tom Jones, see National Eisteddfod MSS 1907/13a.

Additional Information

Published

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