William Thomas ('Glanffrwd') Papers,

Personal and related papers, 1860-1939, including correspondence, 1871-1890; sermons; [?1870s]-[?1880s]; literary papers; [?1870s]-[?1880s]; eisteddfod papers, 1860-1887; press cuttings, 1914-1939; and poetry, 1868-1918.

The Rev. William Thomas ('Glanffrwd', 1843-1890), cleric and historian, was born at Ynysybwl, Glamorgan. He became a Calvinistic Methodist preacher, but after a year as minister, he joined the Established Church. In 1875 he was ordained and made curate of West Cornforth, Co. Durham, and later of Mold, Flintshire. He was made vicar-choral, and later chief vicar of St Asaph. Glanffrwd was a strong supporter of the eisteddfod, acting as a conductor. He published poetry in the collection Sisialon y Ffrwyd and wrote on the subjects of antiquity and linguistics, and also historical work, notably Plwf Llanwynno (1888). The work of Glanffrwd continued to be published after his death by the Glamorgan Free Press.

Arranged into NLW MSS 16698-703.

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Donated by Morgan Thomas, New Jersey, USA, 1955.

The Rev. William Thomas ('Glanffrwd', 1843-1890), cleric and historian, was born at Ynysybwl, Glamorgan. He became a Calvinistic Methodist preacher, but after a year as minister, he joined the Established Church. In 1875 he was ordained and made curate of West Cornforth, Co. Durham, and later of Mold, Flintshire. He was made vicar-choral, and later chief vicar of St Asaph. Glanffrwd was a strong supporter of the eisteddfod, acting as a conductor. He published poetry in the collection Sisialon y Ffrwyd and wrote on the subjects of antiquity and linguistics, and also historical work, notably Plwf Llanwynno (1888). The work of Glanffrwd continued to be published after his death by the Glamorgan Free Press.

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Hard copies of the catalogue and of a former catalogue (1955) are available at the National Library of Wales.

March 2003.

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW Project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW Schedule of William Thomas 'Glanffrwd' Papers (1955); Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959); Meic Stephens, Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales (1986);

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