Traethodau, etc.,

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

Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 12592C.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- [20 cent., first ½].
Language of Material
- Welsh.
Physical Description
- Contact NLW for more information.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous essays, notes, etc., of a topographical and biographical nature, relating mainly to the parishes of Llanfor, Llanuwchllyn, and Llanycil, co. Merioneth, including an essay (62 pp.) on 'Hynafiaethau a Hynafiaid Ardal Celyn' [Cwm Celyn, parishes of Llanfor and Llanycil], by ' O letty'r chwilotwr', 1927; two short essays (19 pp. and 11 pp. respectively) on 'Hen Dyddynnod a Bythynod Dadfeiliedig Cwmtirmynach [ parish of Llanfor], ynghyd a preswylwyr olaf', the one by 'Brysiog', and the other bearing no name or pseudonym; a short essay (17 pp.) on 'Edward Jones y Wenallt' [? parish of Llanfor], by R. Price, Llansilin; notes by John Hughes on 'Hen Dyddynod Ardal y Parc'; notes by R. Prys Jones on 'Edward Foulke, Coedyfoel, Bala', who emigrated to America, 1698; and a copy of a paper on 'Hen Dyddynod Adfeiliedig y Plwy [ Llanuwchllyn], ag adgofion am rai o'u preswylwyr', read by Edw[ard] Edwards, to the Young People's Society of Yr Hen Gapel [the Congregational church, Llanuwchllyn]. Some of the essays noted were submitted for competition at local literary meetings.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 12592C.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

Archivist's Note

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 IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).