The Office has received some interesting accessions this quarter, notably:
Diaries of the Reverend Frederick William Edmondes (Ref: DED569)
F.W. Edmondes (1840 – 1918) was a member of a land-owning family based in Cowbridge since the eighteenth century. From his twentieth year until his death he kept a daily diary. A total of 59 volumes.
After serving as a curate in Newcastle (Bridgend) for two years, Edmondes was rector of Michaelston-super-Ely and St. Brides, 1867 – 1873, then of Coity, 1873 – 1901, and archdeacon of Llandaff from 1897. His diary is a record of the round of clergy duties in the parish and the diocese, service on the Board of Guardians, the School Board, the Highways Board and the activities of his family and social circle.
A cartoon depicting
‘A Croquet Match’ from a Punch Pocket Book of 1862,
used by F. W. Edmondes as a diary for that year. (DED569/3)
Bowles and Son, Tobacconists, Cardiff (ref: D417)
The business was established in 1888; its head offices were above the shop at 9, James Street, Butetown where there was also a warehouse and cigar maturing room in the basement. There were four other branches in Cardiff and one in Pontypridd. They stocked a wide range of tobacco products and accessories such as lighters, pipes and ashtrays, and two also housed barbers’ salons.
The
archives consist of accounting records and photographs of the shops between
1876 and 1979.
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A corner
of the cigar store at Bowles & Son ,Tobacconists |
Victoria and Albert Purchase Grant Fund 125th Anniversary
Over the past 125 years, the V and A Purchase Grant Fund has enabled regional organisations all over Wales and England to acquire objects as varied as Bronze Age rings, a Victorian kitchen range, a manuscript by Ted Hughes and Gainsborough drawings.
In 1995 the V and A came to the GRO’s rescue with a £30,000 grant to purchase the Fonmon Castle Collection. The Collection includes some remarkable documents from the Commonwealth period, including Oliver Cromwell’s funeral accounts, as well as correspondence between the family and the Wesley brothers, founders of the Methodist movement and a treasure trove of local and family history material such as deeds and rentals. Consult our Fonmon catalogues in the Document Searchroom or the Fonmon Archives entry on the ANW website for further detailsfor further details.
For more information on the work of the V and A log onto
Bill for cloth purchased for the funeral of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, which was organised by Col. Phillip Jones of Fonmon.
‘128 yards of black rich three pile velvet at 29s 6d a yard.’
The total of the whole bill was £1573 11s 2d
DFF177
The list that follows gives brief details of accessions received by gift, deposit or purchase for the period 1st June - 31 August 2006. Please note that not all items shown are available for immediate consultation, and some dates given are approximate. Some items may be on restricted access. Accession numbers are included.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Aberdare Urban District
Council, Register of Electors, 1948
UDAB/C/RE14
Rhondda Cynon
Taf County Borough Council, Active magazine, 2006
CRCT
RELIGION
Church in Wales
Gelligaer parish,
list of incumbents, 1579-1944
D415
Llandaff North,
All Saints parish, photographs and parish magazines, 1900-1931
D414
Non-conformist
Rhiwbina, Bethany
Baptist chapel, ‘Celebration! The first 200 years’ commemorative
book
DBAP15/72
EDUCATION
Brithdir primary
school, log books, 1879-1954
ECG7
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
Bowles
and Son, tobacconists, Cardiff, factory and wages ledgers, photographs,
newspapers, cuttings,
1876-1979
D417
Bowles and Son,
Tobacconists, Cardiff
A window display at 23 High Street
Ferndale
Colliery, report and valuation, 1888
D413
Morgan Cole, solicitors, Pontypridd & Rhondda Joint
Water Board, Glamorgan Water Board, Pontypridd Water Works Company and
Ystradyfodwg & Pontypridd Main Sewerage Board committee minutes, 1885-1953
2006/96
FAMILY ESTATE AND PERSONAL
Crawshay family of Treforest,
correspondence and photographs, C19-20
DCR
Councillor R.T. Davies, Bedwas,
correspondence on council business and political campaigns, 1996-2003
D316
Duffryn estate, Aberdare, title
deeds, 1787-1845
DBR
The Venerable F.W. Edmondes,
archdeacon of Llandaff, diaries, 1860-1918
DED569
Franklen and Allen, families
of St Hilary, photograph albums, scrapbooks, correspondence C19-20
D155
Masters family of Miskin, post
card collection, 1915-1918
D411
Mrs M. P. Moore, Penarth,
personal and professional papers, c1950-2000
DXFX
Dennis Sellwood,
Caerphilly, historical research papers and correspondence c1952-2000
D163
HOSPITALS
Cardiff Royal Infirmary
League for Friends, minute books, 1975-1979
D409
SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Cowbridge and District
Local History Society, Newsletter, September 2006
D130
Cowbridge Gateway Monday Club, photographs and scrapbooks, 1984-2003
Cowbridge Museum, Newsletter,
August 2006
D418
Friends of Llandaff Cathedral,
73rd Annual Report, 2006
D127
Glamorgan Family History Society,
Journal 2006
D37
Mothers’ Union,
Llandaff Deanery, details of special events, branch programmes, commemorative
pamphlets, 1969-1998
DMULD
Mothers’ Union Llandaff Diocese, minutes, agendas, photographs,
printed pamphlets, c1933-2006
DMUL
Mothers’ Union, St James,
Taff’s Well, minute books, membership and administrative papers,
1967-1996
D410
Mothers’ Union,
papers of Dr Margaret Williams, vice president for Wales, 1957-1999
D416
Women’s Archive of Wales/Archif
Menywod Cymru, papers of Thalia Campbell relating to the unveiling of
Greenham Common walk statue, 2003
DWAW14/2
ENTERTAINMENT
Cor Cochion Caerdydd,
correspondence, printed material, photographs, 2004-2006
D254
HUGHESOVKA RESEARCH ARCHIVE
Articles and extracts from
books, 1904-1991
D419
Genealogical research materials
on Hughes and other families, 1904-1991
DXGC230
Press publicity on the archive,
1989-1995
D420
