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[Tear] School Reports - St Illtyd's
College, Cardiff
Terence Tear was 12 when these reports begin (1935) and the reports end just
before the commencement of WWII. Though Welsh was on the curriculum, it was clearly
optional. Bears signatures of form masters/headmasters. Cloth bound with gilt
lettering & paper label on front cover. (ref 5373) £8.50
Old Barry in Photographs - vol 3
Brian C Luxton, 1990. 4to, unpaginated but 217 captioned photographs
evoking memories of a bygone age. Very nice clean copy in an average d/w (pulled at
the top of the spine). Signed by author on fep. (ref 2797) £12.00
A Bibliography of the History of Cardiff
Brian Ll James, 1989. A4 format in cream card covers, 49pp inc index.
A list of over 600 references from several locations including the very rich
holdings of Cardiff Central Library. G. (ref 4649) £3.00
Cardiff: Notes Picturesque and Biographical
J Kyrle Fletcher, nd. 128pp, 6 ills dated 1917. Spine sunned, slight spotting
to eps, rest of contents clean. Generally G. (ref 4657) £16.00
Cardiff - A History of the City
William Rees, 1962. 4to, 178pp inc index, 28 plates of which most contain 2
photos, 6 other ills. VG clean copy, no d/w.. (ref 4656) £20.00
[Cardiff] Owen/Coates/Lewis Deeds
David Lewis (died 1860) was a Cardiff ship-owner, a shareholder of the
Cardiff Steam Towing Company and of the Taff Vale Railway, as well as owning many Cardiff
houses - particularly in Bute Street (St Mary Street, Charles Street, Park Place,
Millicent Street all get a mention, but his properties in Bute Street - inc the Pier Hotel
- which are the more numerous). The 4 deeds here on offer concern his
grandchildren - the inter-related Owens and Coates. The most substantial (and
earliest) deed is an 1879 mortgage & settlement on 5 large parchment sheets, and it
accompanied by a mortgage transfer of 1898 and a pair of conveyances dated 1910. All
in manuscript on parchment bearing signatures of parties involved. This little group
(ref 524/90) £25.00 post-free Not for export
Cardiff - WANTED - photos, negatives, archives, reports, number plates etc of the 50 London Transport trolleybuses broken up at Thomson's scrapyard [Dumballs Road] in 1954.
Cardiff Yesterday No 1
Stewart Williams, 1980. 4to, unpaginated but 193 ills (virtually
all are photographs). VG copy in VG d/w. (ref 0000) £12.00
Cardiff Yesterday No 2
Stewart Williams, 1981. 4to, unpaginated but 215 ills (virtually
all are photographs). VG copy in VG d/w. (ref 0000) £12.00
Cardiff Yesterday No 4
Stewart Williams, 1982. 4to, unpaginated but 234 ills (virtually
all are photographs). VG copy in VG d/w. (ref 0000) £14.00
Cardiff Yesterday No 5
Stewart Williams, 1982. 4to, unpaginated but 216 ills (virtually
all are photographs). VG copy in VG d/w. (ref 0000) £15.00
Cardiff Yesterday No 7
Stewart Williams, 1983. 4to, unpaginated but 211 ills (virtually
all are photographs). VG copy in VG d/w. (ref 0000) £15.00
Manor and Parish - An Administrative History
of Glyncorrwg
Roger L Brown, 1985. A5 in paper covers enclosing 52pp, photo ill of
Blaencorrwg Farm on front cover. Chapters headed 'The Manors of the Upper Afan' and 'The
Parish Vestry of Glyncorrwg 1754-1815'. 6 copies available, all VG. (refs 8001-8006)
each £4.00 UK post-free
[Llansamlet] 2 Deeds for The
Rising Sun Inn, Cnap Coch
The counterpart copy of a lease [ie signed by the lessee rather than the lessor]
and an assignment of the lease to Swansea United Breweries just 4 months later. Both
these 1910 items are on parchment, the lease bears a small hand-coloured plan.
(ref 575/1) £12.00 Not
for export
[Llantrissant document] Conveyance of
Cencoed Farm
This 1873 deed records the purchase of Cencoed Farm by John Glassbrook from
the Earl of Shrewsbury & Talbot. A schedule breaks the 98 acre farm into its 26
component fields showing acreages and state of cultivation - this is accompanied by a
small hand-coloured plan. A second schedule lists deeds and documents going back to
1855. At the time of this 1873 sale the tenant farmer was Thomas Davies.
Manuscript on 7 large [approx 27"x21"] parchment sheets. (ref 93/12)
£18.00
The Registers of Llantrithyd, Glamorganshire,
1571-1810
Edited by H Seymour Hughes, 1888. Royal 8vo, maroon cloth boards with
gilt lettering & lines, 80pp inc index. The title is not entirely accurate as
the marriages are transcribed only to 1752 and no baptism entries survive before 1597.
This is by far the best of the very few copies we've seen of this quite scarce
volume, easily VG. (ref 1577) £50.00 UK post-free
Llantwit Major and Cowbridge - A Study of the
Historic Domestic Architecture
This is the 'Farmhouses and Cottages' section extracted from An Inventory of
Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan & published in 1989 as a separate item. 4to in
pictorial card covers, pp475-524, lots of ills inc a few photos. Although published
at £5.00, this M copy available at the current suicidal in-print price of £2.50
UK post-free
The Story of the Village of Mumbles
Gerald Gabb, 1986. 80pp inc index, useful bibliography, 51 ills inc
many old photos, map eps. Predominantly the village from about 1800. F copy.
(ref 3607) £8.00
Trinity Methodist Church, Penarth: A Portrait
John and Sheila Gibbs, 1994. Pictorial card covers, 294pp inc index, 31
mostly photo-ills. Clean copy. (ref 4887) £5.00
The Pennard Manor Court Book 1673-1701
Michael J Edmunds, South Wales Record Society, 2000. This brand new
publication includes the complete record of the business transacted in the manor courts.
The court's jurisdiction covered the parishes of Pennard and Ilston together with the 'Fee
of Trewyddfa', a small area in the parish of Llangyfelach, 10 miles away on the west bank
of the River Tawe. Local historians will find much of interest about land ownership, local
government, law and order etc, while for the family historian the names and relationships
mentioned will supplement what can be gathered from the bishops transcripts and hearth tax
returns. Fully indexed with names and places. Order your copies via Chapel Books at the
publisher's price of £19.50 UK post-free
A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the
Swansea Region
Stephen Hughes & Paul Reynolds, 1989 2nd. 55pp A5 booklet in
pictorial card covers, 28 ills inc many photos. A gazetteer covering the Western half of
the South Wales coalfield excluding Pembrokeshire. Over 170 sites in all. F. Offered at
the suicidal in-print price of £1.00 UK post-free
Links with the Past - Swansea and Brecon
Historical Essays
Edited by Owain W Jones and David Walker, 1974. 251pp followed by
index, 14 ills, 3 maps. A series of articles including The Tradition of St David in
Wales [20pp]; Brecon Priory in the Middle Ages [30pp]; Church Life in
Sixteenth Century Swansea [28pp]; John Wesley and the Archdeaconry of Brecon [22pp];
Religious Condition of the Counties of Brecon and Radnor as Revealed in the Census
of Religious Worship of 1851 [30pp]; Church Building in the Nineteenth Century
[26pp]. VG in VG d/w. (ref 2657) £10.00
The Yeomen of Yore
Jack Smith, 1966. 63pp, 2 ills. Anecdotes and history of the Glamorgan
Yeomanry 1794-1965. Includes a list of officers in 1918. 3 copies available, all VG.
Each £3.50 (ref 0000)
The Church Plate of Gowerland
Rev John Thomas Evans, 1921. 4to in beige cloth, gilt lettering & crest,
bevelled boards, 146pp inc index followed by prospectus for other titles in the series,
portrait frontis, 39pp of photos. Very nice condition though the eps are foxed. VG. (ref
4646) £50.00 UK post-free
Leaflet for Radio Relay
1932 leaflet issued by Radio Central Exchanges Ltd, who had offices at Pontypridd
(phone no Pontypridd 48), Caerphilly, Gilfach Goch and Tonyrefail. Their
broadcasting service also covered Llantrisant, Trehafod and Trebanog (and from the
addresses of (presumably) their agents Coedpenmaen, Cilfynydd, Pwllgwaun, Maesycoed,
Trallwn and Rhydyfelin). The list of 'special items this week' included Tom Jones
from the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. We knew he was old, but.........
Ex-Glamorgan Record Office Library, their stamp in one corner. Probably quite
scarce, especially in this nice fresh condition. (ref 252/117)
£3.00 UK post-free
South Wales and Monmouth Record Society vol 4, 1957
Tall 8vo in printed buff card covers, 180pp, a few map ills. Some very interesting
subjects:-
Accounts of the Ministers of the Lordship of Monmouth for the year 1256-1257 [26pp].
A Selection from the Records of the Lordship of Senghenydd with Caerphilly from the 13th
to 15th Century [20pp].
The Friaries of Cardiff & Newport - the 1st Financial Accounts after the Suppression
viz for 1538-1539 [6pp].
Sessions in Eyre in the Lordship of Gower & Kilvey 1524: Records of Dispute Earl of
Worcester v his Tenants [12pp].
Monmouthshire Recusants in the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I (with maps) [43pp].
The Copper Industry of Swansea and Neath: The Record of a Suit in the Court of Exchequer
1723 [30pp].
The Parish of Rumney as seen from the Registers of the Parish from 1744 to 1854 [10pp].
Trafalgar Commemoration Year 1955: the Men of Glamorgan who took part in the Battle [2pp].
Quite a nice copy, VG. (ref 2787) £15.00 [note - this is also on the
Monmouthshire page]
POSTCARDS - all
post-free within UK
Fiddlers Elbow, St Eynons Church, Abercynon
Real photo with postcard back, unused & undated (perhaps 1900). View is
across river towards church in background with what (from the long line of telegraph
poles) appears to be a railway embankment in between. No publisher shown but there is a
ref 9837. Somewhat faded with age. (ref 0707) £7.50
The River from Bridge, Abercynon
Real photo with postcard back, unused & undated (perhaps 1900). View
appears to have been taken from the bridge & is of river upstream with farm buildings
on the right bank and in the distance a row of houses high up on the left bank. No
publisher shown but there is a ref 9830. Somewhat faded with age. (ref 0708) £7.50