Hafod y Porth MSS,

Scope and Content

Papers, [1700x1925], formerly belonging to the Jones family of Hafod y Porth, Beddgelert, including a volume containing an extensive collection of sheep ear-marks; notebooks containing farming accounts and memoranda; family records, letters, etc.; legal documents; and rent receipts, 1720-1763.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Jones family were resident at Hafod y Porth farm, near Beddgelert.

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 1953-1958.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.

Acquisition Information

Mrs Ann Thomas; Caeathro, Caernarfon; Donation; 1932

Note

The Jones family were resident at Hafod y Porth farm, near Beddgelert.

Title based on contents.

Formerly known as Hafod y Porth 1-6.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 1953-1958.

Other Finding Aids

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).

Archivist's Note

September 2005 and August 2009.

Description compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943);

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Additional Information

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