46: Includes final pages of Wm Thomas (Galltcwm) Gleanings from the Fields of Past Years, 1912; Taibach/Port Talbot early post offices; Taibach stocks; coal seams; 1893 boating disaster, last page. n.d.

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Papers of A. Leslie EvansD/D LE

Section 1: Original And Copy Documents Collected By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/1/hub

Section 2: Notes And Publications By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/2/hub

Published And Unpublished Writings By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/2/1/hub

Published And Unpublished Works By Other PeopleDD LE/2/2/hub

Manuscript And Typescript Notes By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/2/3/hub

Set Of Nine Notebooks Marked With Greek LettersDD LE/2/4/hub

Boxed Set Of Exercise Books Numbered 1-59DD LE/2/5/hub

1. Includes rough notes from Major David (Maegwyns) scrap book; C.R.M. Talbots death and will; election riot; Taibach Post Office Money Order book 1947. n.d.D/D LE/59

2. Includes notes on Margam earthworks; agriculture of Wales; and a Cambrian Travellers Guide of 1813. n.d.D/D LE/60

3. Includes notes on Guides to South Wales; various cuttings from Western Mail all on the history of South Wales and families such as the Vivians and the Herberts, 1941-1946; notes on R.D. Blackmores Maid of Sker re wrecks. n.d.D/D LE/61

4. Includes notes from parish registers - Earliest Dates; Bushby mss, Cardiff Library re Besanding election 1740-13; Avan Bridge Portreeves, courts; church goods 1552-3; Glamorgan gaol files - murder at Abbey 1542. n.d.D/D LE/62

5. Includes notes on Ordnance Survey references; Siencyn Penhydd; Hanes Methodistiaeth; Boundary Report 1832. n.d.D/D LE/63

6. Includes notes on P.H. Burtons play - Margam Abbey; Ordnance Survey notes from name books; Captain Bedford - Bristol Channel; case for Sir Humphrey Mackworth v. Mansel 1705; C.R.M. Talbot as MP; and B.H. Grimes Prehistory of Wales. n.d.D/D LE/64

7. Includes notes on Welsh piety; Billy Beynons fights; economic history of South Wales - Margam Abbey Works; Avan Charter; Annals of Margam. A.C. 1848; Margam Abbey Trans Cymmrodorion 1843. n.d.D/D LE/65

8. Includes notes on posthumous stone, Margam, 1926; Montague wreck; old Glamorgan militia; Aberavon Market 1849; fire 1907; Defoes Towns - Bodvoc Stone; Margam mss - notes from 4th series Longavely Farm 1686. n.d.D/D LE/66

9. Includes notes on Rebecc. inn, Aberavon; report of the Road Commissioners 1844; Margam stones - sizes etc. n.d.D/D LE/67

10. Includes notes on Parochialia (Llwyd) Arch. Cambs. Supplement 1911; Pioneers of Welsh Coalfield; Elizabeth Phillips; Pyle Iron Works; South Wales coalfield c. 1921 - Brogdens, Baldwins local collieries; local oddfellows lodges. n.d.D/D LE/68

11. Rough notes from lectures on locality given by the late Arthur J. Richard MA and the Rev E.W. Pearce (on Porthcawl). n.d.D/D LE/69

12. Rough notes from Neath Antiquarian Society Transactions - on Briton Ferry; notes by A. Leslie Evans on Robert Mansel by E.P. Stratham; Sker; wrecks; Margam stone. n.d.D/D LE/70

13. Includes notes on Talbot Hotel lease 1894; Caer Groes (Taibach); Margam and Penrice mss; appendix - old friendly societies - Bridges; notes Margam mss: - first and second series; third and fourth. n.d.D/D LE/71

14. Includes notes on Neath Antiquarian Society Transactions 1930-1933; Neath Abbey, Edward II - chapels - Edward VI; Vernon House and Price-Mansel family; Piracy in South Wales; Powels Cambria; Bandy match 1817; Iolo Morgannwg. n.d.D/D LE/72

15. Includes notes by A. Leslie Evans from Cyril and Aileen Fox Forts and Farms on Margam Mountain, Margam Abbey by John Prichard, Cardiff Nat.S.T. 1881; Roman military equipment. n.d.D/D LE/73

16. Includes notes on the Bruts; the Black Death; y Foel - copper smoke dispute 1893-4; Guide to Port Talbot, 1924; Avan Forges; Aberavon Benefit Building Society 1855. n.d.D/D LE/74

17. Includes notes on Margam Abbey from (Gamwell) Arch. Cambs; Annals of Margam; extracts from A.G. Richards The Wayfarer March 1925 and on Afan Castle from A.G. Richards Wayfarer Summer 1927 (Early Norman Castles). n.d.D/D LE/75

18. Includes notes on population data (Porthsyllydd); Briton Ferry Dock opening 1861; sanitation at Aberavon 1862; Cwmavon - Great Western Puddling Mill 1872. n.d.D/D LE/76

19. Includes notes from The Lords of Afan (Clark, Arch. Cambs 1867); articles from The Wayfarer, a) place names, b) local antiquities - Llangynwyd Castle, c) local antiquities - Kenfig Castle; rules of Cistercian Order. n.d.D/D LE/77

20. Includes extracts from Clarks Glamorgan Cartae v.6.2205 MDX (Survey of Havod y Porth and Margam 12/12/1633; rough map of old local sea walls etc; Croes Genol (Ganol) and Cynans Cross. n.d.D/D LE/78

21. Includes notes on Margam and Penrice mss, 4th series parts I and II; notes from schedule; Edward II in Glamorgan (Rev G.G. Griffiths); Normans in Glamorgan (L. Nicholl); English Gothic churches; Penrhys shrine (cutting) Western Mail June 9, 1951. n.d.D/D LE/79

22. Includes notes from an essay by A.V. Richard from The Wayfarer on local Scandinavian influences; the Abbey Works 1949 - includes a coloured picture of Saltings area near old Sidings Pool, Margam 1948. n.d.D/D LE/80

23. Includes notes from Star Chamber Proceedings - Williams, Blaen Baglan; Mottleys Tales of the Cymry;; M. Trevelyans Lore of Wales; Iolo Morgannwg (Gg Williams); (Removal of Margam Village). n.d.D/D LE/81

24. Includes local Calvary stones (Cardiff Nat. Soc. Trans. 1904); Wilkins South Wales Coal Trade; local explosions; Morfa Pit - Timothy Charles crushed 1860; Cossack stranded at Margam 1860. n.d.D/D LE/82

25. Includes notes from Archaeologia Cambrensis 1864 - on Robert Mansel; Piracy in Glamorgan; tobacco grown at Margam - Muir; review of Buchs Margam Abbey 1898. n.d.D/D LE/83

26. Includes notes from G.E. Lloyds History of Wales; Westwood - Lapidarium Walliae (Stones of Wales); notes from D. Rhys Phillipss Vale of Neath. n.d.D/D LE/84

27. Includes entries from Eastern School (Taibach) log book; Heraldry Notes. n.d.D/D LE/85

28. Includes entries from Groes School (Margam) log books, 1881-1919; Head Teachers. n.d.D/D LE/86

29. Includes entries from log books of the central and Margam Tinplate Works Schools, 1874-1921; manuscript - summary of inspectors report on the Margam Tin Works School, 2 December 1874. n.d.D/D LE/87

30. Includes notes from Wyndhams Tour, 1781 (Pyle Inn, Pumpkins Stone, Margam Orangery); Industrial Survey of South Wales - Port Talbot, Porthcawl; Wales and the Wars of the Roses (Hywel Evans) - Herberts; Welsh folklore and customs - T. Gwynn Jones; Bards and Margam Abbey - notes from lecture given by Prof G.J. Williams, 6 March 1956. n.d.D/D LE/88

31. Includes extracts from the Handbook of South Wales Association for the Improvement of Roads, instituted 1789; Llyfr Baglan, notes; Arch Cambs, chronicle 13th century - 1862 (Margam, Kenfig). n.d.D/D LE/89

32. Includes extracts from Dagdales Monasticon (Cistercians; Margam Abbey); Grant Francis - Swansea charters; Aberavon census 1901; Acts relative to Port Talbot docks, 1834, 1836; Road Act 1827, 1831, 1764. n.d.D/D LE/90

33. Includes notes from C. Wilkins History of Iron, Steel and Tinplate Trade of Wales; Afan Bridge, Cwmavon, Vivians, Port Talbot; Afan Glee Society, 1919; Odeon Cinema opened 1938; Port Talbot Soccer Club formed 1949. n.d.D/D LE/91

34. Translation of excerpts from Hanes Morgannwg (1873) - Port Talbot area. n.d.D/D LE/92

35. Includes notes from A.G. Richards article from The Wayfarer 1925 on prehistory of the area, Celts etc; rough copy of old plan of Aberavon; C.R.M. Talbots description of Aberavon; Penrice and Margam mss 4th 5,II. n.d.D/D LE/93

36. Includes notes from A.G. Richards in Wayfarer of 1926 on local sculptured crosses; Margam stone - Westwood Arch Cambs, 1848, 1846; P.S. Thomas - truck system; Trade Unions - Mabon; copy O.S. map 1900, Aberavon, Taibach, Cwmavon; a hanging on the Foel. n.d.D/D LE/94

37. Includes notes on the history and development of G.K.B (Port Talbot); Morfa explosion 1890 - Western Mail (with names of victims); highways accounts - Margam parish, 1815-1856; Rhydderch ap Morgan (author of Gemau Margam, 1872). n.d.D/D LE/95

38. Includes notes on Local Hill Forts - H.N. Savory, Bu 11th.Bd. Celtic studies, 1949; Baglan Church and Eagle Café 1895; Evolution of Bristol Channel - Dr F.I. North raised beaches, submerged forests, Avon as a tributary of the Severn dunes, lost land; psychic phenomena. n.d.D/D LE/96

39. Includes notes on a brief account of Margam Abbey - for school use; A.G. Richard - life before the Norman Conquest - Wayfarer, Mich 1926. n.d.D/D LE/97

40: Includes notes from Carlisles Topographical Dictionary of 1811 - Sker to Briton Ferry; Halls Book of South Wales 1861 - Pyle Abbey, Ceffyl Pren, Cistercians; Wm Rees - South Wales and the Marches Englishry and Welshry. Military Service, Mills, Tolls, Sheep, Black Death 1348-1361-1369, weights and measures, Forests, Sergeantry, Early local manors/Lordships. n.d.D/D LE/98

41: Includes notes from Green - Churches of Llandaff, Margam Abbey, Briton Ferry, Kenfig; Star Chamber Proceedings (Ifan ab O. Edward); Aberavon wreck; Tanners Nolitia monastic. - Abbey officials, sexton, cellarer, Almoner etc, scandalous disposal of monastic libraries; Brynymor Jones - Historical Sketches of Glamorgan; Rev D. Bryant - Marcher Lordship of Glamorgan, Caradoc and Afan Lands, Welsh uprisings 1136 to Glyndoor. n.d.D/D LE/99

42: Includes notes on Pyle C.M. Chapel; Glamorgan Freeholders, 1756; Shipbuilding - Taibach 1853; Horse Racing - Swansea, 1839; New School, Pyle; Chapel of Ease - Holy Cross centenary; Rear of Book - Aberavon: Ivorites Eisteddfod 1853 - New Market Hall. n.d.D/D LE/100

43: Includes notes on Abbey Works in 1949; Sir A.P. Vivians obituary, 1926; J. Evans Jones, 1804, Margam Abbey refectory enclosed as a larder for late mansion house; Bardy; Margam Parish Rates Register, 1887 - details of houses, tenants, etc. n.d.D/D LE/101

44: Includes copy of printed sheet issued for the Jubilee of St Marys Church, Aberavon (1859-1909). n.d.D/D LE/102

45: Includes Taibach index of notes and transactions etc; notes re Eastern School - last page. n.d.D/D LE/103

46: Includes final pages of Wm Thomas (Galltcwm) Gleanings from the Fields of Past Years, 1912; Taibach/Port Talbot early post offices; Taibach stocks; coal seams; 1893 boating disaster, last page. n.d.D/D LE/104

47: Includes notes from Kellys Directory of 1926; Briton Ferry local schools; Aberavon smallpox; Quarter Session Rolls, 1733 - Rev Chas Caine, Margam; school log books at Glamorgan Record Office; Nottage Court and Sker House; Worralls Directory. n.d.D/D LE/105

48: Includes notes on Penrice and Margam mss; restoration of Abbey North Aisle, 1805, Fort fixed; suggested removal of Chapter House 1794; coal shipped 1730-7; Briton Ferry - name; Taibach families with English roots; the Round Chapel - four in Britain; Abbey Works 1951; Richard Burton; Report on poor sanitation Kenfig Hill. n.d.D/D LE/106

49: Includes notes from Bushby Collection, Cardiff Library; John Thomas - notes in Gemau Margam; local Baptist ministers; Telford and South Wales roads; Sir John Sebright; charities return (local); G.J. Williams Traddodiad Llenyddol Morgannwg (literary tradition of Glamorgan) and Edward David (Dafydd), Margam poet, Sion Mawddwy. n.d.D/D LE/107/1

50: Includes notes on chapels and their ministers in the Port Talbot region. n.d.D/D LE/107/2

51: Includes Royal Commission on Land Report 1893; Gilbert Denys - Seizing of Avan lands 1376; Welsh bygones - Kenfig Mace, stocks, tolls, pack horses, sledge cars, cockfighting, rush lights; Port Talbot docks trade 1950; local police - senior officers Port Talbot. n.d.D/D LE/108

52: Includes obituary for Rev John Williams, Margam 1794; lists of local incumbents; Mansel Franklin mss (National Library of Wales) - Afan Wales; Penrice and Margam mss, Sched. II, Wreck 1698/9, T.M. Talbot and purchase of Sker House, thieves in Margam Abbey 1822; Mansel Franklin mss - concealment of Afan Charter in Block, 1831; 1906 earthquake South Wales; Margam Vestry Records 1775-1838. n.d.D/D LE/109

53: Includes Ystoriau Schuria - Lewis Davies; Dissent in Porthcawl; wreck of Perseverance 1808; Prizefight 1811. n.d.D/D LE/110

54: Includes Turbevilles/Loughers; R. Morgan Sker; Regnal years - Elizabeth, James I, Charles I, Henry VIII, William and Mary. n.d.D/D LE/111

55: Includes translation of Aenon Afan - account of industrial and social growth of Cwmavon. n.d.D/D LE/112

56: Includes rough draft of translation of Gemau Margam (Margam Gems) by Rhydderch ap Morgan (Rev Richard Morgan); entry for Taibach Eisteddfod. n.d.D/D LE/113

57: Includes report on Employment of Children 1842; local wrecks. n.d.D/D LE/114

58: Includes Notes from the Home of the Monk (Rev D.H.S. Cranage) 1934, on library, clothing, infirmary, games, Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and Commissioners, suppression 1536 (lesser monasteries), Cistercian architecture - J. Bilson. n.d.D/D LE/115

59: Includes Welsh attack on Neath, 1294/5; attacks on Kenfig and Neath; Abbot of Margams loss, Kenfig; attacks on Llangynwyd; Leyshon DAvene and Sully; Lords of Baglan; old Cowbridge - Corys Gang, Margam; Chris Turberville, Sker, refuses oath of supremacy; Llwyd assertion that Morgan ap Caradoc was founder of Margam Abbey; Hopkins pedigree. n.d.D/D LE/116

Miscellaneous Notebooks Of Manuscript NotesDD LE/2/6/hub

Sequence Of Numbered Scrap Books Of Presscuttings Collected By A. L EvansDD LE/2/7/hub

Unnumbered Scrap BooksDD LE/2/8/hub

Files Of Newspaper CuttingsDD LE/2/9/hub

Files And Volumes Of Notes And Articles On Local HistoryDD LE/2/10/hub

SongsDD LE/2/11/hub

Printed Material (Including Programmes And Brochures)DD LE/2/12/hub

Photographs Of AberavonDD LE/2/13/hub

Photographs Of BaglanDD LE/2/14/hub

Photographs Of CwmavonDD LE/2/15/hub

Photographs Of Margam Abbey And CastleDD LE/2/16/hub

Photographs Of TaibachDD LE/2/17/hub

Photographs Of Farms, Valleys And Individual BuildingsDD LE/2/18/hub

Photographs Of Industrial And Maritime SubjectsDD LE/2/19/hub

Photographs Of Areas Outside Port TalbotDD LE/2/20/hub

Photographs Of Wrecks Off The Port Talbot CoastDD LE/2/21/hub

Panoramic Views Over Port TalbotDD LE/2/22/hub

Taibach Working Men's ClubDD LE/2/23/hub

Photographs For A Publication About Aberavon And KenfigDD LE/2/24/hub

Envelopes Of Photographs Collected By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/2/25/hub

Photographs Of Events And PeopleDD LE/2/26/hub

Miscellaneous Photographs Of The Port Talbot Area Collected Or Taken By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/2/27/hub

Drawings, Paintings And Pencil Sketches (Originals And Copies)DD LE/2/28/hub

Engravings And Prints Collected By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/2/29/hub

Estate MapsDD LE/2/30/hub

Tithe MapsDD LE/2/31/hub

Ordnance Survey MapsDD LE/2/32/hub

Maps Showing Boundaries And RoadsDD LE/2/33/hub

Architectural PlansDD LE/2/34/hub

Correspondence Received By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/2/35/hub

MiscellaneaDD LE/2/36/hub

Original RecordsDD LE/2/37/hub

Copy RecordsDD LE/2/38/hub

EssayDD LE/2/39/hub

Additional PapersDD LE/2/40/hub

PhotographsDD LE/2/41/hub