Edward Griffith Papers,

Deeds and documents, 1511-1905, relating to premises mainly in Merionethshire, including Dolgellau, Llanfachreth, Brithdir, Llangelynnin and Llanelltyd.

Edward Griffith (1832-1918) was born in Barmouth, Merionethshire, but grew up in Dolgellau, where he later set up business as a draper. He was also a noted local historian and wrote articles about the history of the Quakers in Merionethshire and accounts of his early life. He also collected deeds and documents, mainly relating to properties in Dolgellau and its surrounding parishes.

Arranged chronologically. Following donation, the records were sorted into three boxes, numbered and catalogued on slips; but no typewritten schedule was produced. In 1958, a schedule was produced for the contents of one box. Since the original catalogue was unsatisfactory, the entire collection was re-catalogued and the 1958 schedule has now been withdrawn. The new schedule incorporates both the deeds included in the 1958 schedule and those in the remaining two boxes. To avoid confusion, the numbers on the deeds in the 1958 schedule (nos 1-97) have been retained, but the documents in the other two boxes have been re-numbered. The new schedule contains a table of concordance between the old and new numbers as well as an index of page references.

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Donated by Mrs J. M. Owen, Caernarfon, and Mrs Trevor Owen, Swansea (daughters of Edward Griffith), 1918.

Edward Griffith (1832-1918) was born in Barmouth, Merionethshire, but grew up in Dolgellau, where he later set up business as a draper. He was also a noted local historian and wrote articles about the history of the Quakers in Merionethshire and accounts of his early life. He also collected deeds and documents, mainly relating to properties in Dolgellau and its surrounding parishes.

Title supplied from contents of fonds. Many earlier records were collected by Edward Griffith.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.

February 2003.

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: National Library of Wales, Schedule of Edward Griffith Collection; Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959);

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