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Gift in perpetual fee farm of two roods of turbary lying within the liberties of the town of Hardelaghe [Harlech] in a place called Y gorse.
Seal pendant; red wax; fine imprint.
Dyddiad/Date: 1577 MOSTYN/3531
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The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has recently been updated with 4000+ new references. Discover further details about this update in this On History blog buff.ly/eWSMfuT @brepols.net
Yn gynharach y mis hwn, cafodd grŵp o ymchwilwyr doethurol a ffrindiau Sefydliad Ymchwil Ystadau Cymru'r pleser o ymweld â Phlas Cochwillan yng Ngwynedd. Yn y blog hwn, mae'r Ymchwilydd Doethurol Anna Reynolds yn dweud wrthym am brynhawn llawn hwyl a hanes!
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Earlier this month, a group of ISWE doctoral researchers and friends had the pleasure of visiting Plas Cochwillan in the community of Tal-y-Bont, Gwynedd. In our latest blog post, Doctoral Researcher Anna Reynolds tells us all about the fascinating afternoon!
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Wonderful!!
Ynysymaengwyn Estate One-Place Study. Image: An old black and white illustration of Ynysymaengwyn, showing two large houses (one replaced with the house in the logo of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estate) with a horse-drawn buggy approaching them along a track running through fields with trees and bushes. To the right, further away, is a tall, brooding hill. www.one-place-studies.org/studies/ One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
How did I not spot that before? It’s obvious now you come to mention it! 😉
Please share with us too! Ynysmaengwyn is the house on our logo.
A characteristically excellent ISWE lecture by @mariangwyn.bsky.social at Bangor University this evening: Textiles as Exploitation on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations.
A huge thanks to everyone who joined us in person and online.
Long day of teaching that finished at 6, but the bonus was going immediately to this fantastic talk hosted by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social from the fabulous Marian Gwyn on ‘TEXTILES AS EXPLOITATION: Clothing, commerce and control on the Penrhyn Jamaica plantations’.
Yfory (Dydd Mawrth) / Tomorrow (Tuesday)
Dr Marian Gwyn: Textiles as Exploitation: Clothing, Commerce & Control on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations
Am ddim i fynychu neu ymunwch ar-lein.
Free to attend or join online.
THE MARQUESS THAT WAS CAUGHT SPEEDING THROUGH THE VILLAGE OF GAERWEN Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey (1875-1905) is well known for his extravagant lifestyle. He converted the chapel at Plas Newydd into a theatre and spent his fortune on flamboyant costumes, jewellery, furs and on staging theatrical performances in his home on Anglesey. On the 30th of November 1901, L. Prothero, Chief Constable of Menai Bridge wrote to the Agent for the Marquess stating : I have received a report from the Constable at Gaerwen that the Marquis of Anglesey’s motor was travelling at a ‘tremendous speed’ about 30 miles an hour, through the village of Gaerwen, at 11.35 am on Sunday last…. I do not wish that proceedings be taken, as it may have been done unthinkingly, as few persons travel on Sunday, but travelling so fast through a village is always dangerous to children who may run suddenly across the road. This image shows the Marquess with his chauffeur and possibly the car that was caught speeding through the village of Gaerwen!
With the film Madfabulous about the life of Henry Cyril Paget, the fifth Marquess of Anglesey scheduled to premiere in the coming months, here we have a letter from the Chief Constable of Menai Bridge sent to the Marquess’ agent on account of the Marquess speeding through the village of Gaerwen.
A pleasure to visit Cochwillan - hall and mill - earlier today with ISWE
Delighted to see this blog by our friend Peter Foden (ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social) on the lordships of Tregrug and Edlogan, shared as part of the wonderful @mappingthemarch.bsky.social research project.
Including a 1705 perambulation @gwentarchives.bsky.social
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Seminar Ymchwil / Research Seminar
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‘Textiles as Exploitation’
10/2/2026
Croeso i bawb / All welcome
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New blog by our MA student Issy Marston on Lady Margaret Verney née Hay-Williams (1844-1930), researched as part of our ‘Reinterpreting the Country House’ module @bangorhistory.bsky.social
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‘Historically, architecturally and scenically, Nannau really matters’: Thomas Lloyd
Nannau in The Georgian Group’s top 10 heritage buildings at risk list
Read more here:
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The National Farm Survey documents are held by The National Archives. The forms and maps are being digitised and will be made available online for free, with the first records due to appear in March this year. The project should be complete by March 2027.
#OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory
Some of you may be interested in BALH’s series of online talks in partnership with the Historic Towns Trust.
Prof Helen Fulton will be talking about medieval Brecon on Tuesday 31 March at 7.00pm.
Click here for further details and registration: www.balh.org.uk/events
Very exciting preliminary findings at today's half-way meeting for @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social
Thanks to the team for great contributions! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social
#MementoMoriMonday 💀
Gorgeous memorial to Hannah Bowen (d.1845) and her husband William (d.1847) 🪦
📍St Mary's Church • Carew ⛪️
#Wales #History
Only the best books from Father Christmas!
Nadolig Llawen Pawb! Merry Christmas Everyone!
We’ve enjoyed a brilliant set of talks from our doctoral researchers at the ISWE Christmas Symposium at Bangor University today.
Such an inspiring and supportive group of people! It’s always a pleasure to be in their company.
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Congratulations - Looking forward to reading the publications on the #architecture and #landscape history of St. Fagans #AmgueddfaCymru #history #heritage #Wales
Huge congratulations to Dr @bethanscorey.bsky.social on her graduation at Bangor University today!
Bethan produced a wonderful thesis on ‘St Fagans Castle: its Architectural and Landscape History’. She is ISWE’s 6th doctoral graduate.
Llongyfarchiadau enfawr Bethan - we’re all really proud of you!
Join the Party against the Lousy Corporation [?of Carmarthen?] and the busy justasses. Rare survival of an anti-enclosure poster - early 19th century.
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
oddi wrth pawb yn Sefydliad Ymchwil Ystadau Cymru
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates
Taken from the Account Book for Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, from 1743, it lists foods bought from 17th Dec to 31st Dec – presumably for Christmas dinner! The foods include butter, bread, shrimps, a goose, a shoulder and neck of mutton, a hare and 250 oysters!
Mae 2025 wedi bod yn flwyddyn eithaf heriol i Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig Prifysgol Bangor. Hoffem ddiolch i chi'n bersonol am y gefnogaeth aruthrol a gawsom, am eich dealltwriaeth a'ch gwerthfawrogiad o bwysigrwydd aruthrol casgliadau archifol y Brifysgol a'u gwerth i'r gymuned leol. Rydym nawr yn edrych tua'r dyfodol, i gydweithio â'n holl randdeiliaid er mwyn sicrhau ein bod yn parhau i gael ein cydnabod fel un o archifau Prifysgol gorau Prydain - yn casglu, yn cadw ac yn darparu mynediad at y casgliadau hanesyddol sy'n helpu i wneud Prifysgol Bangor yn sefydliad unigryw ac arbennig i bawb.
Thema Archwiliwch Eich Archif heddiw yw #EYAEichArchif
ARCHIFAU A CHASGLIADAU ARBENNIG PRIFYSGOL BANGOR
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive
2025 has been quite a challenging year for Bangor University’s Archives and Special Collections. We would like to thank you personally for the overwhelming support we’ve received, for your understanding and appreciation of the immense value of the University’s archival collections and its worth to the local community. We are now looking to the future, to working together with all our stakeholders to ensure that we continue to be recognised as one of the finest University archives in Britain - collecting, preserving and providing access to the historic collections that help make Bangor University a unique and special institution for everyone.
Today’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAYourArchive
BANGOR UNIVERSITY’S ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
#ExploreYourArchives #exploreyourarchive