Archives Network Wales

The Archives Network Wales website contains standardised descriptions of the extent, type and scope of collections of documents held by Record Offices, universities and other bodies in Wales. It also provides links to further information and access details for the repositories. It is an index to sources rather than a source itself. [ More about ANW ]

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Complete Aberystwyth University (53), Anglesey County Record Office (186), Bangor University (1,191), Caernarfon Record Office (229), Carmarthenshire Archives Service (310), Ceredigion Archives (115), Conwy Archives Service (40), Denbighshire Record Office (180), Flintshire Record Office (214), Glamorgan Record Office (1,250), Gwent Record Office (609), Meirionnydd Archives (211), National Library of Wales (1,390), Pembrokeshire Record Office (230), Powys County Archives Service (462), Swansea University (615), University of Wales, Lampeter (24), West Glamorgan Archive Service (595), Wrexham: A. N. Palmer Centre
Limited Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

The following descriptions have been added to ANW since June 2007: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES: Gillian Clarke Papers; CMA: Seilo, Llandudno; CMA: Mount Zion, Summerhill; Lord Crickhowell Papers; Sir Goronwy Daniel Papers; Margaret Davies (Gregynog) Charities Records; Sir Clough Williams-Ellis Papers; Papurau Harri Gwynn; D. Elwyn Jones Papers; Archif Y Lolfa; Llanwrtyd Independent Chapel Records; Papurau Iorwerth Peate; Gwen Rees Roberts Papers; Viscount Sankey (Welsh Church Disestablishment) Papers; Mansel Thomas Music Manuscripts; Trecefel Family Diaries; Philip Weekes Papers; Welsh Town-Planning and Housing Trust Records POWYS COUNTY ARCHIVES OFFICE: Brecon Congregational Memorial College Talgarth - Account Book; Llanbadarn Fynydd Parish/Community Council; Joseph Wilding Diaries; Caersws Roman Fort; Montgomeryshire Oddfellows Lodges 4-7-2008
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