Recent Acquisitions
New documents are always arriving at the archives, and we're very pleased about that! If you have a document or collection you would like to deposit please contact us.
We have listed our new acquisitions below, and the list will be updated regularly. It takes us a while to get documents ready for the public, therefore you may not find the items on this page in the on-line collections. If you would like to know more about anything listed below please contact us.
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Photos of DECS staff (Ref: CSC/DECS/7)
Colour photographs of parties and outings of the staff of the Dept. of Education and Community Services, Swyddfa'r Sir, Aberystwyth. Various dates and occasions.
Acc.No: 3102 Date of material: Late 80s - 2007 Extent: 11 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Reports relating to Cardigan town and area (Ref: CDT/PL/1)
1. Canol Tref Aberteifi Ar Ran Menter Aberteifi. Mehefin 2002.
2. Adroddiad Ymgynghorol: Cynllun Rheoli Dalgylch Teifi 1996. Awdurdod Afonydd Cenedlaethol
3. A-Z of Cardigan for the Elderly & Disabled. Prepared by pupils from Cardigan Secondary School. 1992.
4. Cardigan in 2020 Vision Day: The Report of the Vision Day held at the Cliff Hotel on Wednesday 12th July 2000.
Acc.No: 3101 Date of material: Extent: 4 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Photograph on glass (Ref: ANC/60 addl)
Photograph of a man, presumably connected with Bethel Chapel, Aberystwyth. Photograph is on glass and in deteriorating condition. No date - Victorian.
Acc.No: 3100 Date of material: Extent: 1 item Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
The Belle Vue Royal Hotel, Aberystwyth (Ref: DB/93)
Publicity material (leaflet, information sheet, postcard, tariff) from the Belle Vue Hotel, Aberystwyth.
Acc.No: 3099 Date of material: 1997 Extent: 4 items Access: Open Show catalogue(DB/93)
Library stuff!!!! (Ref: DYC/LI/2)
Box of library material
Acc.No: 3098 Date of material: Extent: 3 boxes Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Ceredigion Community Health Council (Ref: DSO/134)
records of meetings held and visits made to NHS premises in the county by Ceredigion Community Health Council, an independent statutory public body. Also Annual Report of the CHC.
Acc.No: 3097 Date of material: Extent: 5 boxes Access: restricted - need to be appraised Not yet in the catalogue
Books received from the Museum (Ref: MUS/199)
1. Cofiant y Parchedig John Jones, Talsarn (2 vols). Owner's inscription: 'David Lloyd, Bryntirion, Aberystwyth'.
2. Humphrey Jones a Diwygiad 1859, gan Y Parch. Evan Isaac (Awdur Prif Emynwyr Cymru'). Gwasg y Bala, 1930
3. Cofiant y Parch. Daniel Rowland, Llangeitho (gyda darluniau) gan y Parch. D. Worthington, Llangeitho. Inscription: 'Gwobr Ysgol Sul llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn i Miss Margaret S. Davies, Cynon Fawr. Ebrill 17ed 1906. W. Headley, Ficer'
4. Evan Evans 1850-1955: A Memoir. Caernarfon 1934. Owner's inscription: 'E. Edwards'
5. Dail yr Hydref sef Adgofion am Dol-y-bont, Llanfihangel-Genau'r-Glyn a Rhos-y-gell gan Daniel Thomas, Penpompren, Devil's Bridge, Aberystwyth. Dinbych 1916. Inscription: 'I Grace E. E. Bray-Owen, 'Tanllethr', Rhos-y-gell, Devil's Bridge, oddiwrth Parch. D. A. Thomas, Vicarage, Llandysul. 1947'
6. Memoirs of Henry Richard, The Apostle of Peace, by Lewis Appleton. London, 1889
7. David Davies (1818-1890) Llandinam, gan Goronwy Jones, Prestatyn. Gwrecsam, 1913.
8. Kearsley's Complete Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland together with an Extinct Peerage of the Three Kingdoms, List of all their Family Names, Titles of Elder Sons, etc. and Translation of their Mottos. Vol. 1. London 1809
9. Evan Evans 1850-1933 - A Memoir, compiled by Ivor Evans and Ernest Evans. Evans Evans was a Methodist minister at the Tabernacl, Aberystwyth.
Acc.No: 3096 Date of material: Extent: 9 vols. Access: Open Show catalogue(MUS/199)
The Country Bizarre (Ref: ADX/1345)
Two issues of the 1970s 'good life' magazine 'The Country Bizarre', containing articles on starting a pottery, hunt saboteurs, the apple, herbal remedies, bicycles, country living etc. Also classified advertisements, diary of events, a children's page and other features.
Issue 5, c. 1971 (no date but pre-decimalization)
Issue 8, Summer 1972
Acc.No: 3095 Date of material: 1971 & 1972 Extent: 2 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1345)
County Council elections, 3 May 2012 (Ref: ADX/1344)
Ephemera (leaflets, newsletters etc) relating to Ceredigion County Council elections on 3 May 2012
Acc.No: 3094 Date of material: 2012 Extent: 1 file Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1344)
The Llanbadarn Fawr Newsletter / Cylchlythyr Llanbadarn Fawr (Ref: ADX/1343)
The Llanbadarn Fawr Newsletter / Cylchlythyr Llanbadarn Fawr, published by Plaid Cymru Cllrs. Gareth Davies (Padarn Ward) and Paul James (Sulien Ward)
1. April 2011
2. July 2011
3. November 2011
Acc.No: 3093 Date of material: Extent: 1 file Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1343)
Highways Dept. records (Ref: CDC/HI/7)
Cardiganshire County Council - records of the Dept. of Highways (incl. file on road widening at Cwmystwyth etc.)
Acc.No: 3092 Date of material: Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Acts of Parliament (Ref: ADX/1342)
Various printed Acts of Parliament relevant to local government
Acc.No: 3091 Date of material: Extent: 0.013m^3 Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Souvenir of Aberystwyth, 251 Views (Ref: ADX/1341)
Souvenir of Aberystwyth, 251 Views. Published by Sydney V. Galloway, 21 Pier Street, and Central Library, Terrace Road.
Acc.No: 3090 Date of material: 1912 Extent: 1 file Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1341)
Books by Roger Bryan (Ref: ADX/1340)
Two editions of 'It'll Come In Useful One Day: Intriguing Ways To Jog Your Memory' by Roger Bryan [a local author and researcher]. Published by Llanina Books.
1. 2010 edition
2. 2011edition
Acc.No: 3089 Date of material: Extent: 2 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1340)
Llyfrau gan / books by D. Geraint Lewis (Ref: ADX/1339/1-12)
Pennaeth Adran Gwasanaethau Diwylliannol Cyngor y Sir oedd D. Geraint Lewis tan iddo ymddeol tua 2008.
1. Geiriau Gorfoledd a Galar (2007)
2. Songs of Celebration and Solace (English version of (1), privately printed)
3. Ar flaen fy nhafod - casgliad o ymadroddion Cymraeg
4. Geiriadur pinc a glas Gomer
5. Geiriadur mor, mwy, mwyaf Gomer
6. Reading Welsh: An Essential Companion
7. Geiriadur Cymraeg Gomer (NB. deposit, not donation)
8. Geiriadur Gwybod y Geiriau Gomer (ditto)
9. From Eiddwen to Ursula: The story of Llangwrddon (2016). Signed copy. (ditto)
10. Rhwng Eiddwen ac Ursula: Hanesion Llangwrddon (2016). Signed copy. (ditto)
11. Amhosib: Ffeithiau a syniadau fydd yn newid dy fyd am byth
12. Geiriau difyr a doeth: diarhebion o bedwar ban byd (2019)
Acc.No: 3088 Date of material: 2006-2019 Extent: 10 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1339)
Maps - Cardiganshire Review Order 1934 (Ref: CDC/SE/27)
OS maps of the county 'referred to in the Cardiganshire Review Order 1934'.
1. Map no. 1 (Northern part of the county as far south as Llangwyryfon and Ysbyty Ystwyth)
2. Map no. 2 (South-eastern part of the county, from Llanafan and Ysbyty Ystwyth in the north to Lampeter in the south)
3. Map no. 3 (South-western part of the county incl. Aberporth, Cardigan and Newcastle Emlyn)
4. Map no. 4 (mid-to-southern part of the county incl. Aberaeron, New Quay, Synod Inn and Dihewyd)
Acc.No: 3087 Date of material: 1934 Extent: 4 items Access: Open Show catalogue(CDC/SE/27)
Rate books, p. Ysbyty Ystwyth (Ref: Ysbyty Ystwyth PC & CC)
Two rate books for the parish of Ysbyty Ystwyth, giving names of owners and occupiers, extent of property, rateable value etc..
1. Rate book, 1886
2. Rate book, 1909-1910
Acc.No: 3086 Date of material: 1886 and 1909-10 Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Theatres Act 1843 (Ref: CDC/SE/26)
Cardiganshire County Council
Theatres Act 1843: Rules Governing the Granting of Theatre Licences; Terms & Conditions of Licence issued under the Theatres Act 1843. Clerk's Dept., Swyddfa'r Sir, Aberystwyth.
Acc.No: 3085 Date of material: no date Extent: Access: Open Show catalogue(CDC/SE/26)
Who Do You Think You Are (Ref: CSC/DECS/RO/23)
BBC magazine Who Do You Think You Are, issue 46 (April 2011) with CD-ROM containing material on Mid-Wales ancestor, incl. contribution made by Ceredigion Archives.
Acc.No: 3084 Date of material: 2011 Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1984 (Ref: D/EIS/13)
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan a'r Fro 1984: Cyfansoddiadau a Beirniadaethau
Acc.No: 3083 Date of material: 1984 Extent: 1 item Access: Agored Not yet in the catalogue
BUG - Building User Group (Ref: CSC/DHPW/BUG/1)
Ceredigion County Council, Building User Working Group: folder of minutes of meetings, e-mails and other records of the group which was formed to coordinate and oversee the process of building Canolfan Rheidol, the new Council building, and the relocation of council departments and staff.
Acc.No: 3082 Date of material: 2009 Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Dyfed mewn Ffigurau 1991 (Ref: DYC/PL/4/3)
Taflen: Dyfed mewn Ffigurau 1991 (Ystadegau cymharol: poblogaeth, strwythur yr oedran, siaradwyr Cymraeg, cyflogaeth, cartrefi, daliardaeth a chyfleusterau yn y cartrefi)
Acc.No: 3081 Date of material: 1991 Extent: Access: Agored Show catalogue(DYC/PL/4)
Sexual Health and Education for Young People 11-16 in Ceredigion (Ref: CSC/WAG/6)
Report commissioned by LINCS Ceredigion in conjunction with Powys and Ceredigion Health Promotion Unit: Sexual Health and Education for Young People 11-16 in Ceredigion, by Glenn Newman (Health Promotion Specialist) and LINCS Ceredigion (Children and Youth Partnership)
Acc.No: 3080 Date of material: c. 2001 Extent: Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Termau Addysg Iechyd (Ref: ADX/1338)
Termau Addysg Iechyd - Rhestr Arbrofol [Health Education Terms, an English/Welsh list/glossary of medical terms]. Cyfadran Addysg Coleg y Brifysgol Aberystwyth. 'Not for general circulation'
Acc.No: 3079 Date of material: c. 1950s? Extent: 1 file Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1338)
Motor Rallies in Cardiganshire (Ref: DYC/HI/4)
Correspondence relating to motor rallies in Cardiganshire [P.2/5 - Part II]
Acc.No: 3078 Date of material: 1971, 1974-1994 Extent: Access: Show catalogue(DYC/HI/4)
St. Davids Diocese yearbooks etc. (Ref: EC/11)
I. Esgobaeth Tyddewi / Diocese of St. Davids, Llyfrau Blynyddol / Year Books
1. The Year Book of the Diocese of St. Davids, 1962
2. ditto, 1966
3. ditto, 1968
4. ditto, 1969
5. ditto, 1970
6. ditto, 1971
7. ditto, 1972
8. ditto, 1973
9. Esgobaeth Tyddewi / Diocese of St. Davids, Llyfr Blynyddol a Chyfeiriadur/ The Year Book and Directory 1974
10. ditto, 1975
11. ditto, 1976
12. ditto, 1977
13. ditto, 1978
14. ditto, 1979
15. ditto, 1980-81
16. ditto, 1982
17. ditto, 1983
18. Tyddewi / St. Davids, Llyfr Blynyddol Esgobaethol / Diocesan Year Book 1991-92 (2 copies)
II. Other
1. Journal of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales vol XXV (1976)
Acc.No: 3077 Date of material: Extent: 0.013m^3 Access: Show catalogue(EC/11)
Addysg yr Amgylchedd (Ref: DYC/ED/35)
Addysg yr Amgylchedd: Llawlyfr Ymarferol ar gyfer eich Ysgol. Cyhoeddwyd gan Gyngor Sir Dyfed a Chyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru.
Acc.No: 3076 Date of material: 1992 Extent: 1 item Access: Agored Show catalogue(DYC/ED/35)
Arfordir Ceredigion (Ref: CDD/PR/2)
Llyfryn: Arfordir Ceredigion, cyhoeddwyd gan Cyngor Dosbarth Ceredigion
Acc.No: 3075 Date of material: 1992 Extent: Access: Agored Show catalogue(ADX/1615)
Tregaron Town & Country (Ref: ADX/1337)
Book: Tregaron - The WI looks around Town and Country. First published in 1984; new edition 2000 as part of The Women's Institute Pathways Project.
Acc.No: 3074 Date of material: 2000 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1337)
Devil's Bridge to Llandrindod Wells (Ref: ADX/1336)
Pamphlet: 'Devil's Bridge to Llandrindod Wells' containing description of route taken by a bus travelling from Devil's Bridge to Llandrindod Wells via Cwmystwyth. A short history of the Hafod is appended. No author or date but probably post-1996. 2 copies.
Acc.No: 3073 Date of material: Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1336)
County Archives stationery (Ref: CSC/DECS/RO/22)
Examples of stationery used by Ceredigion Archives while located at Swyddfa'r Sir, Aberystwyth (until April 2012): compliment slips, retrieval slips, modern records process cards.
Acc.No: 3072 Date of material: Extent: 1 file Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Dyfed County Guides (Ref: DYC/IO/6)
Three Dyfed county guides, all undated but post-1985 and no later than 1995.
1. Llawlyfr Swyddogol Dyfed Official Guide and Handbook (2 copies)
2. Dyfed: Llawlyfr y Sir / County Guide
3. Llawlyfr y Sir Dyfed County Guide
Acc.No: 3071 Date of material: Extent: 4 items Access: Open Show catalogue(DYC/IO/6)
Hwyl! (Ref: ADX/1335)
Hwyl! [cylchgrawn Cymraeg ar gyfer plant] rh. 119 (pris 4 c.), Hydref 1959. 2 gopi
Acc.No: 3070 Date of material: 1959 Extent: 1 item Access: Agored Show catalogue(ADX/1335)
Gwreiddiau Plwyf Penlon (Ref: ADX/1334)
Llyfr: Gwreiddiau Plwyf Penlon, gan wahanol awduron.
Acc.No: 3069 Date of material: 1999 Extent: 1 item Access: Agored Show catalogue(ADX/1334)
Towyn Chapel, New Quay (Ref: ANC/68)
1. Booklet: Eglwys Annibynnol Towyn, Cei Newydd 1861-2011
2. Memorial card: Er Cof Annwyl am y Capten Jenkin Thomas, 11 Park Street, Cei Newydd, a hunodd yn yr Iesu, Mehefin 25, 1932.
Acc.No: 3068 Date of material: Extent: 2 items Access: Show catalogue(ANC/68)
Borough of Aberystwyth and Aberystwyth Town Council (Ref: CDD/SE/22)
1. Aberystwyth Borough 1277-1974 by Howard C. Jones. Booklet published to commemorate the end of the Borough of Aberystwyth as a local government body. Its functions were taken over by the county council and Ceredigion District Council. Aberystwyth Town Council continues but with reduced powers.
2. The Castle and Borough of Aberystwyth by C. J. Spurgeon. 1975 reprint. 2 copies.
3. Glossy leaflet fold-out depicting the coat of arms of Aberystwyth, with explanation of its components in English, French, Welsh and German.
4. Aberystwyth coat of arms printed on glossy paper. 2 copies.
Acc.No: 3067 Date of material: mid-1970s Extent: 6 items Access: Open Show catalogue(CDD/SE/22)
Ephemera (Ref: MUS)
Local ephemera
Acc.No: 3066 Date of material: Extent: 2 boxes Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Certificates (Ref: ADX/1332)
Certificates (one framed) awarded to the late Mrs. Iris Phillips for her voluntary and charitable work, and to the Royal British Legion, Women's Section (Aberystwyth Branch) in which she was active. Also two accompanying letters.
Acc.No: 3065 Date of material: 1981-2002 Extent: 2 files Access: Show catalogue(ADX/1332)
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg / Welsh Language Scheme (Ref: CSC/DCLS/6)
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion: Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg a baratowyd yn unol a Deddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993. Derbyniodd y Cynllun hwn gymeradwyaeth Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg ym 1997 / Ceredigion County Council: A Welsh Language Scheme prepared under the Welsh Language Act 1993. Approved by Welsh Language Board in 1997.
Acc.No: 3064 Date of material: 1997 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(CSC/DCLS/6)
Framework for the delivery of council services (Ref: CSC/DF/2)
Ceredigion County Council (Dept. of Finance)
Proposed Framework for the Delivery of Council Services to the Public: A Strategic Overview of the Facilities for Public Access and Administrative Arrangements for Cost Effective Service Delivery (the medium to long term approach)
Acc.No: 3063 Date of material: 2000 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(CSC/DF/2)
Ceredigion Catering (Ref: CSC/DHPW/C/1-2)
Ceredigion Catering (a division of Ceredigion Council's Dept. of Highways, Properties and Works)
1. Dining with Ceredigion Catering: A look at the school meals service provided to primary and secondary pupils and their teachers. Autumn 1998
2. Chartermark: Property Contracts Group, Catering Service. April 1998
Acc.No: 3062 Date of material: 1998 Extent: 2 items Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Maps on CD-ROM (Ref: CSC/DHPW/7)
1. CD of OS County Series maps
2. CD of Definitive Footpaths maps
Acc.No: 3061 Date of material: Extent: 2 CDs Access: Open Not yet in the catalogue
Tregaron RDC material and other items (Ref: TGR/HI/5/176-178,180-181; TGR/HI/7/1; TGR/SE/13/12a; ADX/1331)
TGR/HI/7/1
1. Three linen maps (copied from tithe maps?)
- 'Section A' - Pontrhydfendigaid and area south therefrom, as far as Blaengorfen
- From Llyn Tivy in the north to Towy Fechan in the south (approx.)
- From Tregaron in the west to Llyn Berwyn in the east (approx)
TGR/HI/5/176-178
176. Register of Inspections (Housing Act) 1912-1913
177. Housing inspection ledger, 1913-1914
178. Inspector's Journal and report Book. Contains reports on pigsties, diseases etc. 1915-1923
TGR/HI/5/180-181
180. Book of notices 'requiring Landlord to execute Works in the case of a House to which Section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, applies'. 1921-22.
181. Closing Order Book [relates to houses unfit for human habitation]. 1922-1925
TGR/SE/13/12a
12a. Cow keeper register, 1908-1924
ADX/1331
Rhaglen/Programme: Gwyl Sarn Helen 1990. 2 gopi/copies.
Acc.No: 3060 Date of material: Extent: 0.022m^3 Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1331)
Report on contaminants at Llangawsai Gasworks, Aberystwyth (Ref: CDD/HH/1)
A preliminary investigation into possible contaminants at Llangawsai Gasworks, Aberystwyth: A report by Cyngor Dosbarth Ceredigion, Dept. of Environmental Health and Housing. Marked 'Strictly private and confidential'
Acc.No: 3059 Date of material: c. 1995 Extent: 1 item Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Mining history exhibition panels (Ref: ADX/1330)
Eight exhibition panels relating to the history of lead mining in Cardiganshire. Originally prepared by the mining historian Simon JS Hughes for display at Talybont Agricultural Show.
Acc.No: 3058 Date of material: c. 2008 Extent: 8 items Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1330)
Taflenni angladd, effemera / Funeral service orders, ephemera (Ref: ADX/499)
Taflenni angladd / funeral service orders: ADX/499/
95. Bethan Utley, d. 2012
96. John David Williams, m. 2012
97. Elvira Phillips, m. 2012
98. George Alfred John Jones, d. 2013
99. Sarah Eirwen Jones, d. 2013 (2 copies)
100. Eleanor May Jones d. 2013
Perthyn - Misolyn Capel y Morfa: ADX/499/A
Rhif 202-210, 212- 223
Llawlyfr Capel y Morfa, Aberystwyth ac Ebeneser, Penparcau: ADX/499/B
Llawlyfr 2011
Llawlyfr 2012
Adroddiad 2012
Rhaglen Gwasanaeth Gwyl Ddewi, Rhydfendigaid, 3 Mawrth 2013
Other: ADX/499/addl
- Book: English Methodism in Aberystwyth by Mary Brown. Signed by the author. 1969
- St. John
Acc.No: 3057 Date of material: Extent: Access: Not yet in the catalogue
Cricket Field, Aberystwyth - abstract of title (Ref: ADX/1329)
Photocopy: Abstract of the title of Evan Edwards of The Laurels, Aberystwyth, Merchant, to 'a certain piece or close of land part of the field formerly known as Cricket Field', Aberystwyth.
The field is located between St. David's Road and Caradog Road, before the area was built up.
Acc.No: 3056 Date of material: Modern copy of a 1914 original Extent: 1 file Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1329)
New Quay Slipway (Ref: ADX/1328)
1. (Photocopy) The Patent Slipway, New Quay, Ceredigion: Watching Brief July 2004, Interim Report. Prepared by Peter Crane, Cambria Archaeology (Dyfed Archaeological Trust) for Ceredigion County Council.
2. (Photocopy) New Quay Slipway, Ceredigion: A Watching Brief, April 2004, by Duncan Schlee, Cambria Archaeology (Dyfed Archaeological Trust) for Ceredigion County Council.
3. Copies of letters and e-mails incl. responses to objections to the work undertaken on the slipway.
Acc.No: 3055 Date of material: 2004-2005 Extent: 1 file Access: Show catalogue(ADX/1328)
UCL People 2011 (Ref: ADX/1327)
UCL People 2011 - annual magazine for alumni of University College London. This issue contains reminiscences of students who were evacuated to Aberystwyth during WWII.
Acc.No: 3054 Date of material: 2011 Extent: 1 item Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1327)
Metal Mine Strategy for Wales (Ref: ADX/1326)
Metal Mine Strategy for Wales. Spiral-bound volume published by Environment Agency Wales in 2002
Acc.No: 3053 Date of material: 2002 Extent: 0.013m^3 Access: Open Show catalogue(ADX/1326)
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