Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
SCHOOL RECORDS

NB. Admissions registers and log books are closed for 100 years. Other school records are closed to the public for 30 years after the date at which they were made.

Acc. Various

Ref: ABERYSTWYTH

In 1874 a boys' school was opened in North Parade by Reverend Llewelyn Edwards. After a short while there, it was moved to Bridge Street and a year or so later to Ardwyn, a large house off Llanbadarn Road. As a result of the Intermediate Education Act of 1889 it was decided to set up a county intermediate school in Aberystwyth. When Llewelyn Edwards died in 1896, his school was bought by the County Council and Ardwyn became the town's county school, under its first headmaster, David Samuel. The school was opened on 6 October 1896. At first it took boys only; girls were admitted in 1898.

In 1973 Ardwyn and Dinas schools were combined to form Penglais Comprehensive School. When the English-speaking pupils moved to the extended premises on the Waun, Ardwyn became an all-Welsh comprehensive school, Penweddig.

Ardwyn County School (later Penweddig Comprehensive)

School Records

ARD: Ardwyn County School collection (formerly CDC/ED/32).

Records in this collection include:

Ardwyn School logbook 1896-1913
Ardwyn School logbook 1913-1926
Ardwyn School logbook 1926-1954

PTA minute book 1950-1965
PTA minute book 1965-1973

Book of School Distinctions covering years 1899-1917 approx.

Ardwyn County School Aberystwyth: Historical Record and Honours Roll

Bound volume of booklets containing the Central Welsh Board's Report on Inspection and Examinations at the school 1904-1915. Bound by Tom Lloyd (a pupil?)

Bundle of material labelled 'Ardwyn Goodwill messages 1934 - '. Contains printed texts of the messages, letters, telegrams, photographs and other material.

ARD/10: School record cards


Other School Records

Local Managers' minute book
5 September 1945-28 February 1949 219A

Register of fees
1941-1949 220Ab

CSC/ED/4: Photographs of opening ceremony of Penweddig new school 20/12/2000


County Council Records

School plans

CDC/A/1/136-138
CDC/A/7/2
Deeds and other documents: CDC/ED/22

Miscellaneous

ADX/19: School books of Professor de Lloyd and his family, County School, Aberystwyth, 1899-1929

ADX/49: Photographs of sports teams, 1955 (Plates)

ADX/64/17-18: Copy photograph, Ardwyn school and class

ADX/155: School notebooks of Eleanor J. Edwards, 1901-1910

ADX/214: Receipt for fees, 1922

ADX/320/39: Handbook

ADX/337/5: Ardwyn School, programme for the dedication and opening of the organ, 1953.

ADX/360/3: Christmas Entertainment Programme, Dec. 1927 (inscribed ‘Myfanwy Davies, Form 5B’).

ADX/739: Copies of the Ardwynian, from 1923 (then known as the Ystwythian) to 1973

ADX/796: 11 copies of the "Ardwynian" covering 1940 -1945

ADX/937: Photographs of the Ardwyn/Penweddig school building on CD-ROM, 2002.

ADX/963: Ardwyn Grammar School, Aberystwyth - panoramic group photograph of staff and pupils, 1959.

ADX/1105: Photographs of pupils etc.

CDC/ED/19 and CDC/ED/24: Ardwyn School yearbooks:

Vol. 3 no. 4, 1963-4
Vol. 3 no. 5, 1964-5
Vol. 3 no. 6, 1965-6
Vol. 4 no. 1, 1966-7



Dinas Secondary Modern School (later Penglais Comprehensive)

In September 1955 the senior section of Alexandra Road School moved to Dinas School, which had been built at Cefn-llan on the Waun. In 1973-75 extensions were made to the buildings and the school became Penglais Comprehensive School.

School Records

220C: Governors' minute book, 16 August 1948-14 February 1949

ADX/320/38: Prospectus

DIN/R: Admissions Registers

DIN/R/1. Girls, 1948-1960
DIN/R/2. Boys, 1948-1960
DIN/R/3. Mixed, 1960-1968
DIN/R/4. Mixed, 1968-1972

DIN/SR: Summary Registers

DIN/SR/1. Summary Register 1948-1953
DIN/SR/2. Summary Register 1953-1956

CSC/ED/1: Photographs of Dinas School pupils, and forms re statistics of school leavers 1951-1970.

CDC/ED/31: Programme for the opening of Dinas Secondary School, Aberystwyth on 8 November 1955.

HW/1-4: Dinas School collection deposited by former headmaster and containing (amongst other items): Log books covering the period 1948-1972; Newspaper cuttings relating to Dinas School and general matters of education, 1969-1971; Photographs of former pupils and staff members, 1949-1960; programmes and speeches from annual school prize day, 1955-1972.


Penglais Comprehensive School

PENG/R
Statutory Admissions Registers (3 volumes)

1. 1973-1977

2. 1977-1981

3. 1981-1985

PENG/L
Admissions - Leavers Register

1. 1975-1982

PENG/AR
Sample Attendance Registers

1. Form 2SR, Mr S. Rees, 1987-1988

2. Form 2WD, Mrs W. Davies, 1987-1988

3. Form 7IB, Mr R.I. Bevan, 1991-1992

4. Form 13A, Mr G.S. Kelly, 1991-1992