Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
Friends of Hafod Collection

Accession 1706

Ref: FOH.A/02

TITLE: FOH.A/02
SIZE: 34 files
MEDIUM: paper, photographs
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: series
NATURE AND CONTENT: Material relating to the Hafod Church (Eglwys Newydd). The church burnt down in 1932 and was subsequently rebuilt.
NB. In case of photocopies of archival material, only the date of the original document is given.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/01
DATE: not known
SIZE: 4 ff
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Article on the Coade font in Hafod Church. Manuscript; two versions, one draft and the other ?final. Author unknown.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/02
DATE: 1807; c. 1900
SIZE: 7 ff.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy and enlarged photocopy of an engraving of the Hafod Church, and a description of ‘Eglwys Newydd’ from History and Antiquities of the County of Cardigan by S. R. Meyrick, 1807. Also photocopies of 2 early postcard showing Hafod church interior and front elevation.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/03
DATE: 1993
SIZE: 1 print; 1 f.
MEDIUM: photo; paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photograph of Hafod Church by Paul White with photocopy of same.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/04
DATE: not known
SIZE: 1 item
MEDIUM: photograph
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photograph of the sculpture by Chantrey commemorating Mariamne Johnes, the only child of Thomas and Jane Johnes, who died aged 26. The sculpture was severely damaged in the 1932 fire and this photograph shows it as it is now.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/05
DATE: see below
SIZE: 1 item
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Postcard of Hafod Church, entitled Hafod Church, Nr Devil’s Bridge, published by The Hafod Hotel, postmarked 1941.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/06
DATE: see below
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Colour photocopy of a postcard of the Hafod Church. A detached slip of paper which appears to relate to the image states that it was produced and published by The Pictorial Stationery Co. Ltd. London, Peacock series, and that it was used in August 1909.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/07
DATE: not known
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Colour photocopy of a postcard of the Hafod Church. A detached slip of paper which appears to relate to the image states that it was published in the ‘Milton’ series by Woolstone Bros.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/08
DATE: c. 1932
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of a photograph or postcard showing ‘Hafod Church fire. The ruins’. Contributed to the Friends of Hafod archive by J. Whitely.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/09
DATE: c. 1932
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of a photograph showing two firemen in front of the damaged Mariamne sculpture in the Hafod Church. Contributed to the Friends of Hafod archive by M. Owen in 1992.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/10
DATE: c. 1932
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of a photograph or postcard showing the Hafod Church after the 1932 fire. From collection at Aberystwyth Public Library.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/11
DATE: not known
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of a postcard showing the Hafod Church. Contributed to the Friends of Hafod archive in 1994 by J. Whitely.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/12
DATE: ?1992
SIZE: 4 items
MEDIUM: photograph
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: 4 black and white photographs of the Coade stone font in the Hafod Church, contributed to the Friends of Hafod archive by Paul Whitely in 1992.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/13
DATE: 1992
SIZE: 7 items
MEDIUM: photograph
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: 7 colour photographs of the Coade stone font, taken by R[oger] H[allett] in 1992.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/14
DATE: Not known
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Rough diagram of the Coade stone font showing its measurements.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/15
DATE: ?1992
SIZE: 5 items
MEDIUM: photograph
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Colour photographs of the stained glass windows in Hafod Church. Two mounted composite images (2 photographs each) and 3 single prints. Apparently from the same film as the Coade font photographs (FOH.A/02/13).

TITLE: FOH.A/02/16
DATE: See below
SIZE: 4 prints
MEDIUM: photograph
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: 4 b/w postcards showing the interior of the Hafod church before the 1932 fire.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/17
DATE: 1932
SIZE: 4 ff.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy: 3 photographs of Hafod church interior after the 1932 fire. Captioned ‘Hafod Church fire. Ruins’ and ‘Hafod Church �" the interior after the fire, 1932’. Also 2 photocopies of illustrated newspaper article entitled ‘Hafod Church and Monument Destroyed by Fire’ from The Cambrian News and Welsh Gazette, 29 April 1932.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/18
DATE: Not known
SIZE: 5 prints; 1 f.
MEDIUM: photo; paper; card
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: 4 early b/w postcards and copy of a photograph showing the sculpture by Chantrey commemorating Mariamne Johnes, the only child of Thomas and Jane Johnes, who died aged 26; before it was damaged by fire in the Hafod Church in 1932; also early b/w postcard showing the sculpture after fire damage.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/19
DATE: 1985
SIZE: 2 ff.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of extract entitled Eglwys Newydd (Hafod) Churchyard, Dyfed, from God’s Acre by Francesca Greenoak, 1985

TITLE: FOH.A/02/20
DATE: 1989; 1995
SIZE: 5 prints, paper mounted
MEDIUM: photo; paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: 1 colour photograph showing Thomas Johnes’ family grave at Hafod churchyard, taken by B. Hallett, May 1989, and 4 colour photographs showing different aspects of the grave taken by Tony Mills, June 1995.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/21
DATE: c. 1924
SIZE: 1 postcard 1 f.
MEDIUM: card; paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Early b/w postcard from the Exclusive Grano series entitled Aberystwyth, Eglwys Newydd, Statuary by Chantry showing the sculpture by Chantrey commemorating Mariamne Johnes, the only child of Thomas and Jane Johnes, who died aged 26, before it was damaged by fire in the Hafod Church in 1932.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/22
DATE: 1903; 1914; 1915; 1993
SIZE: 2 prints; 17 ff.
MEDIUM: card; paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Material relating to Hafod church plate and font, including: photocopy of article entitled Eglwys Newydd from Cardiganshire and its Antiquities by G. E. Evans, 1903; photocopy of description of church plate at Eglwys Newydd and other local churches, from The Church Plate of Cardiganshire by J. T. Evans, 1914; photocopy of description of Eglwys Newydd Font (with illustration), from article entitled ‘Cardiganshire Fonts’ from The Transactions of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society 2 (10): 1915; 2 mounted colour photographs taken by R. Hallett, showing the church plate display at Hafod church during the Hafod exhibition, August 1993.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/23
DATE: 1992
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of poster for exhibition entitled Hafod (a display of books and pictures from the Hugh Owen Library). Features photographs by Paul White of the Chantrey Monument and Urn after the fire at Hafod church. Held at the Catherine Lewis Gallery, 1992.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/24
DATE: 1991
SIZE: 6 ff.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of extract from W. D. Caroe �" his architectural achievement by Jennifer M. Freeman, concerning the repair of Eglwys Newydd after the fire of 1932 and the screen designed by Caroe to mask the remains of the Chantrey monument; and photocopy of review of the book from the Daily Telegraph, dated 1 February 1991. Also photocopy of leaflet for an exhibition entitled W. D. Caroe 1857-1938: Architecture, Design, Conservation held at RIBA Heinz Gallery in 1991.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/25
DATE: 1978
SIZE: 5 ff.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of newspaper article concerning an exhibition of the history of Cwmystwyth held at Eglwys Newydd in 1978 to raise funds for repairing and redecorating the church. Also exhibition catalogue listing 206 items and contributors, by the Reverend John Oswell Davies, Vicar of Hafod church.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/26
DATE: 1890
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of extract giving “the amount expended on the restoration” of Eglwys Newydd (£1,000), which was reopened in 1888, from The Story of the Church in Wales by G. H. F. Nye.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/27
DATE: 1989
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Cutting from unnamed church newsletter showing photograph of the Reverend Ingrid Rose and her sister Angela Ellis in front of Eglwys Newydd.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/28
DATE: 1989
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of newspaper article concerning the theft of the font at Hafod church, from the Western Mail, 21 February 1989.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/29
DATE: 1840
SIZE: 3 ff.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of article concerning the purchase by the Duke of Newcastle of the Francis Chantrey Monument and its erection in Hafod church. From The Demetian Mirror; or, Aberystwyth Reporter, 19 September, 1840. With accompanying note from contributor, Gerald Morgan.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/30
DATE: 1993
SIZE: 6 ff.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of a bibliography of printed literature relating to Eglwys Newydd and extract from Archaeologia Cambrensis XVII : 1917 concerning Eglwys Newydd, pp. 294-299. With accompanying correspondence between contributor R. Sinnett and R. Hallett, dated 1993.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/31
DATE: 1993
SIZE: 36 prints; 39 ff.
MEDIUM: photo; paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: file
NATURE AND CONTENT: Material relating to an exhibition at Hafod church of items from the church, Hafod mansion and the local community; held 21-31 August 1993. Includes poster; list of items exhibited and 36 colour photographs showing items from the exhibition and 2 newspaper articles dated August 1993.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/32
DATE: Various
SIZE: 2 ff.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: file
NATURE AND CONTENT: Typed transcription of Hafod memorials in Eglwys Newydd churchyard �" lists memorials/gravestones and their inscriptions for Johnes; Chambers; Waddingham and Tarrant families and that of Evan and Avarina Richards’s children (occupants of Hafod?). Transcribed by members of Dyfed Family History Society, undated.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/33
DATE: Various
SIZE: 4 prints; 1 f.
MEDIUM: photo; card
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: 5 postcards (2 coloured, 3 b/w) showing different views of Hafod Church. Pre and post fire, dated c. 1908; c. 1930’s and 1951.

TITLE: FOH.A/02/34
DATE: Not known
SIZE: 1 f.
MEDIUM: paper
LEVEL & ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Photocopy of b/w photograph of interior of Eglwys Newydd ?post fire, undated.