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Businesses (8)
- Cwmdu foundry Swansea, Glamorgan
- Jones, Burton, Parry & Kyrke, ironfounders Ponkey, Flintshire
- Pentyrch Ironworks Pentyrch, Glamorgan
- Rhymney & Aber Gas Co Rhymney, Glamorgan
- Rhymney Iron Co Ltd, iron and colliery proprietors Rhymney, Glamorgan
- shoemaker Llangadog, Brecknockshire
- Union Iron Company Rhymney, Monmouthshire
- Unnamed builder, Llangamarch Llangamarch, Brecknockshire
Organisations (3)
- Cardiff Baptist Ministers Fraternal Cardiff, Glamorgan
- Letterston parish Letterston, Pembrokeshire
- New Park Street English Baptist Church, Holyhead Holyhead, Anglesey
Persons (56)
- Anstis, John, (1669-1744), herald, antiquary and MP
- Balfour, Arthur James, (1848-1930), 1st Earl of Balfour, statesman
- Banks, Thomas Christopher, (1765-1854), lawyer and genealogist
- Bradley, John William, (1830-1916), William Salt librarian and manuscript scholar
- Brooke, Ralph, (1553-1625), herald
- Bruce, Henry Austin, (1815-1895), 1st Baron Aberdare, statesman
- Byng, John, (1743-1813), 5th Viscount Torrington
- Caley, John, (1763-1834), archivist, antiquary and Secretary to Record Commission
- Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, (1836-1908), statesman
- Chaloner, Jacob, (1585-1631), heraldic painter and genealogist
- Chappell, Edgar Leyshon, (1879-1949), social reformer
- Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer, (1849-1895), statesman
- Clutterbuck, Robert, (1772-1831), topographer
- Crichton-Stuart, John, (1793-1848), 2nd Marquess of Bute
- Dwnn, Lewys, (c 1550-c 1616), Welsh genealogist and poet
- Evans, Daniel Silvan, (1818-1903), Vicar of Llanwrin, lexicographer and poet
- Evans, Thomas Christopher, (1846-1918), Cadrawd antiquary
- Fenton, Richard, (1746-1821), Poet and Antiquary
- Fowler, Sir Henry Hartley, (1830-1911), 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, statesman
- Griffith, John, (c1818-85), rector of Merthyr Tydfil
- Grose, Francis, (? 1731-1791), Antiquary and Draughtsman
- Hall, Augusta, (1802-1896), promoter of Welsh Culture
- Hardy, Sir William, (1807-1887), Knight, Knight Archivist
- Hoare, Sir Richard Colt, (1758-1838), 2nd Baronet, historian and archaeologist
- Howell, David, (1831-1903), Dean of St Davids
- Jones, David, (1834-1890), antiquary
- Jones, James Ifano, (1865-1955), Librarian Literary Scholar Poet Historian
- Jones, John, (c1585-1658), Calligrapher Antiquary
- Jones, John, (1650-1727), Dean of Bangor
- Jones, Josiah Thomas, (1799-1873), Independent minister, publisher, biographer
- Lhuyd, Edward, (1660-1709), Naturalist and Antiquary
- Llwyd, Angharad, (1780-1866), Antiquary
- Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush, (1783-1848), Knight, antiquary
- Morgan, John Rhys, (1822-1900), Welsh Baptist Minister, author and poet
- Mytton, William, (1693-1746), Rector of Habberley Shropshire and Antiquary
- Newling, John, (1762-1838), Canon of Lichfield Antiquary
- Nichols, John Bowyer, (1779-1863), printer and antiquary
- Owen, George, (1552-1613), Welsh antiquary and historian
- Owen, Sir Hugh, (1835-1916), Knight Authority On Local Government
- Owen, William, (? 1530-1587), Welsh poet
- Patti, Adelina, (1843-1919), opera singer
- Philips, Katherine, (1631-1664), poet and translator
- Phillipps, Sir Thomas, (1792-1872) 1st Baronet Phillips, antiquary, collector of MSS and books
- Powell, David Thomas, (1773-1848), antiquary
- Rees, William Jenkins, (1772-1855), Vicar of Heyop, antiquary
- Robinson, George Edward, (fl 1874-1914), architect, antiquary
- Skinner, John, (1772-1839), rector of Camerton antiquary
- Stukeley, William, (1687-1765), Anglican clergyman, physician, antiquary and archaeologist
- Thomas, Alfred, (1840-1927), 1st Baron Pontypridd
- Vaughan, Robert Powell, (?1592-1667), Welsh antiquary, collector of the Hengwrt MSS
- Williams, David, (1738-1816), philosopher and deist
- Willis, Browne, (1682-1760), antiquary and numismatist
- Wooding, David Lewis, (1828-1891), Welsh antiquary and genealogist
- Wren, Sir Christopher, (1632-1723), Knight, architect, astronomer, mathematician and MP
- Wynn, Sir John, (1553-1626), 1st Baronet MP Antiquary
- Young, Sir Charles George, (1795-1869), Knight Herald
Diaries (11)
- Edwards, Anna, (fl 1792-1793) Holwell, Flintshire
- Hodkinson, John Liverpool, Lancashire
- Powell, Lewis, (fl 1837-1857), Nonconformist minister Cardiff, Glamorgan
- Price, John, (fl 1819-1884), travel diarist Birkenhead, Cheshire
- Stephens, J, (fl 1805), travel diarist Holyhead, Anglesey
- Symmons, Hannah, (fl 1853-1858) Letterston, Pembrokeshire
- Unnamed female, (fl 1796), diarist Brecon, Brecknockshire
- Unnamed, (fl 1778), travel diarist Wales
- Unnamed, (fl 1830-1832), travel diarist Wales
- Voyle, Elliott Tenby, Pembrokeshire
- Wooding, Peter Jones Pontardawe, Glamorgan
Families (1)
- Crichton-Stuart family, Marquesses of Bute Auchinleck, Ayrshire;Dumfries House, Ayrshire;Ochiltree, Ayrshire;Old Cumnock, Ayrshire;Arran, Buteshire;Bute, Buteshire;Cumbrae, Buteshire;Mountstuart, Buteshire;Rothesay, Buteshire;Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire;Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire;Falkland, Fife;Falkland Palace, Fife;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Pluscarden, Moray;Ardwell, Wigtownshire;Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire;Kirkinner, Wigtownshire;Mochrum, Wigtownshire;Sorbie, Wigtownshire;Aberdare, Glamorgan;Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan;Caerphilly, Glamorgan;Cardiff Castle, Glamorgan;Cardiff, Glamorgan;Castell Coch, Glamorgan;Eglwysilan, Glamorgan;Llanblethian, Glamorgan;Llantrisant, Glamorgan;Machen, Monmouthshire;Newport, Monmouthshire;Trelegg, Monmouthshire;Usk, Monmouthshire;Wentlooge St Bride, Monmouthshire;Luton, Bedfordshire;Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire;Kirtling, Cambridgeshire;Axwell, Durham;Tanfield, Durham;Winlaton, Durham;Hertfordshire;London;Middlesex;Kirknewton, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire;Worcestershire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (3)
- NRA 42735 Cardiff Central Library: MS collections
- NRA 17024 Thomas Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd: corresp and papers
- NRA 11470 Wynn family, baronets, of Gwydir: corresp and papers