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PFA - Penrhyn Castle Further Additional

1 - Early deeds

7 - Surveys, valuations and inventories

8 - Post 1800 Correspondence

9 - Post 1800 Printed Material (including translations of printed items)

10 - Post 1800 Financial Papers including accounts, vouchers, cash books etc.

11 - Post 1800 Legal documents

12 - Post 1800 Mixed bundles

1 - Bundle of misc. documents, mainly correspondence, relating to the estate.

2 - Bundle of documents relating to the estate/land matters. Includes small number of documents relating to the Jamaica estates.

3 - Miscellaneous bundle of estate correspondence, documents and accounts.

4 - Bundle of items relating to the quarry/estate

5 - Bundle of various estate & quarry correspondence and accounts

6 - Bundle of miscellaneous items including estate correspondence, vouchers and Quarry/Strike statement

7 - Large bundle of correspondence, accounts and receipts relating to the upkeep of the estate and management of the quarry. Bundle contains various documents and accounts relating to the upkeep of the estate, and the management of the quarry

8 - Bundle of documents relating to landownership, property defence, free labour, Board of Trade involvement with the Penrhyn dispute and other political matters

9 - Bundle of estate/quarry correspondence

10 - Box file of correspondence and agreements from Benjamin Wyatt, mainly concerned with estate/quarry matters and the new Capel Curig/Nant Ffrancon road. Also includes account of furniture with Sam Wyatt (1787)

11 - Bundle of accounts, valuations, expenses and other financial papers relating to the estate. Includes documents relating to the saw mill, corn mills, flint mills, valuations of cottages at Coed y Parc, memorandums and agreements with Samuel Worthington, Valuation of Nant y Benglog and schedule of deeds belonging to G.H.D. Pennant. Also includes three printed Almanac's for the years 1815, 1821 and 1824

12 - Bundle of correspondence relating to tithes, the discharge of ballast near Port Penrhyn etc.

13 - Bundle of correspondence and accounts relating to the estate, quarry etc. Includes begging letters, vouchers, translations of newspapers articles etc.

14 - Bundle of estate accounts/correspondence and a copy of Anne Susannah Warburton's will

15 - Bundle of misc. documents, mainly correspondence and printed material relating to the quarry

16 - Bundle of estate correspondence, also containing some items relating to the quarry/port

17 - Bundle of correspondence relating to the estate, slate trade, Capel Curig road and printed materials from Welsh newspapers

18 - Bundle of estate accounts & correspondence

19 - Bundle of estate accounts/correspondence

20 - Box file of miscellaneous printed material and correspondence

21 - Locked satchel containing vouchers and various correspondence (inc personal, estate and quarry correspondence)

22 - Bundle of various accounts, correspondence and miscellany relating to the estate, quarry and Port Penrhyn

23 - Bundle of mainly correspondence relating mainly to the estate, and other miscellany

24 - Mixed bundle of vouchers/correspondence

25 - Envelope containing certificate of appointment of sub commissioners of Pilotage for the port of Beaumaris, appointing Sir Richard Bulkeley, James Wyatt Esq, the Hon. E. G. D. Pennant & Henry Turner Esq along with cover letter. Envelope also contains letter addressed to Lord Penrhyn dated Jan 16 1906 from C. G. Assheton-Smith relating to evidence for the House of Lords relating to "Pioneer"

26 - Small bundle of documents relating to bridges in the north Wales region. Documents organised by bridge, and contains items relating to: Conway(sic) Bridge 1878 (contains copy of parliamentary bill and letter from Fred Stanley regarding monies owed to the exchequer in relation to said bridge). Tal-y-bont Bridge 1880 Menai Bridge - Contains one document giving breakdown of bridge costs and sums advanced for both Menai and Conway Bridges n.d. Petition against Menai Bridge - 1846-7 Contains petition against the construction of a railway bridge over the Menai Straits signed by quarry proprietors, merchants and mariners from Porthmadog and memorials relating to the removal of dangerous rocks at the swellies to improve navigation

27 - Folder of correspondence relating to the Royal Visit of 1894. Also contains an edition of The Morning Post from 1852 detailing Queen Victoria's visit to Bangor, programme for the Prince of Wales' visit in 1862, letters relating to the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York 1895, and correspondence from the Royal family to Lord Penrhyn, including one letter written in the hand of Albert Edward (King Edward)

28 - Folder of documents relating to Home Farm, mainly consisting of accounts, stock lists etc. Also includes bundle of correspondence from Robert Smith regarding agricultural practices inc hay making, sales, bulls etc. and a catalogue of household furniture to be sold at Ty Newydd, with items owned by the Penrhyn estate and removed from the sale crossed out

29 - Envelope of items relating to paintings at Penrhyn Castle. Includes printed catalogues, correspondence, vouchers (for purchase and maintenance), lists of paintings and values for insurance purposes, notes on providence, research etc. (possibly by Alice Douglas Pennant)

30 - Box file of correspondence, newspaper articles and reports relating to magistrates in the region

31 - Bundle of miscellaneous items, mainly newspapers; includes a large number of documents relating to Eisteddfodau

32 - Folder of items relating to Aber (gwyngregyn) estate

33 - Box file of documents including correspondence and printed material, from, to and about Mr Arthur Wyatt and Mr Francis. Letters discuss slate trade, shipping, accidents in the quarry, and the Bangor & Bethesda Railway

34 - Bundle of documents relating to the quarry

35 - Bundle of correspondence/accounts relating to the quarry and Port Penrhyn, mainly focusing on the dismissal of A Wyatt and appointment of E.A. Young.

36 - Bundle of accounts, press cuttings and correspondence mainly relating to the quarry, charities and Caernarvon County Council

37 - Bundle of items relating to the quarry/strike and related parliamentary debate

38 - Bundle of miscellaneous documents, mainly correspondence and printed materials relating to the quarry.

39 - Large bundle of items relating to W.J. Parry. Bundle includes:

40 - Bundle of notes in the hand of George Sholto Douglas Pennant regarding quarry - complaints? Also accounts for Soal Yards and Stowage in Port Penrhyn 1875.

41 - Brown folder containing large bundle of correspondence relating to the management of the quarry and Port Penrhyn. Also contains documents relating the memory failure of Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant and the religious unrest and riots in Bethesda in 1885

42 - Bundle of correspondence and printed materials relating to the quarry, financial matters (investments) and E.A.Young

43 - Bundle of various correspondence, reports and miscellany relating to the estate, quarry and Port Penrhyn

44 - Bundle of various accounts, correspondence and miscellany relating to the estate, quarry and Port Penrhyn

45 - Bundle of Correspondence and accounts relating to the quarry

46 - Folder of documents (mainly correspondence) relating to the Yspytty Estate. Collection organised by farm, and placed into individual envelopes

47 - Box file of correspondence, reports and newspaper articles relating to Bryn Hafod Y Wern Quarry. Detail the purchase of Bryn Hafod y Wern by Lord Penrhyn and the related court case

48 - Folder of documents relating to the Ogwen Tile Works, Bethesda. Includes printed catalogue and price list, reports and patent case

49 - Envelope marked 'Quarry Club 1890' containing documents relating the Quarry benefit Club as well as a printed article from Y Werin (1 Jan 1887) detailing the new terms of the North Wales Quarrymen's Union along with a translation of the article into English and translations of placards publicising North Wales Quarrymen's Union meetings (1887)

49a - Miscellaneous bundle of correspondence, articles, accounts. Also contains documents regarding the Dr William Lewis Charity

50 - Box file of documents relating to the Stockbridge Fishery and the Houghton Fishing Club

51 - Bundle of correspondence relating to the quarry (generally focused on unrest, particularly the 1896 strike), Elis o'r Nant, and political matters

51a - Bundle of correspondence and printed materials from George Brooks including drafts of his publications, requests for finance and information regarding his work with 'Freedom and Property against Socialist Attack'

52 - Envelope of press cuttings and correspondence relating to Col Francis Cornwallis Maude V.C. who died in 1900. Envelope contains begging letters, letters of thanks, letters as to Maude's character (which are not supportive of him), printed appeals for help and press cuttings relating to his death

53 - Bundle of misc. documents, mainly correspondence, relating to the quarry and horse racing.

54 - Folder containing correspondence relating to the Royal visit of 1894.

55 - Bundle of documents concerning the details relating to the Royal Visit e.g. list of guests invited, guests attending, programme etc.

56 - Bound book of 'Clippings' mainly consisting of press clippings and some correspondence organised into categories.

57 - Envelope of certificates, vouchers and correspondence relating to horses at Penrhyn Castle

58 - Bundle of miscellaneous items relating to the quarry/strike, industrial relations and the Moel Faban/Pantdreiniog quarries.

59 - Bundle of predominantly newspaper cuttings (along with some correspondence) relating to the quarry/strike, W.J. Parry libel case, libel in the Birmingham Daily Post, strike at Nantlle quarry, Cymru Fydd movement, Penrhyn debate in Parliament, labour & employment issues, some of which are translations from the Welsh press. Also includes Particulars of Publication for the Parry libel case.

60 - Bundle of documents relating to Christmas parties at Penrhyn (for staff)

61 - Box file of correspondence and printed materials relating to the Education Act of 1902 and schools in the Bethesda/Bangor region

13 - Post 1800 Miscellaneous

14 - Estate Administration

15 - Penrhyn Quarry

16 - Politics and electioneering

17 - Personal

18 - Patronage

19 - Events

20 - Printed material

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