
Royal Commission Archive & Library Bulletin of Newly Catalogued Material – July 2022
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) Archives and Library Bulletin which lists all newly catalogued material. The archival items, library books and journal articles are all available to view in our public reading room. The full archive catalogue is available on Coflein and contains digital copies of many of the items listed. All publications may be found on our online Library Catalogue.
Our Library and reading room is open:
We are open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 – 16:00, Wednesday 10:30-16:30
An appointment is advisable.
Archives
Archive items have been added to the following collections in the past month:
- WC6 – Wrecks Collection {Material relating to research conducted on the H5, a WWI submarine sunk in error off the coast of Caernarfon Bay].
- MDCP – Martin Davies Church Plans Collection
- AHP – Catholic Churches in Wales Collection
- Investigators’ Digital Photography
- GAT – Gwynedd Archaeological Trust Reports
- ISC – Ian Sadler Maentwrog Power Station Negatives
- WMS – Welsh Mills Society Collection
- CHR – CHERISH Project Archive
- Hafod and Morfa Copperworks Survey
- ENL – E N Lockyer Collection
- General Digital Donations Collection
Many of these items are hard copy, including large scale plans, photographs and reports, and are available to view in our searchroom in Aberystwyth; others are digital and can be viewed on our online catalogue Coflein.
Now catalogued and available on Coflein:



![Digital colour photograph showing the altar at St Joseph’s Catholic church, Pwllheli. The altar, made from Aberllefenni slate, has a hexagonal base engraved with the fish and anchor image and an engraved inscription in Celtic script along the edge of the mensa, reading ‘a'r gair a wnaethpwyd yn gnawd’ [‘and the word was made flesh’]. Part of a collection of photographs showing Catholic churches in Wales, taken by The Architectural History Practice in 2018.](https://rcahmw.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Digital-colour-photograph-showing-the-altar-at-St-Josephs-Catholic-church-Pwllheli-1024x684.jpg)


Books
All our books and journals can be found on the Royal Commission’s Library Catalogue and viewed in our Library and Search Room.
- Archifdy Ceredigion Archives. 2020. Edrychwch yn ofalus : Arolwg o Sir Aberteifi / Look closely : Cardiganshire surveyed. Aberystwyth: Ceredigion County Council.
- Drury, P. and McPherson, A. 2008. Conservation principles: policies and guidance for the sustainable management of the historic environment. London: English Heritage.
- English Heritage. 2007. Regeneration in historic coastal towns. London: English Heritage.
- Fishlock, Trevor. 2007. In this place: the National Library of Wales. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales.
- Owain, Eryl. 2022. William Morgan, Ty Mawr a’r Wybrant. Llanwrst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch.
Journals
- Architects’ Journal Volume 249 (Issue 6, 23 June 2022).
- Context: Journal of the Institute for Historic Building Research Volumes 163-164 (March-May 2020) and 168-169 (June-September 2021).
- Current Archaeology Volume 389 (August 2022).
- Heritage Now: The Magazine of Historic Buildings and Places Volume 02 (Summer 2022).
- The Georgian Volume 1 (Spring 2022).
- The Georgian Group Journal Volume 30 (2022).
- The Victorian Volume 70 (July 2022).
Journals: Current Awareness
- Current Archaeology Volume 389(August 2022), p.8 News in brief, Treasure in Wales – Bronze Age hoard found in Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire. p.66 CAER Heritage.
- Georgian Volume 1 (Spring 2022), p.27 Casework: Jezreel Baptist Chapel, Goginan; Plas Newydd, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd; St Paul’s Church, Stow Hill, Newport.
- Georgian Group Journal Volume 30 (2022), p.149-160 For dowager or disability? John Nash’s designs for the Countess of Shannon, Rebecca Tropp, includes discussion of Nash’s later Welsh villas and the chronological groups Richard Suggett uses to categorise them.
- Heritage Now Volume 02 (Summer 2022), p.9-15 Casework, Llys Onnen, Abergele; All Saints Church, Aberystwyth; St Cadoc, Caerleon, Former Hebron Chapel, Monmouth; Saints Asaph and Cyndeyrn, St Asaph.
- Victorian Volume 70 (July 2022), p.18 Case notes: The Barmouth Railway Viaduct: Repair or Replace, Tom Taylor. p.19 Casework: Kinmel Hall, Conwy. p.23 Case study: Renewed: Victoria Pier, Colwyn Bay, Elgan Jones.
Contact us
If you have any comments or enquiries, please feel free to contact us:
NMRW Library and Enquiries Service
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Penglais Road
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion SY23 3BU
Telephone: +44 (0)1970 621200
Email: nmr.wales@rcahmw.gov.uk
Website: rcahmw.gov.uk
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