Oxford Street, Swansea – Christmas Card
A pack of four cards showing a view of Oxford Street, Swansea, taken from a postcard dated 1917 With: With Christmas and New Year Greetings / Gyda Chyfarchion y Nadolig a’r Flwyddyn Newydd written...
View ArticleOrdnance Survey map of Oystermouth, 1877
A reproduction of a first-edition Ordnance Survey map at a scale of 1:2500 (approximately 25 inches to one mile). This map, as a scale large enough to show every individual building, as well as walls,...
View ArticleOrdnance Survey Map of Neath Abbey/Skewen, 1878
A reproduction of a first-edition Ordnance Survey map at a scale of 1:2500 (approximately 25 inches to one mile). This map, at a scale large enough to show every individual building, as well as walls,...
View ArticleOrdnance Survey Map of Margam Park, 1876
A reproduction of a first-edition Ordnance Survey map at a scale of 1:2500 (approximately 25 inches to one mile). This map, at a scale large enough to show every individual building, as well as walls,...
View ArticleOrdnance Survey map of Clydach, 1879
A reproduction of a first-edition Ordnance Survey map at a scale of 1:2500 (approximately 25 inches to one mile). This map, at a scale large enough to show every individual building, as well as walls,...
View ArticleOrdnance Survey map of Aberavon, 1876
A reproduction of a first-edition Ordnance Survey map at a scale of 1:2500 (approximately 25 inches to one mile). This map, at a scale large enough to show every individual building, as well as walls,...
View ArticleNeath Old Bridge c. 1900 – Christmas Card
A pack of five cards showing a view of Neath Old Bridge at around the turn of the 20th Century. With: With Christmas and New Year Greetings / Gyda Chyfarchion y Nadolig a’r Flwyddyn Newydd written...
View ArticleGas Tram at Skewen – Christmas Card
A pack of four Christmas cards, showing the old Gas Tram at it’s Skewen terminus. The scene is taken from an old Edwardian postcard. The message inside reads: With Christmas and New Year Greetings /...
View ArticleBriton Ferry & Dock – Christmas Card
A pack of four cards showing a view of Briton Ferry and the dock in a lithograph by C. W. Campion from 1862. This picture was reproduced by kind permission of the Neath Antiquarian Society. With:...
View ArticleAlderman Davies’ School – Christmas Card
A pack of four cards showing Alderman Davies’ School from around 1858, taken from a watercolour by C. W. Campion. This picture was used with kind permission of the Neath Antiquarian Society. With:...
View ArticleResolven Station 1908 – Christmas Card
A pack of four Christmas card showing a view of Resolven Station in the snow, taken from a postcard sent in 1908. With: With Christmas and New Year Greetings / Gyda Chyfarchion y Nadolig a’r Flwyddyn...
View ArticleNeath Old Bridge c. 1900 – Christmas Card
A pack of five cards showing a view of Neath Old Bridge at around the turn of the 20th Century. With: With Christmas and New Year Greetings / Gyda Chyfarchion y Nadolig a’r Flwyddyn Newydd written...
View ArticleSketty Church 1903 – Christmas Card
A pack of five cards showing Sketty Church in the snow in 1903 With: With Christmas and New Year Greetings / Gyda Chyfarchion y Nadolig a’r Flwyddyn Newydd written inside.
View ArticleThe Pleasure of Unravelling Secrets
Bernard Morris (1932-2012) passed on to the people of Swansea and Gower a greater understanding of their past than had any previous historian. This book is a celebration of his life and work, but...
View ArticleVictorian Neath – CD
In 1876-1877 the men from the Ordnance Survey came to Neath to begin the work of surveying the town and local area. Most areas were being surveyed and mapped at a scale of 25″ to a mile, but because...
View ArticleThe Metropolis of South Wales – CD
A new CD map resource from the West Glamorgan Archive Service, showing Victorian Swansea in Maps. We’ve called it ‘The Metropolis of South Wales’ after a description of the town in an 1851 guide book....
View ArticleOxford Street, Swansea – Christmas Card
A pack of four cards showing a view of Oxford Street, Swansea, taken from a postcard dated 1917 With: With Christmas and New Year Greetings / Gyda Chyfarchion y Nadolig a’r Flwyddyn Newydd written...
View ArticleThe Pennard Manor Court Book 1673-1701
This record of court proceedings has been transcribed by Michael J. Edmunds with an introduction by Dr Joanna Martin. It has full indexes of persons and places and contains much of interest on...
View ArticleSt Davids Episcopal Acta 1085-1280
An edition by Dr Julia Barrow of the Latin texts of the earliest charters issued by the bishops of St Davids, with English summaries. There is an extensive introduction and copious explanatory notes....
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