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GLAMORGAN RECORD OFFICE/ARCHIFDY MORGANNWG

Enoch Gronow

D48/1/1 Notes by Enoch Gronow on committee meetings of an 1929-1940 unspecified society

[1 bdle]

D48/1/2 Tabernacle Sunday School. Memorandum book: record of 1874-c1877 officers, teachers, and scholars. [Probably acquired by Enoch Gronow or his family through their connections with the school and chapel]

[1 vol]

D48/1/3 Cardiff and District Baptist Union. Programme for Third 1 and 2 Dec Musical Festival at the Tabernacle chapel 1920

[1 printed booklet]

D48/1/4 Repayment of mortgage under Small Dwellings 1929-1936 Acquisitions Act, 1899, and Housing Act, 1923. Cardiff City Council in account with Enoch Gronow, 151 Clive Road

[1 booklet]

D48/1/5 Appointment of Enoch Gronow to Northern Assurance Co 1932 Ltd: terms of agency

[4 papers, 1 envelope]

D48/1/6 Authority from RH Melhuish to Canton Liberal Institute 11 May 1938 finance and management committee to retain £2 out of salary of Melhuish as secretary to cover deficiency of £35 in collections

[2 papers]

D48/1/7 Diploma of membership of the Institution of British 10 March 1939 Engineers

[1 rolled paper]

D48/1/8 Catalogue of steel castings of Garth Steel Industries Ltd, c.1930-40 Garth Steel Works, Taffs Well.

[1 printed booklet]

D48/1/9 The Safe Compass, and how it points, by the Revd R nd (before

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Newton (Edinburgh) 1871)

Fly-leaf: ‘Enoch Gronow. this book was won by him at the Tabernacle Sunday School for speaking on the Bible May 29th 1871 Whitmonday’

[1 printed vol]

D48/1/10 National Health insurance cards of Enoch Gronow 1918-20, 1921, 1922, 1923 [4 paper cards]

Miscellaneous items

D48/1/11 A Comment upon the collects appointed to be used in the 1835 Church of England, by the Revd John James, DD, prebendary of Peterborough (London 1835)

Fly-leaf: ‘George Bodington 1836’

[1 printed vol]

D48/1/12 Map of routes operated by Western Welsh Omnibus Co Ltd c.1930-40

[1 paper map]

D48/1/13 Tide and Speed Tables in the UK (J Downton & Co, London 1914 1914)

[1 printed vol]

D48/14-16 Cardiff Harmonic Society, at Park Hall, Cardiff

D48/1/14 Programme of Second Concert, ‘Dream of Gerontius’ 11 March 1914

D48/1/15 Programme of Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ 24 Feb 1909

D48/1/16 Programme of first concert of ‘Elijah’ 13 Dec 1911

[3 printed booklets]

D48/1/17 The Monmouthshire & South Wales Coal Owners’ Oct 1917 Association. A directory of colliery companies in the south Wales coalfield (Oct 1917)

[1 printed booklet]

D48/1/19 Programme of New Theatre, Cardiff 1936

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[1 printed booklet]

D48/1/20 Bus and railway time tables, including list of private schools 1937 in Bridgend, Penarth, Cardiff, Llandaf and Swansea (Western Mail & Echo, 1937)

[1 printed booklet; cover missing; fragile]

D48/1/21 Notice of Sunday Evening Fellowship at St Paul’s church, 24 Oct (1937) Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff: full musical programme by the Cardiff Snowflakes Choir

[1 printed paper]

D48/1/22 The Covenant of the League of Nations (League of Nations ?1937 Union, no 7)

[1 printed booklet]

D48/1/23 Advertising card of The Cardiff Economy Laundry Co Ltd, c1930-1940 Iestynian Avenue, Cardiff

[1 printed card]

D48/1/24, 25 Ration books of Enoch Gronow 7 Aug 1918 23 Oct 1939 [2 printed booklets]

D48/1/26 Calling card of Enoch Gronow as South Wales agent of c1930-40 Renton & Fisher Ltd, steel founders and engineers, Bathgate, Scotland

[1 printed card]

Gronow family. General household papers and papers relating to individuals

D48/2/1 Baker’s deliveries: Gronow household account book with A 1930-1931 Ballinger, 67 Clive Road, Canton

[1 booklet]

Personal items

D48/2/2-5 Communion cards of Mr Gronow and Mrs Gronow at 1931, 1932 English Baptist Church, Hope Chapel, Canton, Cardiff

[4 printed cards] D48/2/6 Steps to the Altar: a manual of devotions for the Blessed 1869

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Eucharist, by WE Scudamore (4th ed. London 1869)

Fly-leaf: ‘Charlotte Bond In remembrance of her Confirmation & First Communion May 3 and May 7. 1871. fm. K.S.P.’

[1 printed vol]

D48/2/7 Pedigree dog-form for a fox terrier 1926

[1 printed paper]

D48/2/8 Cardiff City Council: official display card for collection of c1939-1945 waste paper, scrap metal and clean rags

[1 printed paper card]

D48/2/9 Programme for the dedication of the Merchant Navy Chapel 23 March 1947 of Remembrance at All Souls’ (Seamen’s) church

[1 printed booklet and envelope]

D48/2/10 Pensions book of Mrs Alice Gronow 1930

[1 printed booklet]

D48/2/11 Papers relating to Alice Annie Gronow decd and her will 1932 Addressed to Enoch Gronow, Inglewood, 151 Clive Road, Cardiff

[1 bdle]

D48/2/12 School mathematics book of CD Gronow: Euclid 1910-1911

[1 vol]

D48/2/13 General school exercise book of Idris Gronow at Radnor 1913 Road school, including draft letter to his girlfriend Annie

[1 booklet; soiled]

D48/2/14 Drawings and watercolour drawings of Idris D Gronow at 1908 Virgil Street School

[1 booklet; fragile]

D48/2/15 Member’s card of Maggie Gronow at Band of Hope, 7 Oct 1897

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Charles Street Congregational church, Cardiff

[1 printed card; illustrated; coloured]

D48/2/16, 17 The Cardiff School Board drawing books of Margaret 1902-1903 and Gronow containing geometry, standard v, 1902, with c1903 drawings, and free-hand, standard v, 1903

[2 booklets]

D48/2/18 The Cardiff Schools Examination Book and Record of 1903-1904 Progress. Writing and arithmetic books of Margaret Gronow at Wood Street Girls School, standard vi

[1 booklet]

D48/2/19, 20 The Cardiff School Board drawing books of Peggy Gronow c1904 and 1904 containing model drawings (headed Wood Street Girls School) nd and model drawings standard vii, 1904

[2 booklets]

D48/2/21 Cardiff Education Committee. Technical Education Scheme. March 1913 Single subject certificate of Peggy Gronow in freehand, stage i, 2nd class

[1 printed card; coloured]

D48/2/22, 23 National Health Insurance books of Mona Ceridwen 1915 and 1919 Gronow

[2 printed booklets]

D48/2/24 Geography exercise book of Mona Gronow, form IIIB; with nd (before additional cartoons and sketches 1914)

[1 booklet]

D48/2/25 General school work of SR Gronow 1913

[1 vol]

D48/2/26 The Order of the Sons of Temperance of Great Britain and c1914 Ireland. Rules of the Cardiff Grand Division and its Subordinate Divisions

[1 printed booklet]

D48/2/27 Membership card of William Bowen Gronow in Cardiff 1914

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Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance, “Unity” Division no 492

[1 printed booklet]

D48/2/28 National Health Insurance medical ticket of William Bowen c1914 Gronow

[1 printed paper card]

D48/2/29-31 3 watercolours by ‘W.H.M.’; 2 of lakeland scenery and 1 of nd a sailing boat

[3 papers; watercolours]

D48/2/32 Rules of the Carmarthenshire District, no 57 (branch of the 1922 Independent Order of Rechabites, S.U.)

[1 printed booklet]

D48/2/33/1-45 Membership books of John Gronow 1932-1965, Lewis 1932-1965 Gronow 1932-1965, and G Gronow 1958-1959; with related papers

[45 printed booklets and miscellaneous papers]

D48/2/34 Unidentified coloured drawing of a late 19cent civic c.1930-50 building

[1 paper on backing paper; fragile]

Short family c1930 D48/3/1 Miscellaneous quotations

[1 booklet lacking covers]

School exercise books, related papers and personal papers of 1928 CD Short or presumed to be his

D48/3/2 Homework book

[1 booklet lacking front cover]

D48/3/3-5 Letter from Canton Municipal Secondary School for Boys 1930 informing CD Short of pass in entrance examination; with copy of conditions of admission and details for High School for Boys, Newport Road, Cardiff

[1 typescript, 2 printed papers]

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D48/3/6, 7 2 school exercise books for arithmetic and geometry of 1930 Charles Short at Cardiff High School; also used for an essay and a copy of a personal letter

[2 booklets, 2 loose papers]

D48/3/8 ‘Climate Exercises’: meteorological work c1930-1932

[1 booklet lacking cover]

D48/3/9 General exercise book 1932

[1 booklet]

D48/3/10, 11 2 rough exercise books c1930 and c1930-1935 [2 booklets]

D48/3/12 Biology neat book of Charles Short c1930-1935

[1 booklet]

D48/3/13, 14 2 biology rough books of Charles Short c1930-1935

[2 booklets]

D48/3/15,16 2 chemistry exercise books, form VI Comm 1935-1936 and nd [2 booklets]

D48/3/17 Economics exercise book, form VI Comm c1935

[1 booklet]

D48/3/18 English language exercise book, form IVB 1934

[1 booklet of loose papers]

D48/3/19 French exercise book, form II Comm c1932

[1 booklet of loose papers]

D48/3/20 History exercise book (essays and notes), form V Mod 1934

[[1 booklet]

D48/3/21 Mathematics exercise book, form VI Comm 1936

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[1 booklet]

D48/3/22 Mechanics homework book, VI Comm 1935-1936

[1 booklet]

D48/3/23, 24 Physics description exercise book, form IVB 1933-1934

[2 booklets]

D48/3/25 Physics homework exercise book, form VI Comm 1936

[1 booket]

D48/3/26 Physics practical exercise book, form VI Comm 1936

[1 booklet]

D48/3/27 Science notebook c1934-1936

[1 booklet]

D48/3/28 Geography. Wheaton’s Practical Contour Exercises, nd probably of Charles Short

[1 printed vol]

D48/3/29 Individual Exercises in School Georgraphy. Book 1 Central c1934 and South America (published 1929), formerly of Charles Short, form IVB

[1 printed booklet]

D48/3/30 Notes on physics and engineering with calculations by c1930-36 Francis A Short, 109 Clive Road, Canton, Cardiff. Possibly re-used by Charles Short

[1 booklet]

D48/3/31 Illustrated card probably used as a draft of an advertisement c1934 for a school exercise: ‘Travel by Short’, bearing a drawing of a ship

[1 paper card]

D48/3/32 Membership card of C. Short in 14th Cardiff YMCA Lord 1931

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Mayor’s Own Troop B.P. Scouts

[1 paper card]

D48/3/33 Practical Grammar or Composition Divested of Difficulties, 1844 by G Jacob Holyoake (London 1844)

[1 printed vol]

D48/3/34 “Civil Service Opportunities” being the Detailed Civil 1931, 1935 Service Prospectus of the British Tutorial Institutes (London 1931); with enclosed printed diagrams of radio equipment of British General Manufacturing Co Ltd, London; and letters from B.T.I. to CD Short, 1935

[1 file]

D48/3/35 Central Welsh Board school certificate of CD Short in 1935 English, French (written and oral) and mathematics

[1 rolled paper]

D48/3/36 Central Welsh Board certificate of CD Short in English July 1936 language and literature, French, arithmetic, algebra and geometry, mechanics, physics and chemistry

[1 rolled paper]

D48/3/37 City of Cardiff High School for Boys. C. Short’s school 1931-1936, magazines, xii 3; xiii 1, 3; xiv 1-3; xv 1-3; xvi 1, 2; xvii 2, 3; 1946 xviii 1; and July 1946, no3

[15 printed booklets]

D48/3/38 Cardiff High School cloth badge c1930s

[1 cloth]

D48/3/39 Cardiff High School. Programme for service of 11 Nov 1949 remembrance

[1 printed booklet]

D48/3/40 Ideal Trading Stamp Co, 57/59 Charles Street, Cardiff, c1930-1935 belonging to C Short, 151 Clive Road, Cardiff

[1 printed booklet]

D48/3/41-43 Membership cards of CDA Short in Independent Order of 1930-1932

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Rechabites. Stewart Dutton Juvenile Tent no 4023, 1930 and 1931; and enclosed ticket to juvenile annual tea, Clive Road Hall, 20 Jan 1932

[2 printed cards and 1 printed paper]

D48/4/1-54 Papers mainly of Mrs MA Short, widow of Enoch Gronow, and members of the Gronow family Formerly held in envelope marked ‘DEEDS M.A. Short 151 Clive Rd. CARDIFF’

D48/4/1 Lease for 99 years 19 April 1870 Revd John Thomas Cyril Stacey, of Whitchurch, and Francis Edmund Stacey, of Landough Castle, esq, to John Morris, of Canton, farmer and haulier of piece of land with 2 messuages or tmts and outbuildings now being erected at corner of Wellington St and Edward St, Canton, Cardiff

[1 pmt]

D48/4/2 Mortgage for £150 and interest 21 April 1870 John Morris to Howell Rees, of Canton, gent of property in D48/4/1

[1 pmt]

D48/4/3 Administration (copy) of goods of John Morris, late of 88 15 April 1878 Wellington St, Cardiff (died 16 Nov 1875)

[1 paper]

D48/4/4 Transfer of mortgage, 20 April 1878, and further charge, 27 20 April 1878, April 1878 27 April 1878 Mrs Anne Morris and mortgagee to trustees of the Court ‘Loyal Stuart’ of Ancient Order of Foresters

[1 pmt]

D48/4/5 Assignment 6 Nov 1878 Mrs Anne Morris and mortgagee to Thomas Williams, of no (blank) Madras Villas, gent of same property

[1 pmt]

D48/4/6, 7 Sale particulars and conditions 13 Aug 1891 of corner shop, house, etc, no 5 Lower Station Terrace, and

no 87 Wellington St, Cardiff

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[1 paper file and copy]

D48/4/8, 9 Letter (copy) from Thomas Jones, 87 Wellington St, stating 8 Sept 1891 length of tenancy since 1881 and desire to stay, and letter from Frank H Williams, solicitor, to Messrs W and S Hern, regarding same property

[2 papers]

D48/4/10 Assignment of leasehold 23 Dec 1891 Frank Harold Williams and others to Mrs Mary Hern, wide of Samuel Hern, of South Cliff, Penarth, accountant of 87 Wellington St, Cardiff

[1 pmt]

D48/4/11 Provisional valuation of 87 Wellington St, Cardiff 1916

[1 paper, 1 envelope]

D48/4/12 Statutory declaration of CP crabtree in matter of piece of 28 Oct 1932 land or yard adjoining no 87 Wellington St, Cardiff

[1 paper]

D48/4/13-15 Assignment of leasehold 2 Nov 1932 Mrs Frances Hern and Frances Winifred Mackillop, widow, both of Olfracombe, co Som, to Enoch Gronow, 151 Clive Rd, foundry agent no 87 Wellington St, Cardiff with application and requisition of official search endorsed plan

[3 papers]

D48/4/16-20 2 plans of land and house, 87 Wellington St, ‘in occupation 1933 of Mr. [blank] Bus Driver for Western Welsh Co’ with covering letter from W Williams Homfray, 32 Charles St, Cardiff, regarding Penllyn Castle estate and 86 Wellington St, Cardiff

[5 papers]

D48/4/21-23 Assent of Mrs Margaret Anne Short, widow of Enoch 3 Oct 1942, 18 Gronow (died 9 Nov 1941) to John Arthur Gronow, vesting Dec 1946 87 Wellington St, Cardiff, 3 Oct 1942

with notice and fire policy, 18 Dec 1946

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[3 papers]

D48/4/24 Rents collected for Enoch Gronow and Mrs MA Short from 1933-1944 tenants at 109 Clive Rd; 6, 8, 18, and 64 Albert St; 106 Corporation Rd; and 87, 97 and 98 Wellington St, Cardiff

[1 vol]

D48/4/25-34 Rent-books for 18 Albert St, 1963; 64 Albert St, 1951-53; 1918-1963 151 Clive Rd, 1931-33, 1946-47, 1947-49, 1951; 106 Corporation Rd, 1925-26, 1927-30; and 109 Clive Rd (Mrs E Gronow), 1918-23; all in Cardiff

[10 booklets]

D48/4/35-49 Rent-books for 27 Fields Park Rd, 1941-47, 1947-52, 1953- 1940-1965 55; 87 Wellington St, 1940-41, 1942-45, 1943, 1946-49; 97 Wellington St, 1943-44, 1943-45, 1951-54, 1960-61, and subletting 1960-61; and 98 Wellington St, 1946-47, 1950, 1962-65; all in Cardiff

[15 booklets]

D48/4/50 Collector’s rent-book for 6 and 18 Albert St, 97 and 98 1944-1952 Wellington St, 106 Corporation Rd, and 109 Clive Rd, Cardiff

[1 vol]

D48/4/51 Papers of Mrs MA Short relating to sale of Lonchus estate, 1954 nos 6 and 8 Albert St, to Short; leases of 6, 8 and 18 Albert St and 97 and 98 Wellington St, 1954; sale of 109 Clive Rd 1962; and 106 Corporation Rd, Cardiff

[1 bdle]

D48/4/52 Correspondence and bills for repair relating to war damage 1941-1946

[1 bdle]

D48/4/53 Agreement between Mrs Short and Perry Publicity for 18 June 1948 poster-board site above 151 Clive Rd, Cardiff

[1 paper card]

D48/4/54 Agreement to let from Margaret Anne Short to RH Jenkins 12 April 1958

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and JV Jenkins, 149 Clive Rd, Cardiff

[1 paper deed]

D48/4/55, 56 City of Cardiff (Riverside Areas 7-26). Compulsory 7 July 1971 purchase order of 97 and 98 Wellington St, Cardiff, addressed to Mrs MA Short with covering letter

[1 file]

D48/4/57 Air raid precautions. Notice of ARP post at rear of 29 c1941 Romilly Rd, Cardiff

[1 paper card]

D48/4/58-72 World War II and later ration and clothing books c1939-1952

15 booklets]

D48/4/73 Mrs Margaret Anne Short in account with Cardiff Trustees 1946-1965 Savings Bank

[1 booklet]

D48/4/74 Cash-book of Gronow Ashwin & Co relating to ground 1924-1931 rents, miscellaneous personal bank accounts, insurance, purchase of 27 Fields Park d, 87 Wellington St, 18 and 64 Albert St, etc

[1 vol]

Messrs Boyle & Co (Cardiff) Ltd, shoe retailers, and Phillips & Boyle, chartered accountants

The firm possessed shops at 2 High St, 10 Church St, 30 Cowbridge Rd, and 63 Albany Rd, Cardiff. The records include family papers.

D48/5/1-4 Personal papers of Boyle family

D48/5/1 Personal dictionary and definitions early 20cent

[1 notebook]

D48/5/2 Personal notes and memorabilia 1925-1927

[1 booklet]

D48/5/3, 4 Diaries 1925 and 1926 1925, 1926

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[Both diaries contain sensitive, personal information and are closed for 100 years. References to ‘Gertie’, ‘Willie’, diet, health, work at shops, weather, dances, outlook, Cardiff Technical College, and clothes]

[2 vols]

D48/5/5-11 Phillips & Boyle, chartered accountants, Cefn Mably Chambers, 9 Quay St, Cardiff: accounts ledgers

D48/5/5 WT Batten & Sons, 120 Coburn St, Cardiff 1934-1941 [marked ‘B2’]

[1 vol]

D48/5/6 EJ Carey, [electrical engineer],19 Theobald Rd, Canton, 1934-1941 Cardiff [marked ‘C1’]

[1 vol]

D48/5/7 Hurley Stores, [provisions and grocer], High St, Llandaff 1932-1947 [marked ‘H1’]

[1 vol]

D48/5/8 RH Rosser (died 6 Feb 1946), [shoe outfitter], 15B, Clive 1939-1949 Rd, Canton, Cardiff [marked ?`R ’]

[1 vol]

D48/5/9 Mrs HM Toms (died 12 May 1937), 11 Bridgend Rd, 1937-1939 Llanharan [marked ‘T2’]

[1 vol]

D48/5/10 GT Weston & Son, 2 Redcliffe Avenue, Victoria Park, 1937-1939 Cardiff [marked ‘W2’]

[1 vol]

D48/5/11 DJ Williams, Railway Inn, Ely, Cardiff 1940-1944 [marked ‘W4’]

[1 vol]

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D48/5/12 List of operators and vehicles of unidentified firm, 8 March 8 March 1941 1941; with later alterations and later

[6 papers]

Unidentified Cardiff building firm

D48/6 Cash-payments day-book for purchase of materials of Nov 1898-June unidentified Cardiff building firm 1901

[1 vol]