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Allan Fletcher Papers

Local historian, Allan Fletcher (1923-2005), played an active role in the Denbighshire Historical Society for many years including secretary between 1990 and 1998, later vice- president, vice-chairman and chairman. He was also involved in Edeirnion Historical Society, Historical Society, Friends of Archives and the Merioneth Historical Society. He delivered many local history lectures and published articles in local publications.

The collection mainly consists of research notes.

Research notes

Places

DD/DM/1749/1 Research notes- '' Long ago'' c. 1990s subjects include- 1 bdle. Ruthin Castle; Court House and Prison; Lordship of Ruthin; Ruthin races; Cocoa and reading rooms; Football; Cricket club; Charters; Myddletons; Corvisers; Ruthin school; Pool Park; Pubs; Borthyn

Acc No: 3286 Acc Date: 22/11/2010 Creator: Volunteer/ SR 1

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DD/DM/1749/2 Draft articles- ''Ruthin's History'' c. 1990s subjects include- 4 bdles. Agriculture, Industry and Commerce; Archaeology and Ruthin Castle; Churches and Chapels; Civic and Parliamentary; Crime and Punishment; Education; Demographics; Entertainment, Music and Sport; Personalities; Public Works and Health Services; Ruthin Street by Street; At War

DD/DM/1749/3 Research notes, newscuttings and copies- Ruthin c.1980s 1851-1861 5 bdles. subjects include- Benjamin Davies of ; St Peter's Church Restoration; Population Study; Copied correspondence between Rev Bulkeley O Jones, warden of Ruthin and Rev E. H. Davies, curate of ; Board of Guardians; Mayor Maurice Election 1857; Notes on Vestry Minutes; Final Paper- Ruthin - A Social & Administrative Study 1851-1861

DD/DM/1749/4 Lecture Notes- A Visit to the Town of in 1995 1832 2 bdles. by Dr Edward Davies, delivered to History of Medicine Society for , Cardiff relating to cholera includes copy map of Denbigh, 1874 showing site of Cholera Hospital and Lenten Pool pump; Notes on Cholera Deaths

Acc No: 3286 Acc Date: 22/11/2010 Creator: Volunteer/ SR 2

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DD/DM/1749/5 Notes, Photocopies, Maps- giving details of- c.1990s Improvement Plans; 1 bdle. Sale of Land; New Pier; Railway Station; Foulkes Radio Rhyl; Christ Church; Library

DD/DM/1749/6 Paper- History of 1990s 1 bdle.

DD/DM/1749/7 Notes, Photocopies, Newscuttings- Denbighshire c.1980-1990s Villages 1 bdle. including- Llanderfel; ; Offa's Dyke; Betws Gwerfyl Goch; Pentrellyncymer; Llanfihangel GM

People/ Families

DD/DM/1749/8 Notes- Wordsworth and Clwyd 1990s Wordsworth's Association with 2 bdles.

DD/DM/1749/9 Notes- Edwin Griffiths 1786-1815 1990s Corunna; 1 bdle. Family Connections; Peninsula War and Waterloo

DD/DM/1749/10 Notes- Davies Family () 1980s-1990s Correspondence, maps, photocopies [William 1 bdle. Davies, 1819-1904]

DD/DM/1749/11 Notes- Wynne Family 1980s-1990s Family Trees; 1 bdle. Copy and Transcript of Wills

DD/DM/1749/12 Notes- The Conways 1991 Efenechtyd Conways; 1 bdle. Conways and their Denbigh connections

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DD/DM/1749/13 Notes- Osborne Morgan & 1868 Election in c.1980s Denbighshire 1 bdle.

DD/DM/1749/14 Family notes relating to- 1990s James Maurice, Plas Tirion; 1 bdle. Edward Jones, Bathafarn; John Williams, Mwrog St, Ruthin; Mrs Cornwallis-West; William Morgan

Subjects

DD/DM/1749/15 Notes- Chapels 1990s C M Chapel Llwynedd; 1 bdle. Hirwaen Chapel; Llanfwrog New Chapel

DD/DM/1749/16 Booklet and Postcards- Village Churches of n.d. Denbighshire 1 bdle. St Dyfnog's Church, Llanrhaeadr; Cefn, Corwen; St Mary's Church, Betws GG; Jesse Window, St Dyfnog's Church, Llanrhaeadr; High Street, Denbigh

DD/DM/1749/17 Notes- Education in 19th Century North Wales 1990s 1 bdle.

DD/DM/1749/18 Notes- School Boards from 1870 1990s Photocopies from Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald; 1 bdle. Handwritten notes regarding setting up of School Boards

DD/DM/1749/19 Notes- Railways in Corwen 1990s 2 bdles.

DD/DM/1749/20 Paper and Report on Thesis- Social & Economic 1988 Effects of Railways in the Vale of Clwyd during the 2 bdles. 19th Century including- Social elements of the Vale; Notes on domestic service; Railway employees; Re-establishment of the Grammar School; Parishes; Market towns

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DD/DM/1749/21 Account- The Building of Mold and Denbigh 1990s Junction Railway written by R G Williams, Ysgol 1 bdle.

DD/DM/1749/22 Notes- Game Laws 1990s Letter and notes; 3 bdles. Paper: Farming in the 19th Century;

DD/DM/1749/23 Notes- Parks & Forests of the Lordship of Ruthin c.1990 1 bdle.

DD/DM/1749/24 Paper- Enclosure of Llanrhaeadr yn Kinmerch c.1990s Typed notes, annotated 1 bdle.

DD/DM/1749/25 Notes- Acts for Dividing, Alloting and Enclosing 1990s Common Land 1 bdle. with notes on enclosures

DD/DM/1749/26 Copy Newscuttings on Cotton Famine 1861-1864 1980s-1990s Photocopies and notes on local help and support 1 bdle. for distressed cotton worker of Lancashire

DD/DM/1749/27 Notes- Ruthin Charities 1990s 1 bdle.

DD/DM/1749/28 Notes- Local connections to the Peninsular War c.1990s Sir Thomas Henry Browne; 1 bdle. Capt/Maj Edwin Griffiths and family tree; Col James (Kinmel Park?); Thomas Griffiths, Rhual Estate History; Epitaph to F. C. Phillips of Rhual; Memorials in Cathedral

DD/DM/1749/29 Notes- Elector System 1990s including- 1 bdle. ''Democracy & the Cost of Politics''; ''Corrupt Election Expenditure''; ''Electoral Reform'' C. S. Yale 1915; ''Registration Methods & Causes of Disqualification''; ''Elimination of Corrupt Practice''

DD/DM/1749/30 Notes- Ruthin Police 1990s 1 bdle.

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DD/DM/1749/31 Notes including- 1990s Copy Act for registering Births, Deaths & Marriages 1 bdle. Ruthin Board of Guardians, lists of members and meetings

DD/DM/1749/32 Notes- Historical Sources & The Social Scientist c.1983 Handwritten and typed notes for Open University 1 bdle. Course; Social Science and local history population change drawing on Denbighshire examples

Published Articles

DD/DM/1749/33 Articles including- 1990s William Heaton's Journal; 1 bdle. Jones Maurice esq Ruthin; Edward Griffith at Corunna; 'London-Ruthin Association' 1884-1885

DD/DM/1749/34 Articles including- 1980s Mwstwr Mystery; 1 bdle. Elizabeth Parry of Denbigh and H M Stanley, her Son; St Marcella's Church - Twm o'r Nant; A Tour of N Wales - July 1794; Excavations at Brynhyfryd Park 1988-1989; The Coelian Trust 1987

Local history clubs and societies

DD/DM/1749/35 Papers relating to Denbighshire Historical Society 2001-2004 Correspondence and the History of Denbighshire 1 bdle. project

DD/DM/1749/36 Papers relating to Ruthin Historical Society n.d. Correspondence relating to RHS and other local 1 bdle. history groups

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DD/DM/1749/37 Papers relating to Edeyrnion Historical Society 1998-2004 includes- 1 bdle. Minutes Excursion Programme 2003 Correspondence relating to involvement in the PRO Census digitisation project 2002

DD/DM/1749/38 Papers relating to Ruthin Local History Study 1980s Group 1 bdle. including- notes on meetings & talks given Balance sheets Newscuttings Correspondence

DD/DM/1749/39 Papers relating to Friends of Clwyd Archives 1990s including- 2 bdles. Correspondence Agendas Notes Constitution Meetings

Photographs and slides

DD/DM/1749/40 Photographs n.d. Unidentified buildings in Ruthin (2 copies) 1 bdle.

DD/DM/1749/41 Slides 20th Cent. including- 29 slides Castle interior; Castle view and interior; Corwen Church font; Poor seats and churchyard; Horse Shoe Falls; Glyn Arthur House and gardens; Nant Clwyd Hall and gardens; St Peter's Church interior; Valle Crucis Abbey

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Miscellaneous

DD/DM/1749/42 Leaflets and Booklets n.d. including- 1 bdle. Dyffryn Clwyd in time of Elizabeth I; Offa's Dyke Path; The County of Clwyd; Castles of Clwyd; Croeso y St Dogfans Church, Llanrhaeadr yn Mochnant; First Frank Jones Memorial Lecture; St Digains, ; Trevor Church; Gwaenynog; Notes on servants at Plas Nant Glyn; 'Cofrant' of William Davies

DD/DM/1749/43 Papers, notes, correspondence and newscuttings 1908-1994 including- 1 bdle. Clwyd Chest; Welscome to Gwider Castle; Bumps at Bodelwyddan; Denbigh Clock Making; Wm Shakespeare at Lleweni; Leaflet - 'Treasure Hunting'; Clwyd Fine Arts Trust Newsletter; Clwyd Archaeology Newsletter; N. Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum, Denbigh; St Deiniol’s Church, Worthenbury; Gates at Chirk Castle

Acc No: 3286 Acc Date: 22/11/2010 Creator: Volunteer/ SR 8