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GB 0219 XD 48, XS 2519 Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 30459 The National Archives H.M. * SEP 1937 3 o if- NATIONAL REGISTER OF ARCHIVES RECORDS OF CASTIS SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. CAERNARVON. Maro Catalog ^ XL 48 Catalogue wark IS 2519 Catalogiv?yd sanj Anne Venablesi Archifydd Cynorthwyol Catalogued byi Anna Venabless Assistant Archivist Archifdy Rhanbarthol Caernarfon Gwasanaeth Aroaifau Uayaedd Caernarfon Area Record Office Gwynedd Archives Service 1984 For further details see 'A History of Castle Square Presbyterian Church1 by Alun Jones published by the Centenary Committee and printed by Gwasg Pantycelya, Caernarfon. 1983 CYNHWYS CONTENTS Llyfrau Cofnodion 1-2 Uinute Books Cyllidol 3-53 Financial Llyfrau Cyfrifon 3-7 Minute Books Uantolenni 8 - 18 Balance Sheets Llyfrau Casglu'r Eisteddleoedd 19 - 23 Paw Rent Books Y Casgliad 24 - 37 Collection Papurau Cyllidol 38 - 53 Financial Papers Ystadegau 54 - 55 Statistics Eiddo 56 - 74 Property Papurau parthed y capel newydd, Castle Square 56 - 65 Papers re the new chapel at Castle Square Amrywiol 66 - 74 Miscellaneous Organ 75 - 79 Cofrestr Aelodaeth, Cefnogwyr a Bedyddiadau 80 Roll of Members, Adherents and Baptisms Adroddiadau Blynyddol 81 - 123 Annual Reports Dyddiadur 124 Diary Pregethwyr a Threfn y Gwasanaethau 125 * 128 Pulpit Supplies and Orders of Service Qohebiaeth 129 - 135 Correspondence CYKKWYS CONTENTS Ysgol Sul 136 - 275 Sunday School Llyfr Cofnodion 136 Minute Book Llyfrau Ysgrifennydd a Chofrestr Ysgol Sul 137 - 141 Secretary'a Books and Sunday School Registers Cyllldol 142 - 144 Financial Cofreatrau Bosbarth 145 - 266 Class Registers Bosbarth y Bynion 256 - 263 klen's Class Dosbarth yr Oedolion 264 - 266 Adult Class Amrywiol 267 - 275 Miscellaneous Taf 1 en Ganmlwyddiant ac Ertbygl ynglyn a James £vans 276 - 277 Centenary Leaflet and Article re James £vans Pregeth.au ao Anerchiadau 278 - 280 Sermons and Addresses Trefn Gwasanaethau 281 - 306 Orders of Service Y Gymdeithas Feiblaldd 307 British and foreign Bible Society Dirwest 308 - 310 Temperance Urdd y Boneddigesau 311 - 318 Ladies' Guild Pfair Sborion 319 - 320 Church Bazaar Cyfarfodydd Cystadleuol 321 - 343 Competitive Meetings CYSKWYS COELIILLTS Clwb y Haat 344 Children^ Club Clwb Cerddad 345 - 343 Haabling Club Ligwyddiadttu Cy*idaithasol 349 * 3'y-i Social £vents Eoyrtau a Chanouon 353 ** 361 Hymns and Songs Henaduriasth Arfon 362 - 373 Cymdeithasfa*r Qogledd 374 - 375 Slwyddladuron yr Lglwya ilothadietiaid Calfiaaidd 376 - 373 Aarywlol - Crafyddol 379 - 331 Miscellaneous * Heligioue Acrywlol 332 Kiscsllansous Lluniau X3/2519/1-16 Photographs LLYIRAU COPKODIOH UIKUT2 BOOKS 1-2 1873 - 1911 MINUTE BOOK of the English Presbyterian Church, Carnarvon including minutes of meeting of the church, the bretheren, the elders and the deacons and various committees. The minutes from 1873-1879 have been transcribed from an original minute book and only those described as "Important resolutions' have been transcribed. The book includes balance sheets 1876-1883, 1885-1886. Attaohed STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS (year ending 31 March 1875) including names and addresses of subscribers. BALANCE SHEET (1884) NEWSPAPER CUTTING (November 1884) re the death of the wife of the Rev. Owen Edwards. BALANCE SHEET AND LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS (1882-1885). LETTER AND NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS (1888) re the death of the Rev. J. Varteg Jones. CORRESPONDENCE (1888-1889) re the offer of the pastorate of Castle Square to Mr. J. Puleston Jones, Mount Place, Bala, Rev. Richard Hughes, Cardiff and Rev. John Owen, Aberdovey and Rev. Henry Jones, Garston. LLYTHYR (10 Rhagfyr 1890) Moses Evans, Gerlan, Bethesda, ar ran y Cyfarfod Misol at James Evans parthed iechyd gwael y gweinidog. LETTERS (1891) from Henry Jones, Bootle, to the church re his continued illness. ADRODDIAD (19-20 Mehefin 1893) Cyfarfod Misol Rehoboth yn cofnodi trosglwyddo gweithredoedd Castle Square. ANNUAL REPORT, STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND LIST OF MEMBERS (1893. 1906-1909). RECEIPT (18 September 1899) of Owen Hughes for the sum of £150, being the sum of money lent to Castle Square Chapel in his mother's name. Endorsed on the original note (27 May 1893). PROMISSORY NOTE (3 March 1887) from Castle Square church for the sum of £200 lent by David Davies. Endorsed with note that it was cancelled (1900). LETTER (2 May 1907) J. de Gruchy Gaudin, Bron Siriol, Carnarvon, to the deacons of Castle Square Presbyterian Church, offering to continue to play the organ, despite the fact that he felt that the expenditure on the organ was uncalled for, and provided that he was relieved of all responsibility- for the mechanism of the organ. LEAFLET (July 1909) re the conversion of two native women by missionaries in the Lushai Hills, Assam. CORRESPONDENCE (1909) re the death of the Rev. Joseph Evans of Denbigh. MONTHLY MAGAZINE (July 1909) of the Castle Square Church MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (8 May 1880) that Mr. Pugh as a trustee lets the lower room or cellar of Turf Square Chapel for the rent of £5 p.a., Mr. Hamer agrees he will not put anything which might be Injurious to the health of those who assemble in the upper rooms or cause a nuisance in the room he was renting. 1911 - 1955 MINUTE BOOK of Castle Square Chapel including minutes of meetings of the deacons,the church, the bretheren, the ladies of the church and office holders, the vestry, and committees. The book also contains notes about various events in the church. Attached: EXTRACT (June 1913) from the Monthly Magazine containing a tribute to Mr. Gaudin who was leaving Carnarvon. EXTRACT (August 1913) from the Monthly Magazine re the transfer of one of the deacons, Mr. Walter Williams, to Rochdale. EXTRACT (September 1913) from the Monthly Magazine containing articles re the last 40 years of the church, a presentation to Mr. Gaudin and the appointment of a new organist. EXTRACT (October 1913) from the Monthly Magazine re the appointment of Watkin Williams as the organist. EXTRACT (April 1914) from the Monthly Magazine re the annual church meeting. EXTRACT (May 1914) from the Monthly Magazine re the election of additional deacons. EXTRACT (January 1916) from the Monthly Magazine containing an obituary of John Williams. EXTRACT (May 1916) from the Monthly Magazine containing an obituary of Mr. T. 0. Jones. EXTRACT (November 1917) from the Monthly Magazine re a presentation to the pastor, Rev. D. Hughes, and the use of the schoolroom as a regimental room. MEMORANDUM (2 January 1913) by Anna Maria Evans, Bron Oeris Isaf, Carnarvon, stating that £100 be handed to the trustees of the church after her death. EXTRACT (January 1920) from the Monthly Magazine containing an obituary of ojr. Praser. EXTRACT (November 1923) from the Monthly Magazine containing a short history of the church xo commemorate the silver jubilee. ENDORSEMENT (1924) to insurance policies increasing the amount insured for the organ and recording the installation of electric light in the chapel. SPECIFICATION fl924] to be put to tender for re painting the exterior of the chapel. SPECIFICATION £1928] for the proposed interior ' cleaning, distempering, painting and varnishing of the chapel. LETTER (11 April 1940) from the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Assurance Trust Ltd., 67 South John Street, Liverpool re the liability, of the trustees under the Workmen's Compensation Act. MINUTES (15 July 1934) of a church meeting re the retirement of the minister Rev. David Hughes. EXTRACT (March 1935) from the Treasury re a retiremenl presentation to Rev. David Hughes. PAPERS (1935 and 1938) re the deposit of conversion stock certificates. 2. (Contd... 1911 - 1955 LLYTHYR (16 Mehefin 1935) T. Norman Evans, ysgrifennydd Eglwysi Efengylaidd Caernarvon at swyddogion Eglwys Castle Square ynglyn a. chyfyngu ar gyhoeddiadau yn yr Eglwys nad ydynt yn ymwneud a materion moesol a chrefyddol. CORRESPONDENCE (July 1935) with Ivor 0. Davies, Pendenis, Ffynnongroew, Flintshire, asking him to be pastor of Oastle Square, LETTER (6 September 1995) Carter, Vincent & Co., Lloyds Bank Chambers, Caernarvon, to the secretary, Castle Square Church, informing him that Miss Owen, Ty Cooh, had bequeathed the sum of £100 to the trustees. LETTER (26 June 1937) D. Francis Roberts, the North Wales Association of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, Annedd Wen, Bala, authorising Castle Square to sell a house bequeathed to thorn by the late Lirs. T. 0. Jones, RECEIPT (4 June 1938) from the custodian of the presbytery safe at tloriah Chapel, Caernarvon, to the officers of Castle Square Church for a Funding Stock Certificate. LETTER (9 November 1938) from the manager of the Llidland Bank Ltd., Castle Square, thanking them for their courtesy and ready acquiescence re their suggestion to open tv/o windows onto the passage dividing the two buildings. EXTRACTS (5 tiarch 1339) re a broadcast service from Castle Square. MEr:ORAK.U;.i (1939) of the words on a chrome plate presented to Rev. I. Cswy Davies on his retirement. LETTER (January 1939) asking for donations towards a retirement gift for Lev. I. Oswy Davies. COPY LETTER (22 April 1939) from Castle Square, to Mr. Stephen Griffiths, Westminster College, Cambridge, inviting him to be their new minister. ROUGH PLAN (24 July 1940) of the drains at Cas tl e Square schoolroom. RECEIPT (23 October 1940) from the custodian of the presbytery safe at the 0.*!. Bookroom, Caernarvon to the officers of Castle Square Church for a War Stock Certificate. INSURANCE POLICY (30 April 1941) under the war Damage Act. EXTRACT [T?4l[] re the fact that the two former ministers and the present minister were all at ^astle Square for a servioe. COPY LETTER (30 June 1941) W. Owen, Brynafon, The Cliff, Caernarvon, to Mr. J. Vincent Morgan, Llinon, Vaynol Road, Caernarvon, informing him that they would keep his post as organist open for him when he returned from serving in the forces.