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PROFESSIONAL PAPERS

D276/1 Local Authority Plans

Ystradyfodwg Local Board

D276/1/1[7] Pentre, proposed Local Board offices January 1882 plans, sections, elevations, details

J W Jones surveyor and architect

[1 roll of 20 drawings]

D276/1/2 Ferndale, proposed wrought iron girder October 1882 bridge over railway plans, sections, details

[2 plans]

D276/1/3[5] Cwmpark, proposed new road and road November 1884 diversion plan, sections elevation and detail of iron parapet of bridge over Dare brook

J W Jones surveyor

[3 plans]

D276/1/4[4] Cymmer, unnamed street June 1886 manholes and ventilators: plans and sections

J W Jones surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/5[25] Rhondda Fawr valley main sewer No1 January 1889 detail drawings of manholes and ventilators

J W Jones engineer and surveyor

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D276/1/6[28] Rhondda Fach valley main sewer No2 January 1889 plans, sections, details

J W Jones engineer and surveyor

[1 roll]

D276/1/7[3] Upper Eirw river bridge improvement June 1889 plans, sections, elevations

J W Jones surveyor

[5 plans]

Rhondda Urban District Council

D276/1/8 Ystrad Road, tramway widening October 1905 sections

W J Jones engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/9[18] Llwynypia bridge May-June 1906 plans, sections

[4 plans]

D276/1/10[17] Hafod and Trehafod, proposed widening of December 1906 Lower Eirw bridge February 1907 plans, sections

also duplicates for Trehafod

W J Jones engineer and surveyor

[6 plans]

D276/1/11[19] Penrhys smallpox hospital June, July 1907 block plans

W J Jones engineer and surveyor

[2 plans]

D276/1/12[29] Treorchy Cemetery extension 1908 Local Government Board Provisional Order

[1 vol plans, 1 reference book]

D276/1/13[1] Rhondda Fach valley (Ferndale, Tylorstown, April 1909 Pontygwaith), relaying part of main sewer No2 plans, sections, connections to manholes, details

W J Jones engineer and surveyor

[4 plans]

D276/1/14[20] Ferndale, proposed fire station at Lake Street January 1911 plans, elevations, details

W J Jones engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/15[23] Gelli, reconstruction of bridge between Dorothy May 1911 Street and Shady Road steelwork sections and elevations

W J Jones engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/16 Ystrad, improvement of Ystrad Road June 1911 plan, sections

W J Jones engineer and surveyor

[2 plans]

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D276/1/17 Ystrad, mprovement of Ystrad Road December 1911 sections

W J Jones engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/1821] Trealaw depot, roofing of cart shed July 1913 details

W J Jones

[1 plan]

D276/1/198] Trehafod main sewer November 1914- plans, sections, details February 1915

E H Barber engineer and surveyor

main sewer November 1913 details

proposed diversion of main sewer from March 1914 Britannia to Trehafod

E Taylor acting engineer and surveyor

[7 plans]

D276/1/202] Blaenrhondda, proposed footbridge to January 1914 recreation ground plan, cross section, alternative designs

E Taylor acting engineer and surveyor [1 plan]

D276/1/21[24] Ynyshir, reconstruction of Standard View bridge June 1914 proposed temporary bridge

E Taylor acting engineer and surveyor

[1 plan] D276

D276/1/22 Pencelli, proposed mixed and Infants’ School July 1914 plans

J Rees, architect, Pentre

[1 plan]

D276/1/23 Rhondda UDC v Cory’s January 1915 section of Ystrad Road

E Hazeldine Barber engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/24[14] Penygraig housing January 1920 plans, elevations and sections of house types 3, 8, 8A

E Hazeldine Barber engineer and surveyor

[9 plans]

D276/1/25[26] Rhigos, proposed road August 1924 sections; culvert details

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[9 plans]

D276/1/26[16] Treherbert, proposed widening of September 1924 Baglan Street plans, sections

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[2 plans; duplicates]

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D276/1/27[15] Cwmpark, proposed widening of Park March 1930 Road plans, sections, details of bridge

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[2 plans]

D276/1/28[6] Treherbert, proposed levelling of playground October 1934 at senior boys’ school block plan, sections

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/29 Pontrhondda, proposed conversion of Infants’ March 1940 and Girls’ School into Technical School plans, Sheet no2

W D Morgan and Thomas LLRIBA, Pentre

[1 plan]

D276/1/30 Gelli, river training walls subsidence record April 1942 plans, sections

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/31 Treorchy,proposed new sewer at rear of no200 April 1942 to Stag Hotel, High Street plan, sections

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

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D276/1/32 Cwmparc, landslip at rear of Treharne Street October 1943 plan, section

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/33[9] Treorchy, Glyncoli, proposed housing site September 1944 site plan

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/34 Pentre, suggested scheme for reconstruction of June 1945 flats plan

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/35 Gelli, river training walls July 1945 section

E Taylor engineer and surveyor

[1 plan]

D276/1/36/1,2 Dinas, proposed extension to substation, November 1945 Station Road plan, elevation, section

sliding steel doors for extension plan, elevation, section

E Taylor for Electrical Engineer

[2 plans]

D276/1/37[31] ?Ton Pentre sewers not dated, c1900 section, key plan

[1 plan]

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D276/2 Photographs

D276/2/1 South approach, Taff Vale Railway bridge over c1900 highway at Tylorstown

[1 photograph]

D276/2/2 Bridge carrying highway over railway at c1900 Wattstown

[1 photograph]

D276/2/3 Unidentified bridge c1900

[1 photograph]

D276/2/4/1,2 Workman by pipe trench in front of row of c1900 houses (unidentified, Rhondda)

[2 photographs]

D276/2/5/1-14 Clydach Vale flood damage March 1910

[14 photographs]

D276/2/6 Clydach Vale floods 1910

[1 photograph]

D276/2/7/1-4 Relaying road by Glandwr Hotel, Ystrad c1910 Rhondda

[4 photographs]

D276/2/8 Dunraven Street Tonypandy after storm 28 March 1916

[1 photograph]

D276/2/9/1-10 Pentre landslip 6 November 1916

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D276/2/10/1,2 Rhondda UDC housing scheme, Penygraig 1920 under construction

[2 photographs]

D276/2/11 Rock cut looking back to Bwlch-y-clawdd ?1930s

[1 photograph; modern copy]

D276/2/12/1,2 Penygraig, Golden Age bridge: lifting 19 September 1943 concrete girders

[2 photographs]

D276/2/13/1-3 Ynyscynon tip, Trealaw March 1947 showing formation level

[3 photographs]

D276/2/14/1-3 Aerial views of Treorchy and Cwmpark not dated

[3 photographs]

D276/3 Professional papers

D276/3/1 ‘Wind Pressure on Roofs’ 1893 ‘The Force of the Wind’ 1895 by Henry Adams

[2 booklets; printed]

D276/3/2 Table of numbers of inhabited houses and 1902-1905 population, Rhondda

[1 paper]

D276/3/3 British Standard Specification for tramway rails 1903 and fishplates [1 booklet; printed]

D276/3/4 Rhondda UDC Tramways Act 1902 also particulars of general traffic on tramways

[1 booklet, 1 paper; printed]

D276/3/5 Rhondda UDC Act 1905

[1 booklet; printed]

D276/3/6 Engineering calculations early C20

[5 papers]

D276/3/7 Distance between stations on highway road early C20 (Rhondda valleys)

[1 paper]

D276/3/8 Report on the suggested constitution of a 1907 central authority to supply water in the county of Glamorgan

[1 booklet; printed]

D276/3/9 Plans and elevations of proposed house types, c1920 Penygraig

[1 paper; printed]

D276/3/10/ Rhondda UDC committee reports: 1-4 Staff of Engineer and Surveyor’s dept November 1922 Ferndale housing scheme: comparison August 1923 of specifications Local Government Act roads November 1929 Special County Council grants November 1929 in aid of district roads

[4 files]

D276/3/11 Rhondda UDC May 1924 specification for houses (missing pages 1-3)

[1 file]

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D276/3/12 Rhondda UDC June 1925 summary of costs for laying out Gelligaled recreation ground, Ystrad Rhondda

[1 file]

D276/3/13 Cost of cold spraying Gelligaled Park October 1932

[1 paper]

PERSONAL AND PRIVATE BUSINESS PAPERS

D276/4 Plans

D276/4/1 Ystrad Rhondda: 3 houses to be built for Messrs not dated, Thomas & Evans, carpenters, Williams Street c 1870 plans, section, elevation

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/2 Crawshay Bailey Estate; plan showing the April 1877 general style (two rooms in front) of cottages built on the estate in the Rhondda Valley

architect W J Jones

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/3 Crawshay Bailey Estate: plan showing the not dated, c1877 general style of cottages built on the estate in the Rhondda Valley

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/4[27] Pentre, Baileys Arms: extension for Mr J James March 1880 plans, elevations

architect J Rees, Pentre

[6 plans]

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D276/4/5 Hirwaun: new Welsh Independent chapel not dated, c1880 plan showing position and drainage

[1 plan on tracing paper]

D276/4/6 Ystrad: proposed hall not dated, c1880 (marked ‘British Legion Hall, Pentre’) plans, section, elevation

architect J C Humphreys, Iron Works, Albert Gate, SW

[1 plan on tracing paper]

D276/4/7 Ystrad Rhondda: house to be built for Mr not dated, c1880 Francis Collins on the Bodringallt estate plan

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/8 [no location]: detached house not dated, c1880 plan, elevations, section

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/9 Clydach Vale: proposed club and coffee not dated, c1880 tavern plans, sections, elevations

[1 file of 5 plans, 1 paper]

D276/4/10 Ystrad Rhondda: proposed two houses on April 1883 side of the Highway Road to be built by Thomas James

plans elevation, section

passed by Ystradyfodwg Urban Sanitary Authority

[1 plan on linen]

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D276/4/11 Ystrad Rhondda: alterations from original not dated, c1884 plans of two cottages passed April 1884 for Mr Thomas James, William Street

[1 plan on tracing paper]

D276/4/12 Pentre: Crawshay Bailey estate office, not dated, c1890 Church Road plans, elevations, sections

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/13 Gelli (near): proposed bridge over river not dated, c1890 plan, sections

[1 plan]

D276/4/14 Dare brook: bridge for proposed Cwmpark not dated, c1900 road plan

[1 plan]

D276/4/15 Gelli river bridge not dated, c1900 plan

[1 plan]

D276/4/16 Pentre: four houses at Fir Grove May 1904 plans, elevation, sections attached description of materials

architect W D Morgan, Pentre

passed by Rhondda UDC (no 4470)

[1 plan on linen and 1 paper]

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D276/4/17 Treorchy: twenty houses proposed August 1904 to be built in Stuart Street by Mr Richard Treasure

passed by Rhondda UDC (no 4699)

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/18[10] Tonypandy, Empire Theatre ?c1910 copy plans, sections (plan 6456) signed W J Jones

Geo, F Ward and J T Jenkins, architects, Birmingham and Porth

Tonypandy, proposed cinema, Pandy Square February 1913 elevation, seating plan

R S Griffiths, architect, Tonypandy

passed by Rhondda UDC (no7897)

plans of seating in stalls and gallery c1954

[10 plans}

D276/4/19 Tonypandy, Theatre Royal: proposed new January 1913 staircases and conveniencies etc plans, sections

architect R S Griffiths, MSA, Tonypandy

passed by Rhondda UDC (no7851)

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/20[30] Aberdare, High Street, proposed Rex Cinema for 1936 W E Willis, Llandaff plans, elevation, section

W E Willis, architect, Llandaff

[1 plan]

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D276/4/21 Pentre Conservative Club: proposed July 1949 library plans, elevations, sections

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/22[11] Ferndale Workmen’s Hall c1950 seating plan

[1 plan]

D276/4/23 Blaenrhondda, Fernhill Workmen’s not dated, c1950 Institute: alterations to paybox and new confectionery store plans, elevations, sections

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/24 Tylorstown Conservative Club: proposed May 1951 alterations plans, elevations

[1 plan on linen]

D276/4/25[12] Pentre, Grand Theatre not dated plan and elevation of stage, seating plans proposed lavatories May 1953 plans, sections

[4 plans]

D276/4/26 Ogmore by Sea, proposed bungalow in May 1955 Craig yr Eos Road plans, sections, elevations

for John Cook, 44 Bank Street, Penygraig

[1 plan on linen]

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D276/4/27[13] Ystrad Conservative Club, proposed additions ?1960 plans as existing and proposed

?by W J C R

[1plan]

D276/4/28[2] Tonyrefail Motors Ltd, proposed garage workshop, 1963 rear of showroom and Pentre Hotel, Llewellyn Street, Pentre survey, plans

proposed car park, Penrhiwfer Road, Tonyrefail 1968 plans

[3 plans]

D276/5 Photographs

D276/5/1 4-masted ship ‘Poltalloch’ 1895 card sent from Belgium to David Evans, Clydach Vale by his brother Lewis

[1 postcard]

D276/5/2 Pentre detachment 3rd Volunteer Battalion September 1898 Welsh Regiment, annual inspection: officers and sergeants

[1 photograph]

D276/5/3 Boys’ rugby team 1899

[1 photograph]

D276/5/4 Boys’ cricket team c1900

[1 photograph]

D276/5/5 Formal group of clergy and choir with young women c1900 outside a church

photographer S Timothy, Pentre

[1 photograph] D276

D276/5/6 Wedding party c1910

photographer T Forrest, Pontypridd

[1 photograph]

D276/5/7 Exeter cathedral west front c1910

[1 photograph]

D276/5/8 Rhondda UDC offices, Pentre c1910

[1 photograph]

D276/5/9 Rhondda UDC: group of staff outside c1910 offices [1 photograph and 1 duplicate]

D276/5/10 Penygraig, opening of new park 16 November 1911 including Crawshay Williams MP speaking

[4 photographs]

D276/5/11 Cardiganshire police at Tonypandy coal strike 1911 sent by PC E Williams to his daughter, Aberystwyth

[1 photograph]

D276/5/12 Rhondda Municipal Officers’ Cricket Club 1913 with names

[1 photograph]

D276/5/13 Penygraig, laying the foundation stone 19 February 1914 for St Barnabus church

[1 photograph]

D276/5/14 Horse drawn van of Watkins & Sons, flannel ?1919 merchants, Tonypandy

[1 photograph]

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D276/5/15 Tonypandy Grammar School staff c1930 signatures on reverse

[1 photograph]

D276/5/16 Unidentified group of men (?a professional ?1930s society) with the mayor of Newport

[1 photograph]

D276/5/17 Group of men outside a colliery building ?1930s

signed Jno Bowman

A Davies, Porth, photographer

[1 photograph]

D276/5/18 Crowd at visit of King Edward VIII to 18 November 1936 Dinas

[1 photograph]

D276/5/19 ?Swimming pool not dated

[1 photograph]

D276/6 Personal

D276/6/1 ‘Coffa annwyl am Adeline Jones merch 1896 Mr a Mrs Jones, London House, Pentre…’ [Welsh poetry]

[1 card; printed with photograph]

D276/6/2 Pentre, St Peter’s church February 1901 psalms and hymns for memorial service to Queen Victoria

[1 paper; printed]

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D276/6/3 Welsh rugby team photograph March 1905 supplement to South Wales Daily News

[1paper]

D276/6/4 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Welsh Regiment: 1906 transport to war stations

[2 papers]

D276/6/5 Letter from W J Jones to ‘Dear Willie’ August 1913

[1 paper]

D276/6/6 Institute of Municipal and County Engineers June 1922 programme and menu for annual dinner

[1 card printed]

D276/6/7 Draft statement of costs for erection of villa July 1924 at Glamorgan Street, Ystrad Rhondda by W H Rees, architect

[1 file]

D276/6/8 Rugby programme, Scotland v Wales February 1933

[1 booklet; printed]

D276/6/9 Rhondda UDC municipal officers’ annual February 1933 dance programme

[1 card; printed]

D276/6/10 Rhondda Borough Entertainment Committee January 1956 ‘Scenes from the Operas’ programme

[1 booklet; printed]

D276/7 Pentre Drill Hall Co (W J Jones secretary)

D276/7/1 Iron hall for the Pentre detachment, 2nd September 1885 Glamorgan RV Corps 1886 plan, foundation plan, section, elevations

W J Jones, architect

[4 plans on linen]

D276/7/2 Building contract, plans, specifications, c1886 accounts, correspondence

[1 bundle]

D276/7/3 Accounts 1898-1903

[1 volume]

D276/8 Ordnance Survey Plans

D276/8/1 OS 6-inch scale, 3rd ed with contours c1915 sheets 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 42 joined and sectioned

[1 folding plan]

D276/8/2 OS 6-inch scale, 3rd ed with contours c1915 sheets10SE, 11SE, SW, 12SW 17NE, SE, 18, 19NW, SW 26NE, SE, 27, 28NW, SW joined and sectioned

[1 folding plan]