Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Plas Machynlleth Estate Records (formerly Plas Machynlleth MSS and Documents and Londonderry Collection), (GB 0210 PLAETH) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 05, 2017 Printed: May 05, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/plas-machynlleth-estate-records- formerly-plas-machynlleth-mss-and-documents-and-londonderry-collection archives.library .wales/index.php/plas-machynlleth-estate-records-formerly-plas- machynlleth-mss-and-documents-and-londonderry-collection Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU 01970 632 800 01970 615 709 [email protected] www.llgc.org.uk Plas Machynlleth Estate Records (formerly Plas Machynlleth MSS and Documents and Londonderry Collection), Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information .............................................................................................. 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch ......................... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content .......................................................................................................... 4 Trefniant | Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 4 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 5 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 PLAETH Plas Machynlleth Estate Records (formerly Plas Machynlleth MSS and Documents and Londonderry Collection), Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Plas Machynlleth Estate Records (formerly Plas Machynlleth MSS and Documents and Londonderry Collection), ID: GB 0210 PLAETH Virtua system control vtls004250248 number [alternative]: GEAC system control (WlAbNL)0000250248 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1601-1923 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.693 cubic metres (18 boxes, 1 parcel, 161 volumes) Physical description: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from contents of fonds. [generalNote]: Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note The first occupant of Plas Machynlleth (or Greenfields) was John Edwards (d. 1789), a Machynlleth solicitor, who purchased the property in the 1750s. He was the third son of Lewis Edwards of Talgarth, Merionethshire. His third wife was Cornelia Owen, daughter and heiress of Richard Owen of Garth, Llanidloes. This marriage bought to the family the Garth estate and the profitable Van lead mines. On the sale of parts of the Peniarth estate he acquired more property along the Dyfi Valley. On the death of his son, Sir John Edwards, in 1850, the estate passed to his daughter, Mary Cornelia. In 1846 Mary married George Henry Robert Charles Vane-Tempest (d. 1884), second son of Charles William, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. George succeeded his half brother, Frederick as the 5th Marquess of Londonderry in 1872. In 1873 the Marquess of Londonderry owned an estimated 10,084 acres in Wales (in Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire), with an estimated rental of £6,082. However, although owning estates in Ireland, County Durham and Londonderry House in London, the family made Plas Machynlleth their principal home. After the death of George, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, Mary continued to reside at Plas Machynlleth until her own death in 1906. Her third son, Herbert Lionel Vane-Tempest, continued to live at Plas Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 PLAETH Plas Machynlleth Estate Records (formerly Plas MachynllethMachynlleth MSS until and his Documents death in 1921. and TheLondonderry estate then Collection), passed to Herbert's nephew, Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, who did not reside at Plas Machynlleth. This, together with the burden of heavy taxation, forced the sale of most of the estate. In 1948 the 7th Marquess presented Plas Machynlleth and the parkland comprising some 40 acres to the town of Machynlleth. The estate was finally liquidated in 1951. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Records of the Welsh estates of the marquesses of Londonderry, mostly in the Machynlleth area of Montgomeryshire, 1604-1923. The records include deeds, 1603-1849, rentals, 1848-1921, cash books, 1869-1917, and building and improvement ledgers, 1904-1913; records of the Van Mines, 1869-1914, including inspectors' report books, 1882-1914, letter books, 1869-1909, and pay books, 1866-1902; records of the Llanidloes Mining & Machinery Company, 1889-1920, including inspectors' report books, 1889-1916, letter books, 1908-1915, and lead ore weighing books, 1907-1920; records of the Welsh Van Mining Company, 1907-1920; and records of the Nantiago Mines Ltd, 1901-1923. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Deposited by Charles Stewart-Vane-Tempest-Stewart, seventh Marquess of Londonderry in 1940, and by him again, per Mr H.C.C. Wilson, Seaham in July 1952. Trefniant | Arrangement The Plas Machynlleth MSS and Documents are arranged by subject; the Londonderry Collection is arranged by bundle according to properties and chronologically within the bundles. Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright laws apply. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids Hard copies of the catalogues under the former titles, Plas Machynlleth MSS and Documents and Londonderry Collection are available at NLW . HREF="http://www.llgc.org.uk:81/index.htm">http:// www.llgc.org.uk:81/index.htm</A> Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 PLAETH Plas Machynlleth Estate Records (formerly Plas Machynlleth MSS and Documents and Londonderry Collection), Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material An account book of the estate is NLW, Henry Evans (Machynlleth) Records, 348. Further papers relating to the Marquesses of Londonderry are Durham County Record Office, D/LO; and Public Record Office of Northen Ireland, D/654, D/2846 and D/3099. Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Plas Machynlleth Estate (Wales) -- Archives • Van Mines -- Records and correspondence • Llanidloes Mining and Machinery Co. Ltd. -- Records and correspondence. • Welsh Van Mining Co. Ltd. -- Records and correspondence. • Nantiago Mine Ltd. -- Records and correspondence. • Van Mines • Llanidloes Mining and Machinery Co. Ltd. • Welsh Van Mining Co. Ltd. • Nantiago Mine Ltd. • Plas Machynlleth Estate (Wales) • Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry -- Archives • Farm rents -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire (ffurfiau dogfennol) | (documentary form) • Lead mines and mining -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Machynlleth. (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Plas Machynlleth Otherlevel - Estate, mining and other [1601x1923]. Plas MSS & Docs. records, Machynlleth vtls005472353 MSS & Docs ISYSARCHB25 1-163. Cyfres | Series 1. vtls005472354 ISYSARCHB25: Legal precedents, Dyddiad | Date: [1601x1700]. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 PLAETH Plas Machynlleth Estate Records (formerly Plas Machynlleth MSS and Documents and Londonderry Collection), Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 1. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1. vtls005472355 File - Book of legal precedents, 17th [1601x1700]. 1. ISYSARCHB25 cent., probably compiled by John Pugh, Cyfres | Series 2-8. vtls005472356 ISYSARCHB25: Rentals of the Plas Machynlleth estate, Dyddiad | Date: 1848-1921. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 2-8. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 2. vtls005472357 File - Plas Machynlleth estate rental, 1848-1859. 2. ISYSARCHB25 3. vtls005472358 File - Plas Machynlleth estate rental, 1859-1860. 3. ISYSARCHB25 4. vtls005472359 File - Plas Machynlleth estate rental,