Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records, (GB 0210 RHOSEA) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 06, 2017 Printed: May 06, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/rhondda-and-swansea-bay-railway-co- records-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/rhondda-and-swansea-bay-railway-co-records-2 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 Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records, 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 RHOSEA Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records, ID: GB 0210 RHOSEA Virtua system control vtls003844889 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1883-1898 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.038 cubic metres (2 boxes) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: 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 Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway (RSBR) was incorporated on 10 August 1882 for the purpose of connecting Swansea with the Rhondda Valley. This extension provided an alternative route for bringing coal from the Rhondda valley to the Swansea Bay ports. The route stretched from Treherbert to Briton Ferry, which included the two mile Rhondda Tunnel. The tunnel, connecting the Afan Valley with the Rhondda Valley, was the longest tunnel in Wales. It was opened to traffic in July 1890. The single-line tunnel split into double track on emerging from Rhondda reaching Blaenrhondda, the RSBR's only station in the Rhondda. From there, the line continued to the Taff Vale lines at Treherbert and had branches to Aberavon and Port Talbot docks. It was later extended to Swansea with a branch to Neath, bringing the total length to 31 miles. The first section of the RSBR was opened to passenger traffic on 25 June 1885.The line was worked by the Great Western Railway from January 1906 under an agreement dated 2nd July 1906 and absorbed into the GWR as from 1 January 1922 by virtue of the Railways Act dated 19 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 RHOSEA Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records, August 1921. The Blaenrhondda Tunnel was closed in 1968, followed soon by the whole of the old RSBR line. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Records, 1883-98, relating mainly to a case of alleged breach of contract between the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company and William Jones of Neath, building contractor. They include the records of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company, 1878-1894, mainly financial; account books of William Jones of Neath, one of the contractors involved in building the Rhondda tunnel, 1884-1898, and papers relating to the breach of contract, 1884-1896, brought by William Jones against the company. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Purchased from Dylan's Book Store, July 1985. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company contract number 3 records; records of William Jones, Neath, building contractor; papers relating to the claim of breach of contract made by W. J. against the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company; miscellaneous volume. Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form. Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available in 'Minor Lists and Summaries 1986', pp. 61-63, at the National Library of Wales. Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 RHOSEA Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records, Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company -- Records and correspondence • Jones, William, fl. 1878-1898 (pwnc) | (subject) • Railroad tunnels -- Wales -- Glamorgan. (pwnc) | (subject) • Railroads -- Wales -- Glamorgan. (pwnc) | (subject) • Railroads -- Wales -- Rhondda. (pwnc) | (subject) • Railroad tunnels -- Wales -- Rhondda valley. (pwnc) | (subject) • Railroad companies -- Wales -- Glamorgan. (pwnc) | (subject) • Rhondda (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Swansea (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1-14. vtls005484501 Otherlevel - Rhondda and Swansea Bay 1883-1894. 1-14. ISYSARCHB26 Railway Company: Contract Number 3 Records, Cyfres | Series 1-10. vtls005484502 ISYSARCHB26: Volumes, Dyddiad | Date: 1885-1894. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 1-10. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1. vtls005484503 File - Journal of contract number 3 1887-1894. 1. ISYSARCHB26 between the Company and Messrs J. Greenbank & J.T. Jones and William Jones in partnership ..., 2. vtls005484504 File - Ledger of contract number 3, 1885-1890. 2. ISYSARCHB26 3. vtls005484505 File - Ledger of contract number 3, 1887-1889. 3. ISYSARCHB26 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 RHOSEA Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records, 4. vtls005484506 File - Inventory and valuation of [1878]. 4. ISYSARCHB26 furniture, effects and stock at the company's station refreshment rooms, 5. vtls005484507 File - Inventory and valuation of plant 1889. 5. ISYSARCHB26 and materials made by Mr. Sykes, September 1989, 6. vtls005484508 File - Inventory and valuation of plant 1889. 6. ISYSARCHB26 used in contract number 3, September, 7. vtls005484509 File - Inventory and valuation of 1890. 7. ISYSARCHB26 plant and materials at Blaengwynfa, December, 8. vtls005484510 File - Inventory of plant taken by 1891. 8. ISYSARCHB26 William Harry Rees, February, 9. vtls005484511 File - Inventory and cost of plant and 9. ISYSARCHB26 machinery sold at auction. 10. vtls005484512 File - Diary for l889 containing records 1889. 10. ISYSARCHB26 of payments made, Cyfres | Series 11-14. vtls005484513 ISYSARCHB26: Loose Account Sheets, Dyddiad | Date: 1883-1889. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 11-14. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 11. vtls005484514 File - Timekeepers' balance sheets, 1883. 11. ISYSARCHB26 September-November, 12. vtls005484515 File - E.C. Jones' cash statements, 1883-1885. 12. ISYSARCHB26 December 1883-January 1885, 13. vtls005484516 File - Employees' pay sheets; February 1884-1885. 13. ISYSARCHB26 1884-February 1885, 14. vtls005484517 File - Accounts of tolls, June 1888- 1888-1889. 14. ISYSARCHB26 August 1889, 15-26. vtls005484518 Otherlevel - Records of William Jones, 1883-1898. 15-26. ISYSARCHB26 Neath, Building Contractor, Cyfres | Series 15-18. vtls005484519 ISYSARCHB26: Volumes, Dyddiad | Date: 1884-1891. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: 15-18. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 6 GB 0210 RHOSEA Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. Records,