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Merthyr Historian

Volume 1

J. Gross, Editor

Published 1976 - ISBN 978-0-9504845-0-1

Reprinted 1983 - ISBN 978-0-86383-011-2

Contents:

I. Industrial History

1. Chronological Date Sequence of Events for the Dowlais Ironworks by J. Owen

2. Merthyr Tydfil. Iron Metropolis 1790-1860 by J. Owen

3. The Plymouth Ironworks by Clive Thomas

4. Visit to the remains of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks by Clive Thomas

II. History of Transport

5. The History of Transportation in Merthyr Tydfil to celebrate 50 years of

Merthyr Buses 1924-1974 by H. Watkins

6. The Glamorganshire Canal by J. Gross

7. The Merthyr Tramroad by J. Gross

8. A History of the Railways of Merthyr Tydfil by Robert V. Barnes

9. The Railways of Merthyr Tydfil by V. L. Wilding

III. Aspects of Social History

10. The Earliest Non-Conformists in Merthyr Tydfil by Glanmor Williams

11. Poor Relief in Merthyr in the XIXth century by F. Vaughan

12. Notable Women of Merthyr Tydfil by M. S. Taylor

13. The Big Houses of Merthyr Tydfil by M. S. Taylor

14. Richard Lewis - Dic Penderyn by O. Williams

Volume 2

Joseph Gross, Editor

Published 1978 - ISBN 978-0-9504845-1-8

Contents:

I. Industrial History

1. The Railway Age in Wales by Robert V. Barnes

2. Merthyr Tydfil Industrial Development 1870-1918 by John A. Owen

3. Dowlais Works Locomotives by John A. Owen

II. Living Conditions

4. Housing in Merthyr Tydfil by Diane Green

5. Water Supply and Sewerage in Merthyr Tydfil 1850-1974 by Joseph Gross

6. Hospitals in Merthyr Tydfil 1850-1974 by Joseph Gross

7. The Old Iron Bridge, Merthyr by Leo Davies

III. Aspects of Social History

8. Early Christian Origins and Society in South Wales by Jeremy K. Knight

9. Earning a Living. Industrial Development 1918-1939 by Alun Morgan

10. Merthyr Tydfil and the General Strike by Huw Williams

11. Thomas Stephens of Merthyr by Margaret S. Taylor

IV.

12. Sources Towards a History of Merthyr Tydfil by Huw Williams

Volume 3


Published 1980 - ISBN 978-0-9504845-2-5

Contents

I. Religious Aspects

1. The Story of Martyr Tudful by Hugh Watkins

2. Church Building in the Nineteenth Century by Owain Jones

3. St. John's Church, Penydarren by J. Gross

II. Industry and Transport

4. Industrial Archaeology in the Merthyr Tydfil District by John Owen

5. Motor Bus Transport in Merthyr Tydfil by C. J. Taylor

6. Accidents at Work in Merthyr Tydfil c. 1840-1850 by Keith Strange

7. Some Aspects of the Tonypandy Riots by Ieuan Thomas

III. Aspects of the Social Scene

8. Mayoral Year 1968/69 by E. M. Edwards

9. Some Aspects of Life in Merthyr Tydfil in the 19th Century by F. Vaughan

10. Brass Bands, Jazz Bands, Choirs: Aspects of Music in Merthyr by Huw

Williams

11. Alphonse Esquiros: A French Political Exile in Merthyr and Dowlais in 1864

by S. Beynon John

Volume 4


Published 1989 - ISBN 978-0-86383-610-7

Contents:

1. Some Aspects of Merthyr Parish in the 17th century by Thomas V. Davies

2. The Magistrates and Courts of Merthyr Tydfil 1600-1977 by H. Watkins

3. Henry Crawshay, the Other Son by Mabel M. Beech

4. Merthyr Tydfil Borough Police 1908-1938. A brief history by Eira M. Smith

5. Joseph Edwards and Merthyr Tydfil by T. F. Holley

6. The story of Merthyr General Hospital by Ann Lewis

7. Economic Development in the Merthyr and Rhymney Valleys 1851-1913. A

comparative study by Barry Brunt

8. History of Housing in Merthyr Tydfil by Joseph Gross

9. Francis Crawshay 1811-1878 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley

10. Eleanor Jones Hudson 1874-1945 by M. Lloyd and A. Lewis

11. Sporting Guests by T. F. Holley

Volume 5

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 1992 - ISBN 978-0-9504845-5-6

Contents:

1. A Valley Comprehensive - Afon Taf High School. The First Twenty Five

Years 1967-1992 by Hugh Watkins

2. A Softening Influence: R. T. Crawshay and the Cyfarthfa Band by Trevor

Herbert

3. Mor hawddgar... The building, rebuilding and ultimate destruction of Bryn

Seion, Dowlais by Martin Snead

4. Merthyr Tydfil: The Development of an Urban Community by Joseph Gross

5. Winter, Nineteen Forty Seven by Josh Powell

6. An Australian Visitor - Sir Samuel Griffith in South Wales, 1887 by Fred

Holley and V. A. Holley

7. Morlais Morgan, a Dowlais Boy by Ann Lewis and Margaret Lloyd

Volume 6


Published 1992 - ISBN 978-0-9504845-6-3

Contents:

1. The Story of St Tydfil's Hospital by Ann Lewis and Margaret Lloyd

2. Bishop Hedley and Merthyr Tydfil by P. Williams

3. Bachgen Bach O Ddowlais by Glanmor Williams

4. Village Life in Abercanaid 1905-1925 by Edward Rhys-Price

5. Merthyr Tydfil from 1800-1837 - Jubilee Lecture

6. Making of a Freeman by Eira M. Smith

7. Jonathan Reynolds (Nathan Dyfed) 1814-1891, Local Eisteddfodwr by Huw

Williams

8. William Edward Jones, Painter of Portraits by T. F. Holley

9. The Martin Family of Dowlais by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones

Volume 7


Published 1994 ISBN 978-0-9504845-8-7

Contents:

1. Robert and Lucy Thomas by Eira M. Smith

2. Abercanaid, Some Remembered Yesterdays by Edward Rhys-Price

3. The Rise and Fall of a Mountain Community by Josh Powell

4. From Chaos to Calm by Hugh Watkins

5. A Visit to Llanthony Abbey with the Aberdare Naturalists, 1891, The Brecon

and Merthyr Railway Explored - Transcribed

6. Foundations 1893-1902 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley

7. The Standing Conference of the History of the South Wales Valleys by Joseph

Gross

8. Recollections of Three Merthyr Artists by Charles Wilkins

9. The Merthyr Tydfil Naturalists' Society, One Hundred Years Ago by T. F.

Holley

10. The Rector of Merthyr and the Channel Tunnel, 1882 - Transcribed

11. Pant Fever Hospital by Ann Lewis

12. An Account of the Merthyr-born Artist, Penry Williams by Thomas Henry

Thomas

13. William Menelaus of Dowlais by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones

14. Early Schooldays by Glanmor Williams

Volume 8


Published 1996 - ISBN 978-0-9504845-9-4

Contents:

1. Life in "The Castle" by Glanmor Williams

2. The Early Days of the Cyfarthfa Iron Works by Joseph Gross

3. The Winter Art Exhibition, Cyfarthfa Castle, 1909-10 by T. F. Holley

4. The Wealthiest Place and the Poorest Ministry by Roger L. Brown

5. Literary Associations of Merthyr Tydfil, 1909 by A. J. Perman

6. The Gilchrist Lectures by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley

7. Early Libraries at Dowlais, 1907 - Transcribed

8. The Assyrian Bas-Relief by D. W. R. Whicker

9. Memories of my Childhood in Dowlais by Elizabeth M. Doggett

10. Book Reviews by J. Barry Davies

11. The Dowlais Railway or Incline by Leo Davies

12. A Biographical Sketch of Mr. Thomas Williams, J.P., 1823-1903 - Transcribed

13. The Public Life and Image of Lady Charlotte Guest, 1833-1852 by Claire

Louise Thomas

14. Correspondence by Walter W. Rees

15. Merthyr Tydfil during the War Years by Hugh Watkins

16. An Old Merthyr Theatre, 1861 - Transcribed

17. Mrs. Clark of Dowlais by Eira M. Smith

18. Abercanaid, Some Remembered Yesterdays (3) by Edward Rhys-Price

19. Ynysfach Murder by Eira M. Smith

20. The Lifeguards by David Lewis Jones

21. In Search of Thomas Marchant Williams, 1845-1914 by Huw Williams

22. Ladies of Letters by Ray Jones

Volume 9


Published 1997 - ISBN 978-0-9530551-9-7

Contents:

1. The Revd. George Martin Maber, M.A., Rector of Merthyr, 1795-1844 by

Barrie Jones

2. A visit to the studio of William Edward Jones, painter of portraits, 1869 -

Transcribed

3. The College by the sea, Aberystwyth, 1937-42 by Glanmor Williams

4. A curious meeting; or the two Scotchmen, 1861 - Transcribed

5. Abercanaid, some remembered yesterdays. Part Four by Edward Rhys-Price

6. A biographical account of Sir W. T. Lewis, in the period 1837-1891 -

Transcribed

7. Correspondence, three items

8. Departure of the Benedictine Fathers from Dowlais, 1930 by T. F. Holley

9. William K. Thomas and Frances Thomas, of Wales. Life in Wales and

emigration to Australia by Richard J. Hogg

10. Some modern English poets by A. J. Perman

11. Foundations, 1903-1912 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley

12. Our musicians. William Davies (Mynorydd) by E. E.

13. Other days, other ways - Transcribed

14. Some early Merthyr Eisteddfod medals - Photo feature

15. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, a prisoner of war in Siberia, 1914-

1918. Translated from the German by Joseph Gross

16. Sir Thomas Brock. The Merthyr link by T. F. Holley

17. The South Wales Heads of the Valleys: understanding Merthyr Tydfil and a

historical process by Huw Williams

Volume 10


Published 1999 - ISBN 978-0-9530551-4-2

Contents:

1. Shape the future around the past. Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society 1972-

1997 by Hugh Watkins

2. The "County" School by Glanmor Williams

3. Welsh Scholarship at Merthyr Tydfil by Brynley F. Roberts

4. George Martin Maber, Rector of Merthyr Tydfil by Roger L. Brown

5. Child Emigration from Merthyr Tydfil Workhouse by Muriel Chamberlain

6. The Merthyr Tydfil National Eisteddfod, 1881 by Hywel Teifi Edwards

7. Reflections on some sixteenth-century East Glamorgan Gentry by J. Gwynfor

Jones

8. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, a prisoner of war in Siberia, 1914-

1918. Part Two. Translated from the German by Joseph Gross

9. Letters sent to Merthyr Tydfil and Swansea from the Great War by A. Lloyd

Hughes

10. "Life in the Lamb" by Rosina Hughes (nee Walsh)

11. Tabernacl Chapel, Bryant's Field by T. F. Holley

12. Soroptomist International of Merthyr Tydfil. The first forty years by Sydney

Jones

13. Abercanaid, some remembered yesterdays. Part Five by Edward Rhys-Price

14. 25 years of pleasure, a brief history of the Treharris Male Voice Choir by A.

A. James

15. A visit to Joseph Edwards' studio, 1854 - Transcribed

16. Visit of a Maori Princess to Merthyr Tydfil, 1903 by T. F. Holley

17. The way we were, 1929-39 by Rosina Hughes (born Walsh)

18. Dr. Mary Davies, sweet singer, great lady - Transcribed

19. Anecdotes of some local artists by T. F. Holley

20. Keir Hardie Estate, Merthyr Tydfil by Barrie Jones

21. William Evans, Ironmaster, born in iron, cradled in steel by J. Brynmor Jones

and T. F. Holley

22. David Jones, Senior, watchmaker, of Merthyr Tydfil, 1861 - Transcribed

23. Merthyr Tydfil and its Scottish connections by Huw Williams

24. Developments I have observed in the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil

1870-1925 by T. F. Harvey

25. Bachgen bach o Aberfan, erioed, erioed. A personal view of the history of

Aberfan by Raymond Jones

Volume 11


Published 2000 - ISBN 978-0-9530551-3-5

Contents:

1. Printers, Publishers and Book-lovers in Merthyr Tydfil by Glanmor Williams

2. Book review, 1845 - Transcribed

3. Where Apples Abound. A local perspective on the Welsh diaspora by

Raymond Jones

4. Some of the scholars of old Merthyr's famous school - Transcribed

5. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, Siberia, 1914-1918 by Joseph Gross

6. Lewis Lewis (1806-82) Merthyr Magistrates Clerk - Transcribed

7. The Walter Thomas heirs who lived in Merthyr Tydfil by John Mallon

8. Congregationalism at Treharris, 1906. Foundation stones laid by T. F. Holley

9. A surgeon in Merthyr in the nineteen fifties by Rowland Williams

10. Merthyr Tydfil: The cholera and its teachings - Transcribed

11. Samuel Harpur, C.E. An appreciation of his work in Merthyr by H. W.

Southey

12. Early Catholic Priests, Father J. Carroll - Transcribed

13. Treforest clients of W. E. Jones, painter of portraits, 1873 by T. F. Holley

14. Windows of 19th century Merthyr by T. F. Holley

15. Ballad of the unemployed, 1929 by W. W. Blair-Fish

16. St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, Tramroadside, Merthyr, 1866 by T. F.

Holley

17. A monster Merthyr hotel, the Angel, 1879 - Transcribed

18. Evacuation to Merthyr Tydfil by Peter Campbell

Volume 12


Published 2001 - ISBN 978-0-9544201-1-6

Contents:

1. Charles Wilkins. The Historian of Merthyr Tydfil by Brynley F. Roberts

2. Dr. T. J. Dyke, 1816-1900 by Joseph Gross

3. David Davies,Galon Ucha, 1813-94 by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones

4. The Influence of the English in Merthyr in 1851 by Mary Patricia Jones

5. The Old Station Yard by Gwynneth E. Evans

6. Ieuan Ddu and Welsh Traditional Music by Daniel Huws

7. Vulcan House - A Chartist's Home by Lyndon Harris

8. Noteable Events in the Life of T. F. Harvey, C.E. by T. F. Holley

9. Bethania Chapel, Dowlais, a History by Herbert Hughes

10. History of Salem Chapel to 1930 by B. J. Morgan

11. Thomastown Recreation Ground by Barrie Jones

12. Merthyr Tydfil and the Dumfries and Galloway Connection by Innes

MacLeod

13. A Brief History of the Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind by Julie Evans

Volume 13


Published 2001 - ISBN 978-0-9530551-6-6

Contents:

1. A Female in Medicine by Dorothy Gratton

2. Charles Wilkins, Writer, 1830-1913, a Biographical Note by John Wilkins

3. Cyfarthfa Furnaces, Restoration, A. D. 2000 by Ruth Taylor Davies

4. The Merthyr National Eisteddfod of 1901 by Hywel Teifi Edwards

5. "We Will Give Wings to Fly". Emigration Societies in Merthyr in 1868 by

Bill Jones

6. The Water Supply of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil by Joseph

Gross

7. Edward Harri, Gurnos by Rowland J. Williams

8. A Scotch Doctor in the Valleys, 1843-51 by Innes Macleod

9. If Cap and Tie Are Worn by Richard Lewis

10. The Revd. G. M. Maber's Family by Barrie Jones

11. Charles Russell James' Childhood by Thomas F. Holley

12. Rejoicings at Clydach Iron Works, Llanelly, Breconshire, 1865 - Transcribed

by the Editor

Volume 14


Published 2002 - ISBN 978-0-9544201-0-9

Contents:

1. Merthyr's Own Tudful (or Tydfil) by Glanmor Williams

2. Merthyr Theatre, Long Ago - Transcribed

3. Colonel David Rees Lewis, V.D., J.P. by T. F. Holley

4. Coloured Plate Section

5. Sinking Harris's Navigation Collieries, 1872-1879 by T. F. Holley

6. Caepanttywyll by G. D. Morgan

7. Bethesda Chapel, Merthyr Tydfil, 1807-1907 by Herbert Hughes

8. Famous High Rope Performer in Merthyr, 1907 - Transcribed

9. Rees Lewis, Merthyr Printer by T. F. Holley

10. The Merthyr Heritage Trust, 1979-1990 by Joseph Gross

11. Two Triumphant Vaynor Brothers by John Mallon

12. Reminiscences of Old Merthyr by H. W. Southey

13. Merthyr Tydfil in 1877 by Brynley F. Roberts

14. Andrew Carnegie: The Injustice of Rank and a Crisis of Wealth by Anni

Donaldson and Innes MacLeod

Volume 15


Published 2003 - ISBN 978-0-9544201-1-6

Contents:

1. Dr. Joseph Gross by Glanmor Williams

2. Attraction and Dispersal by John Wilkins

3. Mrs. Mary Ann Edmunds by Mary Patricia Jones

4. Bacon v Homfray by Eric Alexander

5. Cheshunt College, Hertfordshire by Barrie Jones

6. Striking Features: Robert Thompson Crawshay's Large-Scale Portraits by

Jane Fletcher

7. Margaret Stewart Taylor. A Notable Woman of Merthyr Tydfil by Carolyn

Jacob

8. Iron Working in the Cynon Valley by Douglas Williams

9. Owain Glyn Dwr - After Six Hundred Years by Glanmor Williams

10. Merthyr Amateur Theatricals, 1860's by H. W. Southey

11. Shon Llywelyn of Cwm Capel by Lyndon Harris

12. Hoover Transport, 1948-98 by Gwyn Harris M.M.

13. David Jones (1760-1842), Merthyr Clockmaker, Revisited by W. Linnard, D.

Roy Sears & Chris Roberts

14. The English Bible by J. W. Bowen

15. He Came, He Saw, He Conquered Merthyr Commerce - Thomas Nibloe's

Story by T. F. Holley

16. Colour Supplement - Merthyr Buildings

Volume 16


Published 2003 - ISBN 978-0-9544201-2-3

Contents:

1. Joseph Parry's Place in the Pantheon of Welsh Musicians by John Hywel

2. Joseph Parry - Musician and Christian by Dulais Rees

3. Joseph Parry's Congregation by Brynley Roberts

4. The Family of Dr. Joseph Parry by Carl Llewellyn and Mansel Richards

5. Joseph Parry and the Family Historian by Carolyn Jacob

6. Joseph Parry, Mus. Doc., From Pit Boy to Professor by Thomas Hughes

7. Dr. Joseph Parry, Subject of an Essay in 1922 by David Morgans

8; 9 & 10. Obituaries of Dr. Parry

11. Jack Jones, C.B.E., Author and Playwright by Carl Llewellyn

12. Off to Philadelphia, 1865 by T. F. Holley

13. A Vanished Community by Wendy Bellany

14. Book Review. Wales, Clocks & Clockmakers by W. Linnard

15. Horses Down the Years, 1983 by Gladys Morgan

16. Dr. Daniel George Lewis, 1847-1902 by T. F. Holley

17. James Keir Hardie, M.P., on Robert Burns, 1903

18. Jubilee and Early History of the Merthyr Express, 1914

19. Book Review. The Journal of David Gibson, 1814-43 by Innes Macleod

20. Colour Supplement

Volume 17


Published 2004 - ISBN 978-0-9544201-3-0

Contents:

1. Pleasures & Pastimes in the 18th & 19th Century, Merthyr Tydfil by

Geoffrey Evans

2. Celtic Connections: Early Quoiting in Merthyr Tydfil by Innes MacLeod

3. The Will of the Revd. William Price Lewis, 1839 by T. F. Holley

4. The Dic Penderyn Society and the Popular Memory of Richard Lewis by Viv

Pugh

5. The Welsh Religious Revival, 1904-5 by Robert Pope

6. Reporting Revival by Neville Granville

7. A French View of Merthyr Tydfil and the Evan Roberts Revival by William

Linnard

8. Songs of Praises: Hymns and Tunes of the Welsh Revival, 1904-5 by Noel

Gibbard

9. Revival, Cwm Rhondda, 1905 by William Linnard

10. Diwygiad 1904-5. A Select Reading List by Brynley Roberts

11. Rosina Davies, 1863-1949. A Welsh Evangelist by Eira M Smith

12. Evan Roberts, the Welsh Revivalist by J. Ann Lewis

13. Evan Roberts at Heolgerrig, Merthyr, January 1905 - Transcribed

14. Sir Thomas Marchant Williams & the Revival - Transcribed

15. Potpourri, a Medley by The Editor

16. What Wales Needs - Religiously, 1907 by Evan Roberts

17. Joseph Williams, Printer. TYST A'R DYDD. 1903 by T. F. Holley

18. Dr. Thomas Rees (1825-1908), of Cefncoedycymer by John Mallon

19. Everest & Charles Bruce (1866-1939): The Welsh Connection by Huw Rees

20. The Lusitania Catastrophe and the Welsh Male Voice Choir by Carl

Llewellyn

21. Merthyr Amateur Theatricals, 1860's. Part Two by H. W. Southey

22. Books, Old and New. Short Reviews by The Editor

23. Night Mrs. Evans by Ken J. Mumford

24. Some Early History of Park Baptist Church, The Walk, Merthyr -

Transcribed

25. Letter re: Wool Factory, Merthyr Tydfil

Volume 18


Published 2005 - ISBN 978-0-9544201-4-7

Contents:

1. If it Hadn't Been for Mr. Harris........The Story of a Pit and its Town

(Treharris) by Raymond Jones

2. Disturbances in Wales: A Letter from Merthyr, 20th October 1816 by Innes

Macleod

3. Garth Gynyd Hamlet before Coal Pits by Judith Jones

4. A Welsh Interlude, 1922-32 by Albany Harvey

5. The Troedyrhiw Town Silver Band by T. F. Holley

6. From Grace to Politics via Law. Richard Ffoulkes Griffiths, 1850-1901 by

Ivor Thomas Rees

7. Letters from Merthyr Tydfil M.P. Charles Herbert James to his Sister-in-

Law, Mary Thomas submitted by Judith Jones

8. The Merthyr Riots of 1816 and 1831, Interesting Reminiscences by Solomon

Marks, Canton

Volume 19


Published 2008 – ISBN 978-0-9544201-5-4

Contents:

1. A Fond Memory of Glanmor Williams by Beverley Robins

2. ‘Diabolical Traffic’: Iolo Morganwg, Slavery and Merthyr Tydfil by Geraint

H. Jenkins

3. Thomas Town Brickworks, Merthyr Tydfil by Nicholas C. Jenkins

4. Fire and Water – A Family History of Puddlers and Publicans by Barrie Jones

5. Keir Hardie and the Dowlais Strike of 1911 by Joe England

6. Kath and Wil John Williams, A Personal Appreciation by Huw Williams

7. Henry Cort, Puddling and Merthyr Tydfil by Eric Alexander

8. Motor Car Production at Cefn Coed by Glyn Bowen

9. Emily Stephens of Merthyr Tydfil, Mother and 19th Century Poet by Carolyn

Jacob and Beverley Robins

10. A Tribute to Raymond Jones by Allen Jones and Megan Jones

11. Strolling Players, Minstrels, Star Turns and Music Sheet Covers by Innes

Macleod

12. Book Launch Pontsticill 31 January 2008 by John D. Holley

13. Richard (‘Richie’) Evans by Huw Williams

14. Along the Pond (The Plymouth Feeder) by Clive Thomas

15. Writing Merthyr by M. Wynn Thomas

16. Fishing in Merthyr Tydfil by Nigel Morgan

17. The Merthyr Wife’s Society, An Enduring Charity by T. F. Holley

18. The Chartists in Merthyr Tydfil by Viv Pugh

19. The Isle of Wight, Merthyr Tydfil by T. F. Holley

20. My Deliberation on Myfanwy by Carl Llewellyn

21. Bandmaster Ralph Livsey at Salonica - Transcribed

22. Dr. David Kinnear Draffin, Merthyr Vale by T. F. Holley

23. I Knew a Man (Translated from the Welsh) by Llwyd Jones

24. Revd. Edward Griffith (1819-1891) by Carl Llewellyn

25. Merthyr Nonconformists from c. 1800 – c. 1850 by Noel Gibbard

26. An Ephemeral Merthyr Industry, The Willows Wire Works by T. F. Holley

27. A Letter from a Merthyr Man engaged in the 1939-45 War by Mansel

Richards

28. Merthyr Memories by Rosina Hughes

29. Brief Book Reviews, John Griffith: The Unmitred Bishop and The Fleet

Marriages

30. Letter re Eisteddfod Medal by Keith Edwards

Volume 20


Published 2009 – ISBN 978-0-9544201-6-1

Contents:

1. Some Reminders of Mining Activity on the Aberdare Mountain by Clive

Thomas

2. My Merthyr by Lyndon Harris

3. Heroes and Prophets; Keir Hardie and Ramsay MacDonald on Robert Owen

by Innes MacLeod

4. Taliesin ab Iolo by Brynley F. Roberts

5. Citadel of Song. Merthyr’s Choral Culture c. 1870-1970 by Gareth Williams

6. Walter George Stone. Merthyr Tydfil Brewer by Nicholas C. Jenkins

7. Summer Excursions, Seasonal Benevolence by T. F. Holley

8. More Merthyr Memories by Rosina Hughes

9. Where Does the Violence Start? By Arthur Lewis Jones

10. A Pupil of Vaynor and Penderyn Grammar School by John Mallon

11. Edward James, 1878-1915: Remembering the Great War by Gerald D.

Protheroe

12. A Close Encounter of a Chemical Kind by T. F. Holley

13. Henry Richard – Yet Another Look by Ivor Thomas Rees

14. The Merthyr Tydfil Electric Traction and Lighting Co. Ltd. (Merthyr’s

Trams) by Keith Lewis-Jones

Volume 21


Published 2009 – ISBN 978-0-9544201-7-8

Contents:

1. Recollections of the Waite Family in the Merthyr Express by Carolyn Jacob

2. Merthyr’s Victorian Middle Class by Joe England

3. 1750’s Field Map of Gellideg Hamlet by Greg Buick

4. John Coke Fowler, 1815-1899, Merthyr Tydfil Stipendiary Magistrate, 1853-

1872 by T. F. Holley

5. Dic Penderyn and the Socialist Tradition of 1831 by Viv Pugh

6. Svedenstiema’s Tour of Great Britain, 1802-03 – Transcribed

7. Farming in Merthyr Tydfil by Barrie Jones

8. Tom ‘Tiesen’s’ Life on the Buses of Merthyr Tydfil by Lisa Marie Powell

9. Characters Associated with Dowlais Silver Band by T. F. Holley

10. Evacuee Recollections by Bob Hyatt

11. Recollections of an Octogenarian, Merthyr Tydfil c. 1865 – Transcribed

12. Saunders Lewis, 1893-1985 by Margaret Lloyd

13. Ruth Rees, 1916, Merthyr Nonagenarian, lived in Merthyr Tydfil for 94 years

– Transcribed

14. Journeying to Work by M. J. Jones

15. Parc Taf Bargoed, Then and Now by Karl Caiman Griffiths

16. A Biographical Sketch of John Thomas (1795-1871), Ieuan Ddu by Daniel

Williams

17. Drawings by David Lewis Jones, Merthyr Tydfil Artist

18. Three black & white pictures

19. Celebration! – 200 Years of Steam Railways by Glyn Bowen

20. Trevithick 2004 Colour Photographs by Glyn Bowen

21. Interesting Book Plate. Tudor Crawshay

Volume 22


Published 2011 – ISBN 978-0-9544201-8-5

Contents:

1. A Visit to Merthyr Tydfil in 1697 by Brynley F. Roberts

2. A Pedestrian Tour Through Scotland in 1801: New Lanark before Robert

Owen by Innes Macleod

3. Note for Merthyr Historian by K. H. Edwards

4. Dr. Charles Richardson White, Merthyr Vale by T. F. Holley

5. Isaac John Williams, Curator by Scott Reid

6. The Merthyr Historian. Some Statistics by J. D. Holley

7. Thomas Evan Nicholas, 1879-1971 by Ivor Thomas Rees

8. Eira Margaret Smith: A Personal Tribute by Huw Williams

9. Saint Tydfil’s Hospital 1957. A House Physicians Recollections by Brian

Loosmore

10. John Devonald, 1863-1936. Aberfan Musician and Remembrancer of

Musicians by T. F. Holley

11. The Remarkable Berry Brothers by Joe England

12. Albert de Ritzen: Merthyr Tydfil’s Stipendiary Magistrate 1872-1876 by

Huw Williams

13. A Scrap of Autobiography by Charles Wilkins, Annotated by His Great

Grandson by John V. Wilkins, OBE

14. Industrial History of Colliers Row Site and Environs by Royston Holder

(the late)

15. The Life of Maria Carini by Lisa Marie Powell

16. Lecture by J. C. Fowler, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, 1872 ‘Civilisation

in South Wales - Transcribed

17. Gwyn Griffiths -‘The Author of our Anthem. Poems by Evan James’ -

Book Review by Brian Davies

18. Enid Guest - ‘Daughter of an Ironmaster’ by Mary Owen - Book Review

by Ceinwen Statter

19. Caepanttywyll - A Lost Community by Christopher Parry

20. Revd. James Colquhoun Campbell (in four parts) - T. F. Holley

(A) The Social Condition of Merthyr Tydfil, 1849

(B) The Venerable Archdeacon Campbell, 1859, Biography

(C) St. David’s Church, Merthyr Tydfil, Visited, 1860

(D) J. C. Campbell and the Census Record, Research

by Mrs. C. Jacob

21. Interesting Book Plate

Volume 23


Published 2012 – ISBN 978-0-9544201-9-2

Contents:

1. Vince Harris, 1904-1987 by Margaret Lloyd

2. All Change for Plymouth: A Year in the Life of a Mining Engineer by

Clive Thomas

3. Who Was The Real Lydia Fell? by Christine Trevett

4. Sewage Pollution of the Taff and the Merthyr Tydfil Local Board (1868-

1871) by Leslie Rosenthal

5. Redmond Coleman, the Iron Man from Iron Lane by Carolyn Jacob

6. The Assimilation and Acculturation of the Descendants of Early 20th

Century Spanish Industrial Immigrants to Merthyr by Stephen Murray

7. David Williams, High Constable, Merthyr Tydfil 1878-1880 by T. F.

Holley

8. John Collins, V.C. by Malcolm Kenneth Payne

9. Marvellous Merthyr Boy - Transcribed

10. A Remarkable and Most Respected Enterprise, J. Howfield & Son,

Merthyr Tydfil, 1872-2001 by Mary Owen

11. The Uncrowned Iron King (The First William Crawshay) by J. D. Evans

12. Watkin George 1759-1822, The Mechanical Genius of Cyfarthfa, The

Pride of Pontypool by Wilf Owen

13. Opencast History (Illustrated) by Royston Holder

14. The Laundry Trade by T. F. Holley

15. Grand Concert at the Oddfellows Hall, Dowlais - Transcribed

16. Guidelines for Contributors - By courtesy of the Glamorgan History Society

Volume 24


Published 2012 – ISBN 978-0-9929810-3-7

Contents:

1. Elphin, Literary Magistrate: Magisterial Commentator by Brynley

Roberts

2. Picturing ‘The Member For Humanity’. J. M. Staniforth’s Cartoons of

Keir Hardie, 1894-1914 by Chris Williams

3. William Morris, Yr Athraw and the ‘Blue Books’ by Huw Williams

4. Hugh Watkins by Carl Llewellyn and J. Ann Lewis

5. Gomer Thomas J.P. 1863-1935 by Wilf and Mary Owen

6. Oddfellows and Chartists by Lyndon Harris

7. Revd. John Roberts, Ieuan Gwyllt, Composer of Hymns by G. Parry

Williams

8. Georgetown? How Was It? By Clive Thomas

9. Book Review: Bargoed and Gilfach - A Local History

10. A History of Ynysgau Chapel by Steven Brewer

11. ‘Mr Merthyr’ S.O. Davies 1886-1972 by Rev. Ivor Thomas Rees

12. Historical Farms of Merthyr Tydfil by John Griffiths Reviewed by Keith

Lewis-Jones

13. National Service, Doctor With The Gurkhas by Brian Loosmoore

14. A Year of Anniversaries: Reflections on Local History 1972-2012 by Huw

Williams

15. The Family of Dr. Thomas Rees, Revisited by John Mallon

16. Merthyr District Coffee Tavern Movement, 1880 by T. F. Holley

17. Henry Richard (1812-1888) - Apostle of Peace and Patriot by Gwyn

Griffiths

18. Owen Morgan - Miners’ Reporter by Brian Davies

19. The Tredegar Riots of 1911 - Anti Liberalism ‘The Turbulent Years of

1910-1914’ by Lisa Marie Powell

20. Adulum Chapel by Carl Llewellyn

21. Cyfarthfa’s Curnow Vosper Archive by Gwyn Griffiths

22. Whithorn Gas, 1870 by Innes Macleod

23. A Journey from Merthyr to Sydney, A Talented Portrait Painter by

Graham John Wilcox

24. The Merthyr Bus Rallies by Glyn Bowen

Guidelines for Contributors - By courtesy of the Glamorgan History Society

Volume 25


Published 2013 – ISBN 978-0-9929810-4-4

Contents:

1. The Merthyr Tydfil 1835 Election Revisited, Lady Charlotte Guest’s

Account by E (Ted) Rowlands

2. John Josiah Guest at Auction by Huw Williams

3. Conway and Sons Dairies Ltd. - Some Notes by G. Conway

4. John Petherick; Merthyr’s Man of Africa by John Fletcher

5. Travels in the Valleys. Book Review by Glyn Bowen

6. Plaques by John D. Holley

7. William Thomas Lewis 1837-1914 by A Family Member

8. Boom Towns by Brian Loosmore

9. The Taff Valley Tornado 1913 by Stephen Brewer

10. Plaques by John D. Holley

11. From Mule Train to Diesel Lorries. The Dowlais Iron Company Connects

the Coast by Wilf Owen

12. Review CD. Some of the History of Merthyr Tudful and District via Its

Place Names by John & Gwilym Griffiths by Keith Lewis-Jones

13. Caedraw Primary School, 1875-1912 by Clive Thomas

14. Charles Butt Stanton, 1873-1946 by Revd, Ivor Thomas Rees

15. The Merthyr and Dowlais Steam Laundry Limited, 1891 by T. F. Holley

16. Dynamism, Diligence, Energy and Wealth. Trade and Commerce in

Merthyr Tydfil 1800-1914 by Mary Owen

17. YMCA. Merthyr Tydfil Lecture 1861 by J. C. Fowler - Transcribed

18. John Nixon and the Welsh Coal Trade to France by Brian Davies

19. Tydfil School, Merthyr Tydfil, 1859-1873 by Evan Williams - Transcribed

20. Gossiping in Merthyr Tydfil by Carolyn Jacob

21. Penywern to Pontsarn. The Story of the Morlais Tunnel. The Writer’s

Early Impressions by A. V. Phillips

22. Short History of the Thomas-Merthyr Colliery Company. Merthyr Tydfil,

1906-1946 by Ronald Llewellyn Thomas - Transcribed

23. Morien and Echos of Iolo Morgannwg by T. F. Holley

24. Merthyr Tydfil’s Stipendiary Magistracy and Walter Meyrick North

(1886-1900): A Case Study by Huw Williams

Volume 26


Published 2014 – ISBN 978-0-9929810-0-6

Contents:

1. Three Generations of a Dowlais Medical Family 1860-1964 by Stuart

Cresswell

2. Viscount Tredegar, Balaclava Veteran, 1913 by T. F. Holley

3. What Makes a Country Great? Lecture by Stipendiary Magistrate - J. C.

Fowler - 1858

4. Billy ‘The Doll’ Williams by Malcolm K. Payne

5. Evan James, Dr. William Price and Iolo Morganwg’s Utopia by Brian

Davies

6. John A. Owen (1936-1998), Dowlais Historian: An Appreciation by Huw

Williams

7. Welsh Women and Liberation from Home: Feminist or Activist? By Lisa

Marie Powell

8. Gwilym Harry (1792-1844), Unitarian - Farmer - Poet by Lyndon Harris

9. ‘Aunt’ Emma’s Ronnie by Clive Thomas

10. Morgan Williams: Merthyr’s Forgotten Leader by Joe England

11. Matthew Wayne (1780-1853) by Wilf Owen

12. The Contribution of Hunting to the 19-14-18 War, 1914 by T. F. Holley

13. The Difficulties of M.T.C.B.C.’s Financial Management and

Administration, 1926-1937: Maladministration, Political Ideology or

Economic Reality? By Barrie Jones

14. The Rail Accident at Merthyr Station, 1874 by Stephen Brewer

15. Courtland House, 1851 by Mary Owen

16. Formation of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Brass Bands

Association, 1891 by T. F. Holley

17. Moses Jones (1819-1901) by Annette Barr

18. Dr Richard Samuel Ryce, M.D. M.Ch.: An Irish Doctor by T. F. Holley

19. Cwmtaf - A Drowning of the Valley and its Consequences by Gwyneth

Evans

20. A Professor Gwyn A. Williams Symposium

a. Recollections of Professor Gwyn Williams, University of York,

1967-70 by Frances Finnegan

b. Memories of Gwyn at York by Brian Davies

c. Professor Gwyn Alf Williams. A Personal Remembrance by Viv

Pugh

21. Merthyr Tydfil at War, 1914 by Stephen Brewer

22. Photo Feature - Archaeology by T. F. Holley

Volume 27


Published 2015 – ISBN 978-0-9929810-1-3

Contents:

1. Dr William Price and Merthyr’s political history by Brian Davies

2. John Nixon gives way to Ynysowen by Clive Thomas

3. Charles Horace Jones, a rough tough poet in a rough tough town, a

Merthyr character remembered by Carolyn Jacob & Beverley Robins

4. Some aspects of printing and publishing in Merthyr Tydfil by Brynley F.

Roberts

5. The Morgans of the Grawen & Bolgoed by Wilf Owen including

• Obituary: John Williams Morgan (1920-2014) by Mary Owen &

• The Morgan link with the Formans of Penydarren by Wilf Owen

6. 1940. A remarkable year by Josh Powell

7. Helen Hughes: The Welsh harper by Innes Macleod

8. Titles printed in Merthyr Tydfil. Short list by Brynley f. Roberts

9. What has Merthyr Tydfil ever done for us? by Joe England

10. Scouting in Merthyr Tydfil by Malcolm Kenneth Payne

11. The story of Captain John Percival Morgan (RASC) and the massacre at

Civitella, 1944 by Dee La Vardera

12. Rebirth of Vulcan House by Lyndon Harris

13. Rourke’s Drift: The unlikely birthplace of the Welsh Grammar school by

John Fletcher

14. Memories of Cyfarthfa High School by Mary Owen

15. Evan’s and Jones’s of Dowlais, iron and steel, coal, politics, law and

medicine by Malcolm Kenneth Payne

16. In praise of ‘the people’s park’ Thomastown Park - the first century by

Caroline Owen

17. Alun Gower Thomas by Mary Owen

18. Merthyr’s first and last by Ivor Thomas Rees

19. Merthyr Tydfil county borough’s treasurers, 1908-1974 by Barrie Jones

20. A history of Saron Chapel, Troedyrhiw by Steven Brewer

21. Twynywaun and its fair to the end of the nineteenth century by Judith

Jones

22. A Quakers’ Yard Trilogy

• Quakers’ Yard Grammar School - Some Reminiscences by Megan

Jones

• Reminiscences of Quakers’ Yard Grammar School by Christine

Jones (now Trevett) 1958-65

• Some Reminiscences by Angus Gwynne

Volume 28

Christine Trevett & Huw Williams, Editors

Published 2017 – ISBN 978-0-9929810-2-0

Contents:

An Editorial Statement

1. Ars Gratia Artis: Popular Culture and the Making of Modern Merthyr

Tydfil by Huw Williams

2. Rediscovering J.O. Francis (1882-1956) The Distinguished Merthyr-born

Playwright by Mary Owen

3. Pilgrimage of a Vagabond: The Harry H. W. Southey Story by Christopher

Parry

4. More Than Just a Bed-cover, More Than Just a Dress by Christine Trevett

5. Disestablishment of the Church in Wales: An Anniversary by David Lee

6. Isaac Craigfryn Hughes of Quakers Yard: Colliery, Culture and the

Common Man by Christine Trevett

7. William Warde Fowler: From Gwaelod y Garth House to Ancient Rome

by Christine Trevett

8. The Royal Crescent Allotments 1917-2017 by Hywel Mathews

9. George Jones (Talfyrydd): A Forgotten Local Historian by Brynley

Roberts

10. The Taff in Poetry and Paint: An Appreciation of “A Fold in the River by

Philip Gross and Valerie Coffin Price” by the Editors

11. Biography of Contributors

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