About 25 years ago I was fortunate to have permission to look at many
Rhiwlas rent books in their estate office and found some interesting
references to my family in the last quarter of the nineteenth century,
moving tenancy, paying their rent and being employed as carter etc.
At that time, the books were kept quite haphazardly and I said to the owner
that it was a shame they were in danger of being damaged and not being
available to the public - wouldn't he consider putting them in the Archives.
I mentioned this to the Archivist. I don't know if that is how it happened
but I heard in the next couple of years that a whole lot (more than I'd seen
I think) had been deposited at Meirionnydd Archives. I didn't see 18th
century material but there was a lot I didn't see on my one visit. I do know
from hearing the owner talk on a group visit of the house in more recent
years, that they do have family / estate sources going back further than the
nineteenth centrury.
Rhian
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From: "Patricia Williams" <tishanne(a)supanet.com>
To: <wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [MER] Rhiwlas Estate rent books.
There seems to be items on Rhiwlas at the Meirionydd Archive Office:
http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/gwy_doc.asp?cat=3693&doc=9595
Yiu could always send an email.
patricia
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From: <eiandelowen(a)tiscali.co.uk>
To: <wls-merionethshire(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: [MER] Rhiwlas Estate rent books.
> Does anyone know if rent books exist for the Rhiwlas estate in the area
> around Bala for the period 1670 -1750 ?
>
> Elfed Owen.
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