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The books are rough sorted into the following broad categories, and in random order thereafter; the name of the volunteer is at the end of each book entry.

General

Vale/Cardiff

Valleys & Coal

West Glamorgan

 

 

 

 

General

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The Yeoman of Yore. History of the Glamorgan Yeomanry, 1794-1965. Jack Smith.    >Huw Daniel

The Glamorgan Historian  Volumes 1-11.     >Parry Edwards

Ordnance Survey Street Map- Cardiff, Swansea & Glamorgan      >Huw Daniel

'Adjoining Parishes of Glamorgan' by Mary Kearns Trace      >Huw Daniel

The Glamorgan Regiments of Militia  by Bryn Owen, published 1990.  ISBN: 1-871904-01-3      >Huw Daniel

HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF GLAMORGANSHIRE AND ITS FAMILIES. BY THOMAS NICHOLAS, LONDON:LONGMANS, GREEN CO, 1874. An index by Curtis Evans is available on   INDEX         >Curtis Evans

' The Parish Churches of Gwent, Glamorgan & Gower' by Mike Salter.      >Huw Daniel

Glamorgan, Its history and topography by C J O Evans        >Wendy Angove

Cadw guide to ancient and historic Wales- Glamorgan and Gwent        >Wendy Angove

'The Glamorgan Village Book' by Glamorgan Federation of W.I.s          >Huw Daniel

Chronology of the Tinplate Works of Great Britain, by Edward Henry Brooke ,1944;  & Appendix ; Chronology of Tinplate Works of Great Britain 1665-1949 E. H. Brook 1949          >Pat Morris

Various old photograph books of Glamorgan        >Huw Daniel

The Parliamentary History of Glamorgan 1542-1976 by Raymond Grant       >David Webb

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 12 SOUTH WALES D S M Barrie       >Steve Keates

The Buildings of Wales, Glamorgan    Details of churches, chapels, houses etc in Glamorgan. Mainly architectural but useful details about the history of churches etc.       >Bob Sanders

South Wales (Eastern Division) - Masonic Year Books - 1916 ; 1936-37; 1938-39 to1948-49; 1951-52 to date.   >Brian Comley

THE SAILING PILOTS OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL by PETER J STUCKLEY 1977
ISBN 0 7153 7373 0
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY LATIMER TREND & COMPANY LIMITED PLYMOUTH 
FOR DAVID & CHARLES PUBLISHERS.
 
It has many family names and businesses - boat builders  etc.
PORTS INCLUDED:  
Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot, Barry, Cardiff, Newport, Gloucester, Sharpness, Bristol   > Robert Alun Chick

CONTENTS 
    *   THE ORIGINS OF THE PILOT SERVICE 
    *   THE BOATS 
    *   THE   SWANSEA  PILOT BOATS 
    *   HOW THE BOATS WERE BUILT 
    *   LIFE IN A BRISTOL  CHANNEL PILOT SKIFF 
    *   A NEWPORT PILOT REMEMBERS 
    *   SIXTY YEARS OF BARRY PILOTAGE 
    *   WRECK AND RESCUE 
    *   PILOTS PLEASURES 
    *   THE REVOLT AT PILL –AND AMALGAMATION 
    *   NOTES AND REFERENCES 
    *   APPENDIX
    *   BRISTOL CHANNEL PILOTAGE ACTS (NEWPORT)  1807-1921 
    *   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
    *   INDEX
The Archive Photograph Series ; all held by        >Huw Daniel
  • Barry ISBN 0-7524-0642-6
  • Barry, the second Selection
  • Around Bridgend
  • Industries of Wales
  • The County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil
  • Mountain Ash, Penrhiwceiber & Abercynon
  • Pontypridd  
  • Porth & Rhondda Fach        
  • Porth & Rhondda Fach,a second selection  ISBN 0-7524-1135-7 
  • Around Rhondda Fawr" (ISBN - 0-7524-1590-5) compiled by Avril Evans & Elaine Hawkins     
  • Mid-Rhondda (ISBN - 0-7524-1156-X) Compiled by David J. Carpenter      
  • Rhondda          
  • Rhondda, a second selection --- Here is an  online index by Allen Powell
  • Rhondda Collieries
  • Upper Rhondda, a second selection
  • Upper Rhondda, Treorchy & Treherbert
  • Musical Rhondda
  • South Wales from the Bush collection Vols 1 & 2      
  • The Welch Regiment (41st & 69th Foot) 1881 -1969" (ISBN - 0-7524-1679-0) Compiled by Bryn Owen FMA, Welch Regimental Museum, Cardiff Castle

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Vale/Cardiff

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The Vale of Glamorgan in Old Photographs. By Roy Denning 1987    ISBN - 1-870402-10-3. Indexed by Huw Daniel 1999, see INDEX         >Huw Daniel

The Taff Vale Railway by D S Barrie 1950            >Steve Keates

St Hilary, A History of the Place and its People, by Hilary M. Thomas.2000. An online index by Alan Jenkins is available on     INDEX      *Lookups not available*

"A Thousand Names & Faces, People of Cefn Cribbwr, Kenfig Hill and Pyle " by Neville Granville .  Full of facts and family histories.       >Huw Daniel

Llantwit Major A History and Guide. Edited by L.V. Kelly .Published by  Llantwit Major Local History Society 1971 An online index compiled by John Ottery is on    INDEX        *Lookups not available*

' St. Brides Major, Southerndown & Ogmore by the Sea', a Chronicle of a Parish in the Vale of Glamorgan by S. W. Bevan, published in 1980 by D. Brown & Sons Ltd. Cowbridge & Bridgend. S.W. Bevan was born in 1900, so the recollections are 20th Century, but perhaps a source where census and other records might not be available. A  partially completed online index by Pat Grimes is available on   INDEX            >Pat Grimes

Porthcawl Rugby Football Club 1880-81 to 1990-91 - The Seaweeds by Alun Williams 1981 >Brian Comley

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, 1891-1991. Compiled and Edited by Leo McMahon. Printed and bound by D. Brown & Sons Ltd, Bridgend. It is not indexed but contains a List of Members for 1885.              >Brian Comley

Views of old Porthcawl, Volumes 1 &  2. Published by the Porthcawl Museum and  Historical Society. Indexes compiled by Phil Mustoe are  available online on Vol 1   Index   and Vol 2 Index

Cowbridge & Llanblethian: Past and Present. An illustrated history of Cowbridge area.           >Bob Sanders

Old Bridgend in Photographs . Published in 1978 by Stewart Williams, Barry .ISBN - 0-900807-30-X. An online index produced by Huw Daniel is available on INDEX but the book itself is not offered for lookups, it is in local libraries.

Parc Hospital - The Last Days . [ Bridgend ]   (ISBN - 0-9514831-4-5) by Mark Saunders               >Huw Daniel

The Cardiff Pals  {11th Service Battalion, The Welch Regiment} by K. Cooper & J. E. Davies           >Huw Daniel

Various Volumes of Cardiff Yesterday and other Picture Albums of Cardiff & district  e.g  St.Fagans, Llandaff, Roath, Grangetown.  Also some relating to Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan.               >Bob Sanders

A History of Methodism in the Cardiff Docks area.Published by Loudon Square Wesleyan Methodist Chapel         >Bob Sanders

Old Whitchurch   by Edgar Chappell, published by Priory Press in 1945.         >Phil Roderick 

The diaries of John Bird of Cardiff. clerk to the first Marquess of Bute 1790-1803 by Thomas, Hilary M. (ed) Cardiff. South Wales Record Society and Glamorgan Archive Service. 1987.        > Phil Roderick

Studies in Welsh history 3: Cardiff and The Marquesses of Bute by John Davies. 1981      > Phil Roderick

Cardiff.   A History of the City by William Rees              >Bob Sanders

Families and Farms in Lisvane 1850 -1950, by Philip Riden & Keith Edwards. First published 1993.  ISBN 0 9520009 2 X                 >Steve Nicholas

Annals of St Fagan's with Llanilterne - An Ancient Glamorgan Parish. By Charles F. Shepherd (1938). An online index  has been compiled by David Webb on INDEX                     >David Webb

St Nicholas. A Historical Survey of a Glamorganshire Parish. By Charles F.Shepherd 1934. An online index compiled  by David Webb is available on   INDEX                     >David Webb

Glimpses of Old Dinas Powys. By Chrystal Tilney, 1982. An index by Jill Smith is available on  INDEX     >Jill Smith

Cardiff Shipowners by Geraint Jenkins and David Jenkins. Biographical details restricted mainly to owners & managers, and details of ships owned.        >Phil Roderick

Sailing pilots of the Bristol Channel by Peter Stuckey; quite a bit about Cardiff, Swansea and Barry pilots in it.       >Phil Roderick

Special Excursions vol 2 1919-1939 by Chris Collard ; about the Campbells pleasure steamers that sailed the channel. >Phil Roderick

CARDIFF YESTERDAY. This is a cumulative index of c 7500 entries compiled by Sue Mackay with the consent of the author Stewart Williams, of all 36 volumes of the 'Cardiff Yesterday' series, published between 1980 and 2000.
*lookups are not available*

Tiger Bay and the Docks by Dan O'Neill;the story of a remarkable corner of Cardiff and the characters that lived there. >Phil Roderick

Butetown and Cardiff Docks by Brian Lee; a collection of photographs of the area.       >Phil Roderick

Cardiff remembered by Brian Lee; a mix of photos and some history of the  town.          >Phil Roderick

Cardiff Voices by Brian Lee; a collection of memories from old residents of  Cardiff .         >Phil Roderick

A rather special place by Winn Anderson; about growing up in Cardiff dockland.Her grandfather was Peter Evans one of Cardiff's best known pilots.         >Phil Roderick

Caerphilly Castle, various publications, some names       >Wendy Angove

Place names of Penarth  by A R Thorne             >Wendy Angove

Penarth 1841-1871 by E.A.Benjamin .History of Penarth with information about the people of the town    >Bob Sanders

The History of Llantrisant by Dillwyn Lewis                 >Selwyn Davies

Tonyrefail, the story of a community by Walter Jones                  >Selwyn Davies

A History of Tonyrefail by Dillwyn Lewis                         >Selwyn Davies

All Our Yesterdays - A pictorial history of Llantrisant and Pontyclun . Edited by A.Martin Reynolds and published by Parish Pump Press Pontyclun 1992 and 1993 An index by Philippa Wood is available on   INDEX        *Lookups are not available*

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Valleys & Coal

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Glanffrwd's History of Llanwonno, 1843-90 (Hanes Plwyf Llanwonno). By Rev. W.Thomas. Published in 1888 in serial form in the 'Darian' (Aberdare) & translated by Thomas Evans in 1950; published by Merthyr Express. Indexed by Glenys Travis            INDEX                 >Glenys Travis

The South Wales Iron Industry 1750 - 1885 by Laurence Ince, Merton Priory Press 1993            >Steve Keates

Rhondda Coal, Cardiff Gold, The Insoles of Llandaff Coal Owners and Shippers by Richard Watson. Merton Priory Press 1997                 >Steve Keates

Housing in the Rhondda 1800-1940 by Malcolm J. Fisk, Merton Priory Press 1996              >Steve Keates

Merthyr Tydfil in 1850, A study of the Spatial Structure of a Welsh Industrial Town,  Harold Carter and Sandra Wheatley, Cardiff University of Wales 1982.                 >Steve Keates

The Industrial Development of South Wales 1750 - 1850, by A. H. John Cardiff U.P. 1950                >Steve Keates

The Canals of South Wales and the Border by Charles Hadfield, Cardiff U.P. 1960                >Steve Keates

Small Mines of South Wales. A J Booth.                   >Huw Daniel

The Fed   by Hywel Francis & Dai Smith                 >Selwyn Davies

Mining Deaths in Great Britain  1850-1914  by Ian Winstanley . This is only an index of names         >Huw Daniel

'The Masters of the Coalfields' by Michael Eyers             >Huw Daniel

The History of the South Wales Miners by Ness Edwards               >Selwyn Davies

Pioneers of the Welsh Coalfield [Western Mail 1925] by Elizabeth Phillips               >Selwyn Davies

'Heroes of Coal ' by Paul Linford              >Curtis Evans

The Cruel Inheritance [ Glamorgan Disasters] by Williams and Jones              >Selwyn Davies

Coal Society, a history of the South Wales Mining Valleys 1840-1980,by David Egan         >Huw Daniel

The Bitter Harvest [ Gwent Disasters ] by Williams and Jones                  >Selwyn Davies

The Garth Colliery Disaster 1897 by   Dr. L Jones & John Lyons (Llynfi Valley historical society]     >Raynor LEWIS

Aberfan, official report on the disaster            >Wendy Angove

One Saturday Afternoon [ Albion Colliery Explosion 1894 ] by M Evans            >Selwyn Davies

Disaster at Tynewydd by K Llewellyn            >Selwyn Davies

Senghenydd Book of Rememberance.Lists all the miners killed in the pit explosions of 1901 and 1913  ,with their addresses.                >Phil Roderick

The Aber Valley, various including " 50 years of Senghenydd Nursery" by Wendy Angove               >Wendy Angove

The Aber valley by Elias E. Evans published 1987      >Phil Roderick

The valley of the shadow [Senghenydd] by J H Brown             >Selwyn Davies        or        >Phil Roderick

Requiem for Will - a Senghenydd residents war diary for WW1 which includes some wonderful letters written about the Pit disaster              >Phil Roderick

Senghenydd the Universal pit village 1890- 1930 by Michael Lieven ;  a history of the village.       >Phil Roderick

Senghenydd a brave community by J. Basil PHILLIPS published 2002     >Phil Roderick

Mining disaster reports for explosions in Cambrian Colliery 1905 & 1965               >Selwyn Davies

Clydach Vale Flood disaster 1910 by D J Carpenter                >Selwyn Davies

The History of the Providence United Reform Church , Mountain Ash 1869-1987. By Alan Vernon Jones ARICS 1987. An online index by Martin Adlam is available on    INDEX                     >Martin Adlam

A translation from the Welsh of William Bevan's History of Mountain Ash, 1896. By Alan Vernon Jones. An online index by Martin Adlam is available on  INDEX                  >Martin Adlam

Mountain Ash and Penrhiwceiber Remembered in Pictures   By Bernard Baldwin, 1986. ISBN 0-905928-50-4.  An  online index compiled by Jill Smith is available on   INDEX                   >Jill Smith

Pontypridd at War, 1939-45, The Second World War at Home by Don Powell 1999.               >Sue Powell

Victorian Pontypridd and its Villages by Don Powell  1996.                 >Sue Powell

Pontypridd    The Old Photographs Series. Compiled from the Collection of Pontypridd Historical and Cultural Centre by Simon Eckley and the staff of the Centre. Chalford Publishing, Stroud, Glos. 1994. ISBN 07524 0017 7 . The book introduction states that any of the photographs may be seen &/or copies purchased at the Centre. Name index compiled by Jean Gilson available online on    Index                 >  Lookups Not Available

Valley Views  book 3 [ Merthyr Tydfil ]                  >Huw Daniel

The Great Western & Lewis Merthyr Collieries by John Cornwell             >Huw Daniel

The Crawshays of Cyfarthfa Castle  by Margaret Stewart Taylor                   >David Webb

The Merthyr Rising  by Gwyn A Williams.                >Raynor LEWIS

Dic Penderyn [ pamphlets]                  >Selwyn Davies

The life and works of David Davies [ Gilfach Goch ] by Barry A Thomas                >Selwyn Davies

Glynogwr & Gilfach Goch , a History  by Meirion  Davies  1981. Publisher D. Brown and Sons Ltd.,Cowbridge and Bridgend . Early histories, boundries and events,prominent early inhabitants,land- tenure and usage, settlement pattern,religion,education,coal mining,transport and communication,origin of the name Gilfach Goch,farms,ministers of chapels,genealogy of the Muerig family,mines,61 pictures,8 maps.                 >Lynn Dunn

Gilfach Goch in Cameo  Vol 1,2&3 by Kate Olwen Pritchard                  >Selwyn Davies

Rhondda Collieries Vol 1 by John Cornwell                 >Huw Daniel

Rhondda Valleys in the 1840s from the Tithe Maps by  Jeff Davies, 1997.            >Jill Muir or Ron Davies

Various other accounts of mining accidents in Rhondda [extracted from Western Mail]            >Selwyn Davies

The Rhondda Valleys by E D Lewis             >Selwyn Davies

Rhondda my valley brave by Emrys Pride                >Selwyn Davies

Rhondda past and future by K S Hopkins              >Selwyn Davies

Housing in the Rhondda 1800-1940 by Malcolm J Fiske                >Selwyn Davies

From Rosewall to Rhondda [ Life of Archibald Hood ]               >Selwyn Davies

Rhondda in ancient times by Glyn J Davies                 >Selwyn Davies

Chapels in the Valley. A Study in the Sociology of Welsh Nonconformity. Fieldwork in the Aberdare Valley, Glamorgan. By D. Ben Rees. Merseyside 1975. There is an introduction to the book  with chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page                >Gareth Hicks

Cynon Valley Place-names by Deric John  1998. The place name index from the book is reproduced here                >Deric John

Labour Strife in the South Wales Coalfield 1910-1911 by David Evans, subtitled: ' A Historical and Critical Record of the Mid-Rhondda, Aberdare Valley and other Strikes.' (published Cardiff 1911).This contains a detailed official account of those events. It is not indexed, but does include a 7-page list of casualties sustained by police (name, rank, force, nature of injury etc.), excluding 500 'minor injuries'       INDEX              >  Lookups not available

Ogmore Valley " Journal 2000"by the Ogmore Valley Local History & Heritage Society (ISBN 0 9539792 0 2) .  A brief introduction is on Gareth's Help Page                    >Huw Daniel

Old Maesteg and the Bridgend Valleys in Photographs, by Richard Keen. The copy I have has no covers and several pages missing, with only photographs of Ogmore Vale remaining. No ISBN or date but I think it was produced in the 1970`s.              >Huw Daniel

The Gwalia. The story of a valleys shop. [ National Museum of Wales ]                 >Huw Daniel

The Valleys Autobiography Vols 1 & 2. A people's history of the Ogmore, Llynfi & Garw valleys             >Huw Daniel

Ogmore , Llynfi & Garw Valleys in old photographs  by Richard Keen. Name index compiled by Huw Daniel available online at     Index                 >Huw Daniel

The History of the Llynfi Valley by Brinley Richards M.A 1982. Published by D Brown & sons Ltd, Eastgate Press, Cowbridge    ISBN 0 905928 16 4. A contents list prepared  by Daniel Verkys  is on   Genuki

Soariana by John Thomas. A translation published by Glamorgan FHS. A History of Soar Chapel, Pen-y-graig [preachers names and brief history 1834-1901]. An index by Huw Daniel is available on   INDEX        >Huw Daniel

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West Glamorgan

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Skewen & District - A History. By Bailey, John & Emyr Gough.1998 . An index by Dai Bevan     >Dai Bevan

A Skewen Boy Looks Back. George, David Graham. 1999/2000 ?  An index by Dai Bevan     >Dai Bevan

Monks to Millennium, the Story of the Village of Cilffriw. (In Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton parish). By the Cilffriw Millennium Book Group, December 2000. Limited edition of 1000 copies. An online index compiled by Gareth Hicks is available on  INDEX             >Gareth Hicks

The History of Pontardulais  translated in 1985 by Ivor Griffiths, from "Hanes Pontarddulais" written  in 1949 by various contributors, edited by E Lewis Evans. In my copy, ' Rebecca in Pontardulais' translated by Ivor Griffiths is appended to 'The History of Pontardulais''.   Index                    >Tina Morgan
The translation by Ivor Griffiths is available for purchase, see Gareth's Help Page 

The Rebecca Riots   by David Williams  1986                >Gareth Hicks

The Men of the Mumbles Head . The Story of the Mumbles Lifeboat from 1832. By Carl Smith 1977. Published by Gomer Press, Llandysul, Dyfed. An index compiled by Roger McFenton  is available on INDEX        >Roger McFenton

Once upon a Village--aspects of life in the Mumbles 1901-1914  by Carol Powel. An online index compiled by Diana Davies is available on   INDEX                 >Diana Davies

The Story of the Village of Mumbles . By Gerald Gabb, M.A.1986. Published by D. Brown and Sons, Cowbridge in conjuction with The Ostreme Community Association, Mumbles. ISBN 0 905928 61 X. An online index  compiled by Diana Davies is available on INDEX               >Diana Davies

Of Swansea West: Mumbles Past and Present . Norman L Thomas. Gomer Press. 1978. ISBN 0 906199 026. An online index  compiled by Eluned Lloyd is available on  INDEX. There is a review and list of chapter headings /illustrations on   Gareth's Help Page               >Eluned Lloyd

Inklemakers--Life in C19 Oystermouth[Mumbles]  By Carol Powell 1994/95. Printed in the village of Oystermouth by The Cottle Printing Company. No ISBN. Anindex  compiled by Diana Davies is available on INDEX        >Diana Davies

A History of All Saints' Church Oystermouth . By Geoffrey R.Orrin and Dr. F.G.Cowley,1990.Gomer Press, Llandysul, Dyfed. ISBN 0 86383 705 0. An index  compiled by Diana Davies is available on   INDEX      >Diana Davies

Swansea Reflections in Black & White.Compiled by Bernard Mitchell 1983.An online index compiled by Roger McFenton is available on     INDEX            >Roger McFenton

Jubilee Swansea A town in the 1890s.By Gerald Gabb 1995. An online index compiled by Charlene Morgan is available on   INDEX           >Charlene Morgan

Jubilee Swansea II  By Gerald Gabb 1999. An index by Charlene Morgan is available on   INDEX    >Charlene Morgan

Swansea, its Port and Trade and Development, by Alderman Edward Harris, 1935. By kind permission of the publishers, Western Mail & Echo Ltd, there is an online detailed  summary of this book  inc. a Swansea timeline by Gareth Hicks

The Economic Development of Swansea and of the Swansea District to 1921. By D Trevor Williams. University College of Swansea Pamphlet 4. 1940. The area covered by the book is extensive, as well as the anthracite coalfield, it includes Neath/Cwmavon/Maesteg/Pyle and south east Carmarthenshire There are large sections on coal-mining and the smelting industries. There is a substantial extract from the book on Not everyone knows this. There is a list of chapter headings on   Gareth's Help Page        >Gareth Hicks

Morriston's Pictorial Past by Andr'e D.Scoville,1988. An index by Les Parsons is available on  INDEX    *Lookups not currently available*  But the author can be contacted re particular photographs via the LE address page as normal      

The History of Brynteg, Gorseinon [Independent chapel]. By John Ceri Williams and D. Tom Davies.Translated by Ivor Griffiths 2000. Index by Gareth Hicks     INDEX                 >Gareth Hicks
The translation by Ivor Griffiths is available for purchase, see Gareth's Help Page 

Neath's Wicked World . A collection of essays by Dr Tom Davies.Published  in 2000 by West Glamorgan Archives Service, Limited Edition of 800.There is a list of  chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page. The original index has been extracted by Brian Wagstaffe and is online on  INDEX                  >Sarah Wagstaffe

Old Neath in Pictures in 4 Volumes. An online index of Old Neath in Pictures compiled by Brian Wagstaffe is available on   Index              >Dai Bevan

Images of Neath & Port Talbot by David Roberts , South Wales Evening Post 1999. ISBN- 1 85983 1745. An online index by Brian Wagstaffe is available on   Index               >Sarah Wagstaffe

History of the Vale of Neath  by D Rhys Phillips 1925. A copy of the book's index has been provided online by Brian Wagstaffe on     Index                >Sarah Wagstaffe

Neath & District - A Symposium   edited by Elis Jenkins               >Dai Bevan

Neath Official Guide by authority of Neath Borough Council 1970                   >Katy Jenkins

History of Y Gwrhyd [in Llangiwg parish]  by Joshua Lewis c 1897. An  online index compiled by Gareth Hicks is available   on    INDEX              >Darris Williams   OR          >Gareth Hicks

The History of Pontardawe by John E Morgan [Hirfryn] 1911. Translated by Ivor Griffiths. An online index compiled by Gareth Hicks is available on   INDEX. There is a list of section headings on  Gareth's Help Page      >Gareth Hicks
The translation by Ivor Griffiths is available for purchase, see Gareth's Help Page 

Two Centuries of Pontardawe 1794-1994 by Clive Reed, detailing industrial development; 1838 tithe maps and some personal names. An index of names by Phil Vaughan is available on INDEX .      >Phil Vaughan

Growing up in a Welsh Valley - Kathleen Healy, 1999, ISBN 0-7223-3206-8. About the Pontardawe area , near Swansea, period 1920-1940. An online index compiled by Jill Smith is available on    INDEX        >Jill Smith

Around Pontardawe  Compiled by the Pontardawe Historians 1996. An online index  compiled by Gareth Hicks is available on   INDEX           >Gareth Hicks

Around Pontardawe - The Second Selection  ;  Images of Wales series 1999. Compiled by the Pontardawe Historians. An online index  compiled by Gareth Hicks is available on   INDEX           >Gareth Hicks

The History of Pontardawe and District 1967 by John Henry Davies. An online index compiled by Gareth Hicks is available  on    INDEX. There is also an online summary of part of this book on the Cwmgors/Waun  page     >Gareth Hicks

Old Characters of Gellinudd [near Pontardawe] by John  E Morgan [Hirfryn] 1908. Translated by Ivor Griffiths. An online index compiled by Gareth Hicks is available on   Index               >Gareth Hicks
The translation by Ivor Griffiths is available for purchase, see Gareth's Help Page 

The History of Clydach (Clydach a'r cylch) by Evans, Rev. T. Valentine. Translated by Ivor Griffiths 
The history of the Calvinistic Methodists in Clydach by Davies, Rev. D. Translated by Ivor Griffiths
Ynyspenllwch : a brief history by Griffiths, Ivor
There is a single index by Mike Doyle on  INDEX               >Mike Doyle

Hen Gymeriadau Cwmgors a'r Waun o'r flwyddyn 1840 [Old Characters of Cwmgors and Gwauncaegurwen from the year 1840 ] by Jonah Evans 1907. Two villages in Llangiwg parish. The book has been indexed and translated by Jenni Hyatt and is on  INDEX.

Annibynwyr Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen by L C Huws 1942. History of Carmel Independent chapel, Gwauncaegurwen and Tabernacle chapel, Cwmgors, Llangiwg . The translation and index by Gareth Hicks are on  INDEX

Pit Memories [Up and Under] by William John Evans 1989 . Dinefwr Press, Llandybie.  Or in Welsh "Atgofion y Pwll " [ Lan a Lawr]. The book is bi-lingual although the two sections are not identical. There is coverage of Betws[Ammanford] Colliery but also some on the villages /mines of Brynamman in CMN and Tairgwaith, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Cwmgors in Glamorgan. There is an index of photographs in the book on  Index and  a listing of  chapter headings on Gareth's Help Page          >Gareth Hicks

History of the Methodists in West Glamorgan  By the Rev. W Samlet Williams 1916. Translated by Ivor Griffiths. An online index by Margaret Jones is available on   INDEX         >Margaret Jones
The translation by Ivor Griffiths is available for purchase, see Gareth's Help Page 

Hanes Eglwys Cwmllynfell. [The History of Cwmllynfell Church, an Independent chapel in Llangiwg parish]. By The Reverends J Dyfnallt Owen M.A , J D Jones and Ben Davies. Published by W Spurrell & Son, Carmarthen, 1935. This book has not been translated. There is an index by Gareth Hicks on    INDEX      *Not available for lookups*

A History of Taibach to 1872  By Rev.Richard Morgan. This was originally written in Welsh, and called 'Gemau Margam',  translation by Les Evans .An online index by Carole Wilkes is on    INDEX    *Not available for lookups*

 

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