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“Pamphlet of remarks on the proposed asylum harbour at Holyhead in a letter by Charles Wye Williams, Esq., Liverpool to Lord Viscount Sandon M.P. “

1847 BMSS/35592-35593
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM
“Booklet: Tourist Guide to Munich which is called 'the Capital of the Movement' - i.e. the German National Socialist Workers Party”

c.1936 BMSS/33211
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Map o Stad Porth Llechog Ardalydd Môn ger Amlwch yn dangos datblygiad y cwrs golff ac tir gyda plotiau adeiladu

Marquis of Anglesey’s Bull Bay Estate near Amlwch showing the development of the golf course and building land with provisional plots marked up.

c.1910 PN/VIII/4980
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Yfory (Dydd Mawrth) / Tomorrow (Tuesday)

Dr Marian Gwyn: Textiles as Exploitation: Clothing, Commerce & Control on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations

Am ddim i fynychu neu ymunwch ar-lein.
Free to attend or join online.
Seminar Ymchwil / Research Seminar

@mariangwyn.bsky.social
‘Textiles as Exploitation’

10/2/2026

Croeso i bawb / All welcome

www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Mae’r ffilm Madfabulous am fywyd Henry Cyril Paget, pumed Ardalydd Môn, ar fin cael ei ddangos yn y misoedd nesaf, dyma lythyr gan Brif Gwnstabl Porthaethwy a anfonwyd at asiant yr Ardalydd oherwydd bod yr Ardalydd yn gyrru’n gyflym drwy bentref Gaerwen.
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
With the film Madfabulous about the life of Henry Cyril Paget, the fifth Marquess of Anglesey scheduled to premiere in the coming months, here we have a letter from the Chief Constable of Menai Bridge sent to the Marquess’ agent on account of the Marquess speeding through the village of Gaerwen.
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Rhôl achau David Salusbury o Llanrhaeadr ger Dinbych gan William Cynwal
Memrwn - 25 troedfedd o hyd
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Pedigree roll of the genealogy of David Salusbury of Llanrhaeadr near Denbigh compiled by William Cynwal
Parchment - 25 feet long

Dyddiad/Date: c. 1570 BMSS/119
February 4, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Wrth i ni ddathlu 200 Pont Y Borth, dyma luniau o 1926 o ddathliadau canmlwyddiant pont grog Telford yng Nghonwy.
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As we celebrate the bicentenary of the Menai Suspension bridge, here we have photographs from 1926 of the centenary celebrations of Telford’s suspension bridge at Conwy

BMSS/33121
February 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Plan of the river at Conway in the county of Caernarvon

2026 sees the bicentenary of Telford’s suspension bridges over the Conwy & Menai. This map prior to the bridge’s construction features an island ‘Claimed by Sir R. Mostyn Bart’ where the bridge’s northern tower stands

Pre 1796 Most/7289
February 2, 2026 at 9:27 AM
“Plan of the river at Conway in the county of Caernarvon"

Map yn dangos Conwy cyn i pont crog Thomas Telford chael ei hadeiladu. Ar y map gallwch weld ynys 'Claimed by Sir Roger Mostyn Bart.' lle adeiladwyd tŵr gogleddol y bont

Dyddiad: cyn 1796 Most/7289
February 2, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Reposted by Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives
Two hundred years ago #OnThisDay the magnificent Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, was opened. Read more about it on my web site: www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/bridg...
January 30, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Happy 200th birthday to the Menai Suspension Bridge

The Archives & Special Collections Annual Exhibition for 2026 will celebrate the bridge’s bicentenary with items selected from our rare books & special collections. The exhibition will also be available to view online.

Watch this space
January 30, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Pen-blwydd hapus i Bont Grog y Borth yn 200 oed

Bydd Arddangosfa Flynyddol yr Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig 2026 yn dathlu daucanmlwyddiant y bont. Bydd yr arddangosfa hefyd ar gael i'w gweld ar-lein o’r 07/03/26.

Cadwch lygad allan.
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Poster yn hysbysebu Rasys Ynys Môn, 1825

Byddai'r cyfarfodydd rasio fel arfer yn digwydd yn flynyddol ym Mharc Tregarnedd, Llangefni, gyda'r cae ras yn symud i Fiwmares yn ddiweddarach ar ôl 1827.

Dyddiad: 1825 Heb ei gatalogio
January 30, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Poster advertising the Anglesey Races, 1825

The race meetings would usually take place annually at Tregarnedd Park, Llangefni, with the racecourse later moving to Beaumaris after 1827.

Date: 1825 Uncatalogued
January 30, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Diddorol pan fyddwch yn dod ar draws yr penawd:

Always intriguing when you come across a document headed:

“SECRET” & "OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT”

Torpedoes: reports notes & the results of tests on and concerning torpedoes conducted at the National Physical Laboratory

BMSS/32058-32069 1921-1932
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Today’s featured item listed in Daniel Huws’ s ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’:

“Piser Sioned”

The book belonged to Cadwaladr Davies, a schoolteacher "next to the Dwyryd", near Corwen.

Date: 1735-1745 BMSS/3212
January 28, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Yr eitem dan sylw heddiw a restrir yng nghampwaith Daniel Huws, ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’:

“Piser Sioned”

Llyfr Cadwaladr Davies, athro ysgol "yn ymul y Ddwyryd", ger Corwen.

Dyddiad: 1735-1745 BMSS/3212
January 28, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Subscription towards the Tre Madoc Embankment

Copi o'r penderfyniadau a basiwyd ym Mai 1812 o dan lywyddiaeth y Viscount Bulkeley o Fôn ar y modd gorau i roi cymorth i W.A. Maddocks pan wnaethpwyd difrod i'r y Cob gan stormydd. Amrwy enwau, y bardd Shelley yn eu plith.

Dyddiad: 1812 BMSS/2382
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Subscription towards the Tre Madoc Embankment

Resolutions passed in 1812 under the presidency of Viscount Bulkeley of Anglesey on the best way to help W.A. Maddocks when damage was done to the Cob by the sea tide during a storm. The poet Shelley’s name is among the subscribers

Date:1812 BMSS/2382
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Peter Comestor's 'Historia Scholastica'.

A copy on velum completed in 1469, written in brown ink, rubricated, and decorated with fine red elongated pen flourishes. Rebound in the 19th century in full brown goatskin.

Formerly preserved in the Bangor Cathedral Library.

Date: 1469 BMSS/15233
January 26, 2026 at 9:54 AM
'Historia Scholastica' gan Peter Comestor.

Felwm; wedi'i ysgrifennu mewn inc brown, wedi'i rwbio, a'i addurno â phen hir coch mân yn ffynnu. Wedi'i ailrwymo mewn lledr brown croen gafr yn y 19eg ganrif.

Cadwyd gynt yn Llyfrgell Eglwys Gadeiriol Bangor.

Dyddiad: 1469 BMSS/15233
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 AM
An opportunity to listen to a talk by the wonderful Dr Marian Gwyn

Textiles as Exploitation: Clothing, Commerce & Control on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations

6pm, 10/2/2026 Lecture Room 3, Main Arts Building Bangor University, or join online

For more information:
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...
January 23, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Cyfle i wrando ar sgwrs gan yr hynod ddiddorol Dr Marian Gwyn.

Textiles as Exploitation: Clothing, Commerce & Control on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations

6pm 10/2/2026 Darlithfa 3, Prif Adeilad Y Celfyddydau neu ymunwch ar-lein

Am fwy o wybodaeth:

www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...
January 23, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Dyma fap yn dangos cwrs yr Afon Adda trwy Fangor. Ychydig iawn o'r Adda sydd i'w weld heddiw gan ei fod wedi'i gwlfertu ac yn rhedeg o dan y ddinas.

“Map of the Penrhyn estate in the Bangor Board of Health District.”

PENRA/2219 1856
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM