#dyddllunymap #MapMonday Map of Tyddyn y Waen and Tyddyn Redden in Llanrhyddlad Dydiad/Date: d.d./n.d. BMSS/10022

Byddem yn cymryd rhan yn Wythnos Archwiliwch Eich Archif eto eleni, cadwch lygad allan am ein postiadau --- We'll be taking part in the Explore Your Archive Week again this year, keep an eye out for our posts Blog: www.exploreyourarchive.org/explore-your...

An account of the charity founded by Mrs Eleanor Kynnier of London, widow, in 1689 for the purpose of maintaining two ministers' widows who shall set up a school for the teaching of boys in the parish of Amlwch. Dyddiad/Date: c. 1721 PEN/7/938

Very exciting to be visiting Maynooth to share the great work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social during the Welsh Government Funded Penrhyn Jamaica Papers project!

#aydh ym 1691 ganwyd William Bulkeley, Brynddu, Llanfechell, Ynys Môn. #otd in 1691, William Bulkeley of Brynddu, Llanfechell, Angesey was born.

"Plan of proposed Smithfield at Menai Bridge" Dyddiad/Date: d.d. / n.d. PN/VIII/5660

“Plan of Treban and Penrhiw in the parish of Llanbeulan. Includes sketch of the front prospect of Treban” Surveyor : J. Thomas Dyddiad / Date: 1828 MC/3/119

Rhybudd tresmasu Ystâd Mostyn. --- Mostyn Estate trespassing warning. Steel traps and dog spears!! Yikes!

Pacedlong Saint Wenefrede Steam Packet Dyddiad/Date: 1830

Derbynneb hyfryd William Jones’ Ironmongery Stores yn Felinheli. Lovely headed receipt of William Jones’ Ironmongery Stores in Felinheli. Dyddiad/Date: 1900 PN/VIII/4700

Plan showing proposed alterations at the Golden Lion Hotel, Llangefni. R.G. Thomas, M.S.A., Architect and Surveyor, Menai Bridge Dyddiad/Date: 1902 BMSS/37799

The 2025 Archives Annual Lecture will be delivered by Alex Ioannou. “Challenging time(s): Exploring how we shape the past and future of Eryri through the exchange of material culture.” 12/11/25 5:30pm Eric Sunderland Lecture Theatre (MALT) Free to attend [email protected] 01248 383276

Bydd Darlith Flynyddol yr Archifdy 2025 yn cael ei thraddodi gan Alex Ioannou Challenging time(s): Exploring how we shape the past and future of Eryri through the exchange of material culture. 12/11/25 5:30pm Darlithfa Eric Sunderland (MALT) Rhad ac am Ddim [email protected] 01248 383276

It was a pleasure to welcome Leonardo Pérez Barría to the Archives recently - the Curator of the Museo Regional de Aysén , Patagonia, Chile. He came to Bangor University to study the archival material that we hold in relation to the establishment of a Welsh Colony in South America.

Roedd yn hyfryd croesawu Leonardo Pérez Barría i’r Archifdy yn ddiweddar - Curadur Amgueddfa Rhanbarthol Aysén, ym Mhatagonia, Chile. Daeth i Brifysgol Bangor i fwrw golwg dros y deunydd archifol sydd gennym sy’n ymwneud â sefydlu Gwladfa Gymreig yn Ne America.

Well, the Bangor History Festival was a fabulous success with talks & walking tours all very well attended. So many of you visited the archives, a great opportunity to showcase a selection of items from our collections. Thanks to Luke for helping & to Iwan & team for organising such a great event

Wel roedd Gŵyl Hanes Bangor yn lwyddiant ysgubol gyda lot fawr o bobol wedi mynychu a mwynhau'r sgyrsiau a’r teithiau. Croesawyd nifer fawr ohonoch i’r Archifdy, cyfle gwych i ddangos detholiad bach o eitemau o'n casgliadau. Diolch i Luke am wirfoddoli ac i Iwan a'r tîm am drefnu digwyddiad mor wych

#dyddllunymap #MapMonday Map of Beaumaris (surveyed by Richard Yates) Dyddiad/Date: 1829 BHILL/6496

Who's coming to the History Festival tomorrow, plenty of free events and loads of topics covered? More information here: www.bangor.ac.uk/.../events/b...

Pwy sy’n dod i’r Ŵyl Hanes yfory, digon o ddigwyddiadau yn rhad ac am ddim i’ch diddori? Mwy o wybodaeth yma: www.bangor.ac.uk/.../digwyddi...

Yesterday we displayed items from the Elsi Eldridge (wife of the poet RS Thomas) collection to members of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales with a talk by Prof Tony Brown about the artist. The Archives supports several research centres at the University including the RS Thomas Research Centre.

Ddoe cawsom gyfle i arddangos eitemau o gasgliad yr artist, Elsi Eldridge (gwraig y bardd RS Thomas) i aelodau o Gymdeithas Celfyddyd Gyfoes Cymru gyda’r Athro Tony Brown yn traddodi am ei gwaith. Mae’r Archifau yn cefnogi sawl canolfan ymchwil y Brifysgol gan gynnwys Canolfan Ymchwil RS Thomas.

#aydh ym 1893, ganwyd Saunders Lewis yn Wallasey, Glannau Merswy. Roedd yn wleidydd, bardd a dramodydd, a chyd-sefydlydd Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru. Roedd yn yn ymgyrchydd brwd dros yr Iaith Gymraeg a chwaraeodd ran allweddol yn sefydlu Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg. GARTHA/1007 1949

#otd in 1893, Saunders Lewis was born in Wallasey, Merseyside. He was a co-founder of Plaid Cymru, and an ardent advocate and campaigner for the Welsh Language playing an instrumental role in the creation of Cymdeithas Yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society). GARTHA/1007 1949

Bydd yr Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig yn chwarae rhan bwysig yng Ngŵyl Hanes Bangor Dydd Sadwrn. Byddem ar agor 10am-4pm i’r cyhoedd gyda arddangosfeydd: Meddygaeth Pêl-droed ym Mangor Ystad y Penrhyn a Chaethwasiaeth Addysg ym Mangor Kate Roberts www.bangor.ac.uk/cy/digwyddia...

The Archives and Special Collections are taking part at the Bangor History Festival this coming Saturday. We will be open from 10am-4pm to the public featuring displays on: Medicine Football in Bangor The Penrhyn Estate & Slavery Education in Bangor Kate Roberts www.bangor.ac.uk/events/bango...

Letters patent ratifying and confirming a Dispensation (annexed) granted by the archbishop of Canterbury to Hugh Wynn, clerk, Doctor of Laws, to add the issues of the rectory of Llanbeder (sic) Dyffryn Clwyd to those of the rectory of Dolgelley which he already enjoys. Dyddiad/Date: 1730 MOST/336

LANSIAD LLYFR | BOOK LAUNCH Dr Shaun Evans Mewn sgwrs gyda | In conversation with Dr Lowri Ann Rees COMING OF AGE CELEBRATIONS ON WELSH LANDED ESTATES: GENTRY, CULTURE & SOCIETY c.1770-1920 5.30pm, 23/10/2015 Lecture Room 2 Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University Croeso i bawb | All welcome!

“Plan of the new allotments on Malldraeth and Corsddaugau Marsh” BMSS/118 Dyddiad/Date: 1790

Rhai o eitemau rhyfedd o'n casgliadau. / Some peculiar items from our collection. “Box containing samples of stones from Parys Mountain, Amlwch The box also contains a sachet of earth from Nazareth” BMSS/33223 1967

Plan of foreshore at Garth. Shows line of boundary between the properties of the Right Hon. Lord Penrhyn and P.S.Gregory Esq. Signed by P. Shearson Gregory. Dyddiad/Date: 14 /04/1896 PFA/6/184

"Probate of the will of Margaret Mostyn [in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury] Fine impression of the seal of the Court attached." Dyddiad/Date: 1594/1595 MOST/108

A map of the manor or demesne land of Penrhyn Mawr in the parish of Llandegai in the county of Caernarvon the property of the Right Honourable Richard Pennant Featuring an inset drawing of the earlier Penrhyn Castle before it was rebuilt by Thomas Hopper between 1822-1837 1803 PFA/6/157

Ar #DiwrnodCardiauPostYByd dyma ddetholiad bach o'r amrywiaeth eang o gardiau post sydd gennym yn ein casgliadau. --- On #WorldPostcardDay here we have just a very small selection of the vast array of postcards we hold in our collections.

Honoured to be invited to share my work as the guest speaker at @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture. November 12 17:30 -18:30 See you there! I am thankful for all the support I have received from the BUASC staff and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social.

Many thanks to Dr Shaun Evans, Director of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates, for gifting us with a copy of his new book. ISWE make extensive use of our archival collections, and it is a pleasure to work with and alongside such innovative people. Llongyfarchiadau mawr Shaun.

Diolch yn fawr i Dr Shaun Evans, Cyfarwyddwr Sefydliad Ymchwil Ystadau Cymru, am roi copi o'i lyfr newydd inni. Mae SYYC yn gwneud defnydd helaeth o'n casgliadau archifol, ac mae wir yn bleser cael gweithio gyda phobl mor arloesol. Llongyfarchiadau mawr Shaun.

Help save local Welsh placenames on new digital map. Helpu i achub enwau lleoedd lleol Cymru ar fap digidol newydd. datamap.gov.wales/survey/wpnc/...

Hysbyseb am de Menai Tips Tea o gylchgrawn y Brifysgol ‘The Old Bangorian’ (Rhagfyr 1953). --- An advertisement for Menai Tips Tea taken from the University magazine ‘The Old Bangorian’ (December 1953).

#dyddllunymap #MapMonday A plan of Henllys Groes and Ty’n Rhos in the parish of Aberffraw, Tyn Towyn & Castell Crwban in the parish of Holyhead & Caea’r Aeres in the parish of Newborough – Property of Richard Hughes Caru’r enw / Love the name: ‘Castell Crwban’ (tortoise castle) 1795 PYA/35722

Great Seal of James I c.1603-1605

Happy Birthday to Glan-llyn, the Urdd's outdoor education centre in Bala, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary today. An opportunity to share our online exhibition from 2022 which celebrated the centenary of the Urdd youth movement. #gwylglanllyn sway.cloud.microsoft/pBGAyh5btkNH...

Pen-blwydd hapus i Wersyll yr Urdd, Glan-llyn yn 75 mlwydd oed! Cyfle eto i ni rannu ein harddangosfa ar lein a oedd yn dathlu canmlwyddiant yr Urdd nol yn 2022. #gwylglanllyn sway.cloud.microsoft/6RtvsXqeGcQz...

110 years ago on the 11th of September 1915 the first meeting of the first branch of the WI was held in Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Anglesey. Here are a few extracts taken from the minute book (BMSS/11503) which records the early activities of this long-standing institution. #WI110years

110 mlynedd yn ôl ar yr 11eg o Fedi 1915 cynhaliwyd cyfarfod cyntaf cangen gyntaf SYM yn Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Ynys Môn. Dyma ychydig o ddyfyniadau o'r llyfr cofnodion (BMSS/11503) sy'n cofnodi gweithgareddau cynnar y sefydliad hirhoedlog hwn. #WI110years

Clues to things that no longer exist… Have you explored our Historic Place Name database yet? Welsh place names are ancient and fascinating and help us understand the land, people and history that are unique to that place. Find out more: zurl.co/KtPr3

Cliwiau i bethau sydd wedi diflannu…Ydych chi wedi archwilio ein cronfa ddata o Enwau Lleoedd Hanesyddol? Mae enwau lleoedd Cymraeg yn hen ac yn ddiddorol ac yn ein helpu i ddeall y tir, y bobl a’r hanes sy’n unigryw i’r lle. Gallwch ddarganfod mwy yma: zurl.co/mm3Z9

Tŵr Llywelyn a safle Neuadd Llywelyn, Conwy Llywelyn's Tower & site of Llywelyn's Hall, Conwy “'Twr Llywelyn' in Conwy (older than the Walls).” Dyddiad/Date: c.1904 BMSS/23008