#aydh Ar y dydd hwn yn 1734 (291 mlynedd yn ôl) – bu farw Ellis Wynne, awdur Gweledigaethau y Bardd Cwsc. cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweledi...

Honoured to address the @cambriansarch.bsky.social yesterday evening as part of their wonderful 2025 Summer Meeting on the Houses and Gardens of North Wales.

Book: The Powells of Nanteos, by Gerald Morgan, published 11 July @ylolfa.bsky.social‬. The Nanteos Mansion Hotel closed on 5 March after operating for 12 years, due to difficult economic conditions. www.ylolfa.com/products/978...

We’re absolutely delighted to hear that Dr Sadie Jarrett has been awarded the 2024 Francis Jones Prize for Welsh History for her first book, Gentility in Early Modern Wales: The Salusbury Family 1450-1720: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/dr-sadie-jar...

We’re absolutely delighted to hear that Dr Sadie Jarrett has been awarded the 2024 Francis Jones Prize for Welsh History for her first book, Gentility in Early Modern Wales: The Salusbury Family 1450-1720: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/dr-sadie-jar...

A lovely community engagement event at Canolfan Tregarth this evening discussing local history, landscape & environment through maps, photographs, old tools, place names, books, song, poetry, family documents, archives and memories. A huge diolch to everyone who came along to share and discuss.

Huge congratulations to ISWE’s @bethanscorey.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD thesis earlier today! Bethan’s thesis is a wonderfully expansive architectural history of St Fagans Castle, examined by Dr Ruth Larsen (Derby) & Dr Euryn Roberts (Bangor). Llongyfarchiadau enfawr Dr Scorey!!

"Lord has unlocked the potential of art to tell the story of Wales as a nation." Completely agree, including how environment (fishing, mining, landscapes, industry, pollution) shaped Welsh identity - well worth a trip to #Aberystwyth to see this landmark exhibition. #WelshArt #highlyrecommended

A new study has revealed the most beautiful walks in Wales, with a Welsh castle and garden leading the list of strong contenders from across the nation

New blog by @bethanscorey.bsky.social on Peter Lord’s ‘No Welsh Art’ exhibition at @librarywales.bsky.social, focusing especially on the role of the gentry as patrons for Welsh visual culture: www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/no...

📢 REGISTRATION OPEN! Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library 9–10 Sep UCL @livesandletters.bsky.social This symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives & methodologies. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

CAA Eisteddfod Lecture 16.30 Wednesday 6th August, 2025 (by Ann Parry Owen). Join us for our annual Welsh-language lecture on the Maes at Wrexham on the fascinating word-lists created in 1632͏-3 by the manuscript copier John Jones of Gellilyfdy, Flintshire.

Darlith Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Cymru yn yr Eisteddfod (gan Ann Parry Owen) 16.30 Mercher 6ed Awst, 2025 yn Wrecsam – ymunwch â ni am ddarlith ddifyr ar y rhestrau geiriau rhyfeddol a luniodd y copïwr llawysgrifau John Jones, Gellilifdy, Sir y Fflint.

Gwefr prynu Beibl 'sydd mor brin â dannedd iâr' www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/ert...

A lovely morning at Canolfan Cefnfaes, Bethesda, discussing local history, archives, landscape, placenames, farming and the future. Funded by a Bangor University Community Engagement award.

"Map of Rhos [Denbighshire] as it was 60 years ago, with the houses and common names of the inhabitants" by John Platt 1895 BMSS/40221 A charming map depicting Rhosllannerchrugog as it was in 1835, listing the names of the inhabitants of each house and the name of every business premises.

"Map o Rhosllannerchrugog [Sir Ddinbych] fel yr oedd 60 mlynedd yn ôl, yn nghyd a'r tai ac enwau cyffredin y trigolion" gan John Platt 1895 BMSS/40221 Map hyfryd yn darlunio Rhosllannerchrugog fel yr oedd yn 1835, yn rhestru enwau trigolion pob tŷ ac enw pob safle busnes.

Sut mae Dyffryn Ogwen wedi newid? Y penwythnos yma, yng Nghanolfan Cefnfaes, Bethesda, dewch yn llu. How has Dyffryn Ogwen changed? This weekend at Canolfan Cefnfaes, Bethesda, all welcome.

Wonderful to be at Bangor University this evening for a special event on Tirweddau Beiblaidd | Biblical Landscapes, co-organised by our doctoral researcher Alex Ioannou with Dr Gareth Jones-Evans. A lovely exploration of Welsh landscape through creativity, collaboration and care

We’ve had a wonderful couple of days at Gregynog with the ISWE doctoral & doctoral graduate community. Based right across Wales, and beyond, it’s always brilliant to bring this group together to share knowledge, expertise and experiences. Bangor Fund supported

📚 Mae ymgyrchwyr sy'n brwydro i arbed archifdy Prifysgol Bangor yn dweud eu bod wedi cael eu 'llethu' gan y gefnogaeth. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/28570/

Caerphilly Council has yet to receive any offers to take over the running of Llancaiach Fawr, a Freedom of Information (FOI) response has revealed

News that Bangor University is to reconsider proposed cuts to its Archives and Special Collection service following significant public and political pressure has been welcomed

The Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank, also known as Banc y Ddafad Ddu, was established in Aberystwyth, during the early 19th century. The number of sheep featured on the bank note corresponded to its value in pounds. BMSS/61

“Oherwydd ei hanes a’i lleoliad, mae gan y Brifysgol gyfrifoldeb moesol i barchu’r gyfran o’n treftadaeth leol sydd yn ei gofal’’

Newyddion gwych! @archpbu.bsky.social

Happy #FindsFriday from our team in Newtown! The first two images you see here are from our Newtown dig back in 2022 bearing the Pryce family seal- a transitional mallet bottle dated to around 1730.

“Plan of Ty Hen, Parlwr and Cefn y Dre in the parish of Llanfaelog” Surveyor : Richard Owen Dyddiad / Date: 1792 MC/3/108

'what we’re seeing now is not a neutral rebalancing of the books. It feels like a dismantling of the humanities, a retreat from the very fields of knowledge that hold the keys to our collective future.'

Dr Gareth Huws yn trafod pwysigrwydd archifau

Join us for an inspiring evening of exploration and reflection on the Biblical Landscapes of Wales @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social Organised by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social, the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales and @archpbu.bsky.social. www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...

Alyn Giles Jones (1928-2000) Bangor University's first full-time archivist. "For him the safety of the documents in his care was paramount and he was prepared to stand up to the most senior academic colleagues in their defence". Professor A.D. Carr.

Alyn Giles Jones (1928-2000) Archifydd llawn amser cyntaf Prifysgol Bangor. “Iddo ef roedd diogelwch y dogfennau yr oedd yn gofalu amdanynt yn hollbwysig ac roedd yn barod i sefyll i fyny yn erbyn y cydweithwyr academaidd uchaf i'w hamddiffyn”. Yr Athro A.D. Carr

'Bygwth dyfodol un o bileri Prifysgol Bangor' Mae dros 1,700 o bobl wedi arwyddo deiseb er mwyn arbed archifdy Prifysgol Bangor rhag toriadau posib

Bangor Uni’s archive is unique - especially the @ystadaucymru.bsky.social collection. Please sign the petition, to reverse 75% cut in staffing. chng.it/hztQLKF74X

Dr Shaun Evans, Director of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE), discussing Bangor University’s Archives and Special Collections

Meinir Moncrieffe rounds off the session with ‘Country house confinements: the forgotten histories of a female gentry underclass’. #HistoricHouseConference @ystadaucymru.bsky.social

Delighted to share this article in PRj vol 23, 'Creating a Database for the Medieval March of Wales', @mappingthemarch.bsky.social edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

Ar gael cyn hir fel cyfrol Mynediad Agored! Mae 'Thomas Pennant: Cysylltiadau Cymreig' gan @ffionmjones.bsky.social o'r @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social yn cyflwyno’r astudiaeth lawn gyntaf o'r naturiaethwr a'r teithiwr o sir y Fflint, ar gyfer cynulleidfa Gymraeg ei hiaith. 📚 bit.ly/4dooayD

Delighted that ISWE is going to be represented again, at the 23rd Annual Historic Houses Conference in Maynooth, by our wonderful Dr Meinir Moncrieffe, who is speaking on: Country house confinements: the forgotten histories of a female gentry underclass

More than 1,000 people are already backing efforts to reverse the proposal

Marian Gwyn @mariangwyn.bsky.social speaking at CartoCymru @librarywales.bsky.social on the Jamaica plantation maps of the Pennant family, Penrhyn Castle held at Bangor Uni archives @archpbu.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social Please support their petition: www.change.org/p/save-your-...

Galw am ddiogelu adran archifau Prifysgol Bangor Mae’r adran yn rhan o ymgynghoriad i dorri 78 o swyddi mewn ymgais i arbed gwerth £5.3m

Please help to ensure that the outstanding historic archives, special collections, rare books and manuscripts held at Bangor University continue to be accessible for research, for students, and for communities across north Wales and the wider world: www.change.org/p/save-your-... Diolch yn fawr!

Terribly, terribly sad to see the historic collections of Gwysaney Hall in Flintshire for sale at auction, including portraits and material culture dating from the 17th century and earlier. I hope that at least some of this remains in Wales. www.dreweatts.com/news-videos/...

Dr Marian Gwyn, promoting the petition to save Bangor University Archives and Special Collections at our National Library of Wales earlier today. Please support: www.change.org/p/save-your-... Diolch! @archpbu.bsky.social

As Dr Daniel Huws, former Keeper of Records at the National Library of Wales, stated in his magnus opus, ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes, c.800–c.1800’, the most thorough and scholarly study of Welsh Manuscripts ever to be conducted:

Fel ysgrifenodd Dr Daniel Huws, cyn Geidwad y Llawysgrifau yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru yn ei gampwaith ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes, c.800–c.1800’, astudiaeth fwyaf trylwyr ac ysgolheigaidd o lawysgrifau Cymraeg a Chymreig sydd erioed wedi’i gyhoedd:

A kind request to sign the petition to show support and solidarity with the Archives Team at the University of Bangor. The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts. Help save our archives!

Please consider signing to support Bangor University Archives. Archives and special collections are vital to the preservation of cultural and intellectual heritage. t.co/PPf1wAQeUU