Merthyr Historian

Volume One

J. Gross, Editor

Published 1976 - ISBN 0 9504845 0 4

Reprinted 1983 - ISBN 0 86383 011 0

Contents:
Industrial History
1. Chronological Date Sequence of Events for the Dowlais Ironworks by J. Owen
2. Merthyr Tydfil. Iron Metropolis 1790-1860 by J. Owen
3. The Plymouth Ironworks by Clive Thomas
4. Visit to the remains of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks by Clive Thomas
History of Transport
5. The History of Transportation in Merthyr Tydfil to celebrate 50 years of Merthyr Buses 1924-1974 by H. Watkins
6. The Glamorganshire Canal by J. Gross
7. The Merthyr Tramroad by J. Gross
8. A History of the Railways of Merthyr Tydfil by Robert V. Barnes
9. The Railways of Merthyr Tydfil by V. L. Wilding
Aspects of Social History
10. The Earliest Non-Conformists in Merthyr Tydfil by Glanmor Williams
11. Poor Relief in Merthyr in the XIXth century by F. Vaughan
12. Notable Women of Merthyr Tydfil by M. S. Taylor
13. The Big Houses of Merthyr Tydfil by M. S. Taylor
14. Richard Lewis - Dic Penderyn by O. Williams

Volume Two

Joseph Gross, Editor

Published 1978 - ISBN 0 9504845 1 2

Contents:
I. Industrial History
1. The Railway Age in Wales by Robert V. Barnes
2. Merthyr Tydfil Industrial Development 1870-1918 by John A. Owen
3. Dowlais Works Locomotives by John A. Owen
II. Living Conditions
4. Housing in Merthyr Tydfil by Diane Green
5. Water Supply and Sewerage in Merthyr Tydfil 1850-1974 by Joseph Gross
6. Hospitals in Merthyr Tydfil 1850-1974 by Joseph Gross
7. The Old Iron Bridge, Merthyr by Leo Davies
III. Aspects of Social History
8. Early Christian Origins and Society in South Wales by Jeremy K. Knight
9. Earning a Living. Industrial Development 1918-1939 by Alun Morgan
10. Merthyr Tydfil and the General Strike by Huw Williams
11. Thomas Stephens of Merthyr by Margaret S. Taylor
IV.
12. Sources Towards a History of Merthyr Tydfil by Huw Williams

Volume Three

Joseph Gross, Editor

Published 1980 - ISBN 0 9504845 2 0

Contents
I. Religious Aspects
1. The Story of Martyr Tudful by Hugh Watkins
2. Church Building in the Nineteenth Century by Owain Jones
3. St. John's Church, Penydarren by J. Gross
II. Industry and Transport
4. Industrial Archaeology in the Merthyr Tydfil District by John Owen
5. Motor Bus Transport in Merthyr Tydfil by C. J. Taylor
6. Accidents at Work in Merthyr Tydfil c. 1840-1850 by Keith Strange
7. Some Aspects of the Tonypandy Riots by Ieuan Thomas
III. Aspects of the Social Scene
8. Mayoral Year 1968/69 by E. M. Edwards
9. Some Aspects of Life in Merthyr Tydfil in the 19th Century by F. Vaughan
10. Brass Bands, Jazz Bands, Choirs: Aspects of Music in Merthyr by Huw Williams
11. Alphonse Esquiros: A French Political Exile in Merthyr and Dowlais in 1864 by S. Beynon John

Volume Four

Joseph Gross, Editor

Published 1989 - ISBN 0 86383 610 0

Contents:
1. Some Aspects of Merthyr Parish in the 17th century by Thomas V. Davies
2. The Magistrates and Courts of Merthyr Tydfil 1600-1977 by H. Watkins
3. Henry Crawshay, the Other Son by Mabel M. Beech
4. Merthyr Tydfil Borough Police 1908-1938. A brief history by Eira M. Smith
5. Joseph Edwards and Merthyr Tydfil by T. F. Holley
6. The story of Merthyr General Hospital by Ann Lewis
7. Economic Development in the Merthyr and Rhymney Valleys 1851-1913. A comparative study by Barry Brunt
8. History of Housing in Merthyr Tydfil by Joseph Gross
9. Francis Crawshay 1811-1878 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley
10. Eleanor Jones Hudson 1874-1945 by M. Lloyd and A. Lewis
11. Sporting Guests by T. F. Holley

Volume Five

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 1992 - ISBN 0 9504845 5 5

Contents:
1. A Valley Comprehensive - Afon Taf High School. The First Twenty Five Years 1967-1992 by Hugh Watkins
2. A Softening Influence: R. T. Crawshay and the Cyfarthfa Band by Trevor Herbert
3. Mor hawddgar... The building, rebuilding and ultimate destruction of Bryn Seion, Dowlais by Martin Snead
4. Merthyr Tydfil: The Development of an Urban Community by Joseph Gross
5. Winter, Nineteen Forty Seven by Josh Powell
6. An Australian Visitor - Sir Samuel Griffith in South Wales, 1887 by Fred Holley and V. A. Holley
7. Morlais Morgan, a Dowlais Boy by Ann Lewis and Margaret Lloyd

Volume Six

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 1992 - ISBN 0 9504845 6 3

Contents:
1. The Story of St Tydfil's Hospital by Ann Lewis and Margaret Lloyd
2. Bishop Hedley and Merthyr Tydfil by P. Williams
3. Bachgen Bach O Ddowlais by Glanmor Williams
4. Village Life in Abercanaid 1905-1925 by Edward Rhys-Price
5. Merthyr Tydfil from 1800-1837 - Jubilee Lecture
6. Making of a Freeman by Eira M. Smith
7. Jonathan Reynolds (Nathan Dyfed) 1814-1891, Local Eisteddfodwr by Huw Williams
8. William Edward Jones, Painter of Portraits by T. F. Holley
9. The Martin Family of Dowlais by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones

Volume Seven

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 1994 ISBN 0 9504845 8 X

Contents:
1. Robert and Lucy Thomas by Eira M. Smith
2. Abercanaid, Some Remembered Yesterdays by Edward Rhys-Price
3. The Rise and Fall of a Mountain Community by Josh Powell
4. From Chaos to Calm by Hugh Watkins
5. A Visit to Llanthony Abbey with the Aberdare Naturalists, 1891, The Brecon and Merthyr Railway Explored - Transcribed
6. Foundations 1893-1902 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley
7. The Standing Conference of the History of the South Wales Valleys by Joseph Gross
8. Recollections of Three Merthyr Artists by Charles Wilkins
9. The Merthyr Tydfil Naturalists' Society, One Hundred Years Ago by T. F. Holley
10. The Rector of Merthyr and the Channel Tunnel, 1882 - Transcribed
11. Pant Fever Hospital by Ann Lewis
12. An Account of the Merthyr-born Artist, Penry Williams by Thomas Henry Thomas
13. William Menelaus of Dowlais by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones
14. Early Schooldays by Glanmor Williams

Volume Eight

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 1996 - ISBN 0 9504845 9 8

Contents:
1. Life in "The Castle" by Glanmor Williams
2. The Early Days of the Cyfarthfa Iron Works by Joseph Gross
3. The Winter Art Exhibition, Cyfarthfa Castle, 1909-10 by T. F. Holley
4. The Wealthiest Place and the Poorest Ministry by Roger L. Brown
5. Literary Associations of Merthyr Tydfil, 1909 by A. J. Perman
6. The Gilchrist Lectures by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley
7. Early Libraries at Dowlais, 1907 - Transcribed
8. The Assyrian Bas-Relief by D. W. R. Whicker
9. Memories of my Childhood in Dowlais by Elizabeth M. Doggett
10. Book Reviews by J. Barry Davies
11. The Dowlais Railway or Incline by Leo Davies
12. A Biographical Sketch of Mr. Thomas Williams, J.P., 1823-1903 - Transcribed
13. The Public Life and Image of Lady Charlotte Guest, 1833-1852 by Claire Louise Thomas
14. Correspondence by Walter W. Rees
15. Merthyr Tydfil during the War Years by Hugh Watkins
16. An Old Merthyr Theatre, 1861 - Transcribed
17. Mrs. Clark of Dowlais by Eira M. Smith
18. Abercanaid, Some Remembered Yesterdays (3) by Edward Rhys-Price
19. Ynysfach Murder by Eira M. Smith
20. The Lifeguards by David Lewis Jones
21. In Search of Thomas Marchant Williams, 1845-1914 by Huw Williams
22. Ladies of Letters by Ray Jones

Volume Nine

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 1997 - ISBN 0 9530551 9 1

Contents:
1. The Revd. George Martin Maber, M.A., Rector of Merthyr, 1795-1844 by Barrie Jones
2. A visit to the studio of William Edward Jones, painter of portraits, 1869 - Transcribed
3. The College by the sea, Aberystwyth, 1937-42 by Glanmor Williams
4. A curious meeting; or the two Scotchmen, 1861 - Transcribed
5. Abercanaid, some remembered yesterdays. Part Four by Edward Rhys-Price
6. A biographical account of Sir W. T. Lewis, in the period 1837-1891 - Transcribed
7. Correspondence, three items
8. Departure of the Benedictine Fathers from Dowlais, 1930 by T. F. Holley
9. William K. Thomas and Frances Thomas, of Wales. Life in Wales and emigration to Australia by Richard J. Hogg
10. Some modern English poets by A. J. Perman
11. Foundations, 1903-1912 by T. F. Holley and V. A. Holley
12. Our musicians. William Davies (Mynorydd) by E. E.
13. Other days, other ways - Transcribed
14. Some early Merthyr Eisteddfod medals - Photo feature
15. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, a prisoner of war in Siberia, 1914-1918. Translated from the German by Joseph Gross
16. Sir Thomas Brock. The Merthyr link by T. F. Holley
17. The South Wales Heads of the Valleys: understanding Merthyr Tydfil and a historical process by Huw Williams

Volume Ten

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 1999 - ISBN 0 9530551 4 0

Contents:
1. Shape the future around the past. Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society 1972-1997 by Hugh Watkins
2. The "County" School by Glanmor Williams
3. Welsh Scholarship at Merthyr Tydfil by Brynley F. Roberts
4. George Martin Maber, Rector of Merthyr Tydfil by Roger L. Brown
5. Child Emigration from Merthyr Tydfil Workhouse by Muriel Chamberlain
6. The Merthyr Tydfil National Eisteddfod, 1881 by Hywel Teifi Edwards
7. Reflections on some sixteenth-century East Glamorgan Gentry by J. Gwynfor Jones
8. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, a prisoner of war in Siberia, 1914-1918. Part Two. Translated from the German by Joseph Gross
9. Letters sent to Merthyr Tydfil and Swansea from the Great War by A. Lloyd Hughes
10. "Life in the Lamb" by Rosina Hughes (nee Walsh)
11. Tabernacl Chapel, Bryant's Field by T. F. Holley
12. Soroptomist International of Merthyr Tydfil. The first forty years by Sydney Jones
13. Abercanaid, some remembered yesterdays. Part Five by Edward Rhys-Price
14. 25 years of pleasure, a brief history of the Treharris Male Voice Choir by A. A. James
15. A visit to Joseph Edwards' studio, 1854 - Transcribed
16. Visit of a Maori Princess to Merthyr Tydfil, 1903 by T. F. Holley
17. The way we were, 1929-39 by Rosina Hughes (born Walsh)
18. Dr. Mary Davies, sweet singer, great lady - Transcribed
19. Anecdotes of some local artists by T. F. Holley
20. Keir Hardie Estate, Merthyr Tydfil by Barrie Jones
21. William Evans, Ironmaster, born in iron, cradled in steel by J. Brynmor Jones and T. F. Holley
22. David Jones, Senior, watchmaker, of Merthyr Tydfil, 1861 - Transcribed
23. Merthyr Tydfil and its Scottish connections by Huw Williams
24. Developments I have observed in the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil 1870-1925 by T. F. Harvey
25. Bachgen bach o Aberfan, erioed, erioed. A personal view of the history of Aberfan by Raymond Jones

Volume Eleven

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2000 - ISBN 0 9530551 3 2

Contents:
1. Printers, Publishers and Book-lovers in Merthyr Tydfil by Glanmor Williams
2. Book review, 1845 - Transcribed
3. Where Apples Abound. A local perspective on the Welsh diaspora by Raymond Jones
4. Some of the scholars of old Merthyr's famous school - Transcribed
5. Reminiscences of Dr. Emanuel Gross, Siberia, 1914-1918 by Joseph Gross
6. Lewis Lewis (1806-82) Merthyr Magistrates Clerk - Transcribed
7. The Walter Thomas heirs who lived in Merthyr Tydfil by John Mallon
8. Congregationalism at Treharris, 1906. Foundation stones laid by T. F. Holley
9. A surgeon in Merthyr in the nineteen fifties by Rowland Williams
10. Merthyr Tydfil: The cholera and its teachings - Transcribed
11. Samuel Harpur, C.E. An appreciation of his work in Merthyr by H. W. Southey
12. Early Catholic Priests, Father J. Carroll - Transcribed
13. Treforest clients of W. E. Jones, painter of portraits, 1873 by T. F. Holley
14. Windows of 19th century Merthyr by T. F. Holley
15. Ballad of the unemployed, 1929 by W. W. Blair-Fish
16. St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, Tramroadside, Merthyr, 1866 by T. F. Holley
17. A monster Merthyr hotel, the Angel, 1879 - Transcribed
18. Evacuation to Merthyr Tydfil by Peter Campbell

Volume Twelve

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2001 - ISBN 0 0530551 5 9

Contents:
1. Charles Wilkins. The Historian of Merthyr Tydfil by Brynley F. Roberts
2. Dr. T. J. Dyke, 1816-1900 by Joseph Gross
3. David Davies,Galon Ucha, 1813-94 by T. F. Holley and J. Brynmor Jones
4. The Influence of the English in Merthyr in 1851 by Mary Patricia Jones
5. The Old Station Yard by Gwynneth E. Evans
6. Ieuan Ddu and Welsh Traditional Music by Daniel Huws
7. Vulcan House - A Chartist's Home by Lyndon Harris
8. Noteable Events in the Life of T. F. Harvey, C.E. by T. F. Holley
9. Bethania Chapel, Dowlais, a History by Herbert Hughes
10. History of Salem Chapel to 1930 by B. J. Morgan
11. Thomastown Recreation Ground by Barrie Jones
12. Merthyr Tydfil and the Dumfries and Galloway Connection by Innes MacLeod
13. A Brief History of the Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind by Julie Evans

Volume Thirteen

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2001 - ISBN 0 9530551 6 7

Contents:
1. A Female in Medicine by Dorothy Gratton
2. Charles Wilkins, Writer, 1830-1913, a Biographical Note by John Wilkins
3. Cyfarthfa Furnaces, Restoration, A. D. 2000 by Ruth Taylor Davies
4. The Merthyr National Eisteddfod of 1901 by Hywel Teifi Edwards
5. "We Will Give Wings to Fly". Emigration Societies in Merthyr in 1868 by Bill Jones
6. The Water Supply of the Cyfarthfa Ironworks, Merthyr Tydfil by Joseph Gross
7. Edward Harri, Gurnos by Rowland J. Williams
8. A Scotch Doctor in the Valleys, 1843-51 by Innes Macleod
9. If Cap and Tie Are Worn by Richard Lewis
10. The Revd. G. M. Maber's Family by Barrie Jones
11. Charles Russell James' Childhood by Thomas F. Holley
12. Rejoicings at Clydach Iron Works, Llanelly, Breconshire, 1865 - Transcribed by the Editor

Volume Fourteen

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2002 - ISBN 0 9544201 0 1

Contents:
1. Merthyr's Own Tudful (or Tydfil) by Glanmor Williams
2. Merthyr Theatre, Long Ago - Transcribed
3. Colonel David Rees Lewis, V.D., J.P. by T. F. Holley
4. Coloured Plate Section
5. Sinking Harris's Navigation Collieries, 1872-1879 by T. F. Holley
6. Caepanttywyll by G. D. Morgan
7. Bethesda Chapel, Merthyr Tydfil, 1807-1907 by Herbert Hughes
8. Famous High Rope Performer in Merthyr, 1907 - Transcribed
9. Rees Lewis, Merthyr Printer by T. F. Holley
10. The Merthyr Heritage Trust, 1979-1990 by Joseph Gross
11. Two Triumphant Vaynor Brothers by John Mallon
12. Reminiscences of Old Merthyr by H. W. Southey
13. Merthyr Tydfil in 1877 by Brynley F. Roberts
14. Andrew Carnegie: The Injustice of Rank and a Crisis of Wealth by Anni Donaldson and Innes MacLeod

Volume Fifteen

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2003 - ISBN 0 9544201 1 X

Contents:
1. Dr. Joseph Gross by Glanmor Williams
2. Attraction and Dispersal by John Wilkins
3. Mrs. Mary Ann Edmunds by Mary Patricia Jones
4. Bacon v Homfray by Eric Alexander
5. Cheshunt College, Hertfordshire by Barrie Jones
6. Striking Features: Robert Thompson Crawshay's Large-Scale Portraits by Jane Fletcher
7. Margaret Stewart Taylor. A Notable Woman of Merthyr Tydfil by Carolyn Jacob
8. Iron Working in the Cynon Valley by Douglas Williams
9. Owain Glyn Dwr - After Six Hundred Years by Glanmor Williams
10. Merthyr Amateur Theatricals, 1860's by H. W. Southey
11. Shon Llywelyn of Cwm Capel by Lyndon Harris
12. Hoover Transport, 1948-98 by Gwyn Harris M.M.
13. David Jones (1760-1842), Merthyr Clockmaker, Revisited by W. Linnard, D. Roy Sears & Chris Roberts
14. The English Bible by J. W. Bowen
15. He Came, He Saw, He Conquered Merthyr Commerce - Thomas Nibloe's Story by T. F. Holley
16. Colour Supplement - Merthyr Buildings

Volume Sixteen

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2003 - ISBN 0 9544201 2 8

Contents:
1. Joseph Parry's Place in the Pantheon of Welsh Musicians by John Hywel
2. Joseph Parry - Musician and Christian by Dulais Rees
3. Joseph Parry's Congregation by Brynley Roberts
4. The Family of Dr. Joseph Parry by Carl Llewellyn and Mansel Richards
5. Joseph Parry and the Family Historian by Carolyn Jacob
6. Joseph Parry, Mus. Doc., From Pit Boy to Professor by Thomas Hughes
7. Dr. Joseph Parry, Subject of an Essay in 1922 by David Morgans
8; 9 & 10. Obituaries of Dr. Parry
11. Jack Jones, C.B.E., Author and Playwright by Carl Llewellyn
12. Off to Philadelphia, 1865 by T. F. Holley
13. A Vanished Community by Wendy Bellany
14. Book Review. Wales, Clocks & Clockmakers by W. Linnard
15. Horses Down the Years, 1983 by Gladys Morgan
16. Dr. Daniel George Lewis, 1847-1902 by T. F. Holley
17. James Keir Hardie, M.P., on Robert Burns, 1903
18. Jubilee and Early History of the Merthyr Express, 1914
19. Book Review. The Journal of David Gibson, 1814-43 by Innes Macleod
20. Colour Supplement

Volume Seventeen

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2004 - ISBN 0 9544201 3 6

Contents:
1. Pleasures & Pastimes in the 18th & 19th Century, Merthyr Tydfil by Geoffrey Evans
2. Celtic Connections: Early Quoiting in Merthyr Tydfil by Innes MacLeod
3. The Will of the Revd. William Price Lewis, 1839 by T. F. Holley
4. The Dic Penderyn Society and the Popular Memory of Richard Lewis by Viv Pugh
5. The Welsh Religious Revival, 1904-5 by Robert Pope
6. Reporting Revival by Neville Granville
7. A French View of Merthyr Tydfil and the Evan Roberts Revival by William Linnard
8. Songs of Praises: Hymns and Tunes of the Welsh Revival, 1904-5 by Noel Gibbard
9. Revival, Cwm Rhondda, 1905 by William Linnard
10. Diwygiad 1904-5. A Select Reading List by Brynley Roberts
11. Rosina Davies, 1863-1949. A Welsh Evangelist by Eira M Smith
12. Evan Roberts, the Welsh Revivalist by J. Ann Lewis
13. Evan Roberts at Heolgerrig, Merthyr, January 1905 - Transcribed
14. Sir Thomas Marchant Williams & the Revival - Transcribed
15. Potpourri, a Medley by The Editor
16. What Wales Needs - Religiously, 1907 by Evan Roberts
17. Joseph Williams, Printer. TYST A'R DYDD. 1903 by T. F. Holley
18. Dr. Thomas Rees (1825-1908), of Cefncoedycymer by John Mallon
19. Everest & Charles Bruce (1866-1939): The Welsh Connection by Huw Rees
20. The Lusitania Catastrophe and the Welsh Male Voice Choir by Carl Llewellyn
21. Merthyr Amateur Theatricals, 1860's. Part Two by H. W. Southey
22. Books, Old and New. Short Reviews by The Editor
23. Night Mrs. Evans by Ken J. Mumford
24. Some Early History of Park Baptist Church, The Walk, Merthyr - Transcribed
25. Letter re: Wool Factory, Merthyr Tydfil

Volume Eighteen

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2005 - ISBN 0 9544201 4 4

Contents:
1. If it Hadn't Been for Mr. Harris........The Story of a Pit and its Town (Treharris) by Raymond Jones
2. Disturbances in Wales: A Letter from Merthyr, 20th October 1816 by Innes Macleod
3. Garth Gynyd Hamlet before Coal Pits by Judith Jones
4. A Welsh Interlude, 1922-32 by Albany Harvey
5. The Troedyrhiw Town Silver Band by T. F. Holley
6. From Grace to Politics via Law. Richard Ffoulkes Griffiths, 1850-1901 by Ivor Thomas Rees
7. Letters from Merthyr Tydfil M.P. Charles Herbert James to his Sister-in-Law, Mary Thomas submitted by Judith Jones
8. The Merthyr Riots of 1816 and 1831, Interesting Reminiscences by Solomon Marks, Canton

Volume Nineteen

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2008 - ISBN 0 9544201 5 2

Contents:
1.   A Fond Memory of Glanmor Williams by Beverley Robins
2.    ‘Diabolical Traffic’: Iolo Morganwg, Slavery and Merthyr Tydfil by Geraint H. Jenkins
3.    Thomas Town Brickworks, Merthyr Tydfil by Nicholas C. Jenkins
4.     Fire and Water – A Family History of Puddlers and Publicans by Barrie Jones
5.     Keir Hardie and the Dowlais Strike of 1911 by Joe England
6.     Kath and Wil John Williams, A Personal Appreciation by Huw Williams
7.      Henry Cort, Puddling and Merthyr Tydfil by Eric Alexander
8.     Motor Car Production at Cefn Coed by Glyn Bowen
9.      Emily Stephens of Merthyr Tydfil, Mother and 19^th Century Poet by Carolyn Jacob and Beverley Robins
10.  A Tribute to Raymond Jones by Allen Jones and Megan Jones
11.  Strolling Players, Minstrels, Star Turns and Music Sheet Covers by Innes Macleod
12.  Book Launch Pontsticill 31 January 2008 by John D. Holley
13.  Richard (‘Richie’) Evans by Huw Williams
14.  Along the Pond (The Plymouth Feeder) by Clive Thomas
15.  Writing Merthyr by M. Wynn Thomas
16.  Fishing in Merthyr Tydfil by Nigel Morgan
17.  The Merthyr Wife’s Society, An Enduring Charity by T. F. Holley
18.  The Chartists in Merthyr Tydfil by Viv Pugh
19.  The Isle of Wight, Merthyr Tydfil by T. F. Holley
20.  My Deliberation on Myfanwy by Carl Llewellyn
21.  Bandmaster Ralph Livsey at Salonica - Transcribed
22.  Dr. David Kinnear Draffin, Merthyr Vale by T. F. Holley
23.  I Knew a Man (Translated from the Welsh) by Llwyd Jones
24.  Revd. Edward Griffith (1819-1891) by Carl Llewellyn
25.  Merthyr Nonconformists from c. 1800 – c. 1850 by Noel Gibbard
26.  An Ephemeral Merthyr Industry , The Willows Wire Works by T. F. Holley
27.  A Letter from a Merthyr Man engaged in the 1939-45 War by Mansel Richards
28.  Merthyr Memories by Rosina Hughes
29.  Brief Book Reviews, John Griffith: The Unmitred Bishop and The Fleet Marriages
30.  Letter re Eisteddfod Medal by Keith Edwards

Volume Twenty

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2009 - ISBN 0 9544201-6-0

Contents:
1. Some Reminders of Mining Activity on the Aberdare Mountain by Clive Thomas
2. My Merthyr by Lyndon Harris
3. Heroes and Prophets; Keir Hardie and Ramsay MacDonald on Robert Owen by Innes MacLeod
4. Taliesin ab Iolo by Brynley F. Roberts
5. Citadel of Song. Merthyr’s Choral Culture c. 1870-1970 by Gareth Williams
6. Walter George Stone. Merthyr Tydfil Brewer by Nicholas C. Jenkins
7. Summer Excursions, Seasonal Benevolence by T. F. Holley
8. More Merthyr Memories by Rosina Hughes
9. Where Does the Violence Start? By Arthur Lewis Jones
10. A Pupil of Vaynor and Penderyn Grammar School by John Mallon
11. Edward James, 1878-1915: Remembering the Great War by Gerald D. Protheroe
12. A Close Encounter of a Chemical Kind by T. F. Holley
13. Henry Richard – Yet Another Look by Ivor Thomas Rees
14. The Merthyr Tydfil Electric Traction and Lighting Co. Ltd. (Merthyr’s Trams) by Keith Lewis-Jones

Volume Twenty One

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2009 - ISBN 0 9544201-

Contents:
1. Recollections of the Waite Family in the Merthyr Express by Carolyn Jacob
2. Merthyr’s Victorian Middle Class by Joe England
3. 1750’s Field Map of Gellideg Hamlet by Greg Buick
4. John Coke Fowler, 1815-1899, Merthyr Tydfil Stipendiary Magistrate, 1853-1872 by T. F. Holley
5. Dic Penderyn and the Socialist Tradition of 1831 by Viv Pugh
6. Svedenstiema’s Tour of Great Britain, 1802-03 – Transcribed
7. Farming in Merthyr Tydfil by Barrie Jones
8. Tom ‘Tiesen’s’ Life on the Buses of Merthyr Tydfil by Lisa Marie Powell
9. Characters Associated with Dowlais Silver Band by T. F. Holley
10. Evacuee Recollections by Bob Hyatt
11. Recollections of an Octogenarian, Merthyr Tydfil c. 1865 – Transcribed
12. Saunders Lewis, 1893-1985 by Margaret Lloyd
13. Ruth Rees, 1916, Merthyr Nonagenarian, lived in Merthyr Tydfil for 94 years – Transcribed
14. Journeying to Work by M. J. Jones
15. Parc Taf Bargoed, Then and Now by Karl Caiman Griffiths
16. A Biographical Sketch of John Thomas (1795-1871), Ieuan Ddu by Daniel Williams
17. Drawings by David Lewis Jones, Merthyr Tydfil Artist
18. Three black & white pictures
19. Celebration! – 200 Years of Steam Railways by Glyn Bowen
20. Trevithick 2004 Colour Photographs by Glyn Bowen
21. Interesting Book Plate. Tudor Crawshay

Volume Twenty Two

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2011 – ISBN 0 9544201 8 7

Contents:

A Visit to Merthyr Tydfil in 1697 by Brynley F. Roberts
A Pedestrian Tour Through Scotland in 1801: New Lanark before Robert Owen by Innes Macleod
Note for Merthyr Historian by K. H. Edwards
Dr. Charles Richardson White, Merthyr Vale by T. F. Holley
Isaac John Williams, Curator by Scott Reid
The Merthyr Historian. Some Statistics by J. D. Holley
Thomas Evan Nicholas, 1879-1971 by Ivor Thomas Rees
Eira Margaret Smith: A Personal Tribute by Huw Williams
Saint Tydfil’s Hospital 1957. A House Physicians Recollections by Brian Loosmore
John Devonald, 1863-1936. Aberfan Musician and Remembrancer of Musicians by T. F. Holley
The Remarkable Berry Brothers by Joe England
Albert de Ritzen: Merthyr Tydfil’s Stipendiary Magistrate 1872-1876 by Huw Williams
A Scrap of Autobiography by Charles Wilkins, Annotated by His Great Grandson by John V. Wilkins, OBE
Industrial History of Colliers Row Site and Environs by Royston Holder (the late)
The Life of Maria Carini by Lisa Marie Powell
Lecture by J. C. Fowler, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, 1872 ‘Civilisation in South Wales - Transcribed
Gwyn Griffiths -‘The Author of our Anthem. Poems by Evan James’ - Book Review by Brian Davies
Enid Guest - ‘Daughter of an Ironmaster’ by Mary Owen - Book Review by Ceinwen Statter
Caepanttywyll - A Lost Community by Christopher Parry
Revd. James Colquhoun Campbell (in four parts) - T. F. Holley

(A) The Social Condition of Merthyr Tydfil, 1849
(B) The Venerable Archdeacon Campbell, 1859, Biography
(C) St. David’s Church, Merthyr Tydfil, Visited, 1860
(D) J. C. Campbell and the Census Record, Research by Mrs. C. Jacob

Interesting Book Plate

Volume Twenty Three

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2012 – ISBN 0 9544201 9 5

Contents:

Vince Harris, 1904-1987 by Margaret Lloyd
All Change for Plymouth: A Year in the Life of a Mining Engineer by Clive Thomas
Who Was The Real Lydia Fell? by Christine Trevett
Sewage Pollution of the Taff and the Merthyr Tydfil Local Board (1868-1871) by Leslie Rosenthal
Redmond Coleman, the Iron Man from Iron Lane by Carolyn Jacob
The Assimilation and Acculturation of the Descendants of Early 20^th Century Spanish Industrial Immigrants to Merthyr by Stephen Murray
David Williams, High Constable, Merthyr Tydfil 1878-1880 by T. F. Holley
John Collins, V.C. by Malcolm Kenneth Payne
Marvellous Merthyr Boy - Transcribed
A Remarkable and Most Respected Enterprise, J. Howfield & Son, Merthyr Tydfil, 1872-2001 by Mary Owen
The Uncrowned Iron King (The First William Crawshay) by J. D. Evans
Watkin George 1759-1822, The Mechanical Genius of Cyfarthfa, The Pride of Pontypool by Wilf Owen
Opencast History (Illustrated) by Royston Holder
The Laundry Trade by T. F. Holley
Grand Concert at the Oddfellows Hall, Dowlais - Transcribed
Guidelines for Contributors - By courtesy of the Glamorgan History Society

Volume Twenty Four

T. F. Holley, Editor

Published 2012

Contents:

Elphin, Literary Magistrate: Magisterial Commentator by Brynley Roberts
Picturing ‘The Member For Humanity’. J. M. Staniforth’s Cartoons of Keir Hardie, 1894-1914 by Chris Williams
William Morris, Yr Athraw and the ‘Blue Books’ by Huw Williams
Hugh Watkins by Carl Llewellyn and J. Ann Lewis
Gomer Thomas J.P. 1863-1935 by Wilf and Mary Owen
Oddfellows and Chartists by Lyndon Harris
Revd. John Roberts, Ieuan Gwyllt, Composer of Hymns by G. Parry Williams
Georgetown? How Was It? By Clive Thomas
Book Review: Bargoed and Gilfach - A Local History
A History of Ynysgau Chapel by Steven Brewer
‘Mr Merthyr’ S.O. Davies 1886-1972 by Rev. Ivor Thomas Rees
Historical Farms of Merthyr Tydfil by John Griffiths Reviewed by Keith Lewis-Jones
National Service, Doctor With The Gurkhas by Brian Loosmoore
A Year of Anniversaries: Reflections on Local History 1972-2012 by Huw Williams
The Family of Dr. Thomas Rees, Revisited by John Mallon
Merthyr District Coffee Tavern Movement, 1880 by T. F. Holley
Henry Richard (1812-1888) - Apostle of Peace and Patriot by Gwyn Griffiths
Owen Morgan - Miners’ Reporter by Brian Davies
The Tredegar Riots of 1911 - Anti Liberalism ‘The Turbulent Years of 1910-1914’ by Lisa Marie Powell
Adulum Chapel by Carl Llewellyn
Cyfarthfa’s Curnow Vosper Archive by Gwyn Griffiths
Whithorn Gas, 1870 by Innes Macleod
A Journey from Merthyr to Sydney, A Talented Portrait Painter by Graham John Wilcox
The Merthyr Bus Rallies by Glyn Bowen

Guidelines for Contributors - By courtesy of the Glamorgan History Society

Views of Merthyr Tydfil & District Volume I

John Owen, Compiler

Published 1986 - ISBN 0 9504845 3 9

Views of Merthyr Tydfil & District Volume II

John Owen & Ron Jenkins, Compilers

Published 1990 - ISBN 0 9504845 4 7

Views of Merthyr Tydfil & District Volume III

Ron Jenkins & John A, Owen, Compilers

Published 1994 - ISBN 0 9504845 7 1

Faces and Places Merthyr Tydfil and District Volume IV

John Owen & Ron Jenkins, Compilers

Published 1997 - ISBN 0 9530551 0 8

Pantyscallog Village

J. Ann Lewis, Author

Published 2002 - ISBN 0 9530551 7 5

Contents:
1. Introduction and the Farms
2. The Old Parish Road
3. Pant Cad Ifor Area
4. Panyscallog Road
5. Caeracca
6. King and Queen Street
7. Fever Hospital
8. The Railways
9. Pant School
10. The Pant War Memorial
11. The Pant Cemetery
12. Christ Church Pant
13. Chapels
14. Pant Road
15. The Buses and Garth Garage
16. Sport and Sporting People
Conclusion

Merthyr Tydfil Central Library, telephone 01685 723057, are also able to offer photocopies of individual items (NOT complete volumes).