Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives

08/10/2026

Plan of proposed alterations and additions to Mostyn Quay Mills, by Robert Hughes, surveyor, of Rhyl; for J. & W. Evans, Maes-y-Coed, Caerwys

Dyddiad/Date: 1877 MOSTYN/7188

07/10/2026

07/10/2026

Yr eitem dan sylw heddiw a restrir yng nghampwaith Daniel Huws, ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’:
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Today’s featured item listed in Daniel Huws’ s ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’:

Barddoniaeth Gymraeg gan William Cynwal ac eraill.
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Welsh poetry by William Cynwal and others. The hand is throughout that of William Cynwal, with the possible exception of some of the titles

Dyddiad/Date 16eg Ganrif 16th Century MOSTYN/4

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

Araith y Brenin yng nghynulliad y Senedd, ac yna araith yr Arglwydd Ganghellor
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The King's Speech at the assembly of Parliament followed by the address of the Lord Chancellor

Dyddiad/Date: 15 Chwefror/February 1676-1677 BHILL/6732

05/10/2026

Llongyfarchiadau i Daisy Hughes ar ennill Bwrsariaeth Avril Rolph yng Nghynhadledd Flynyddol Archif Menywod Cymru a gynhaliwyd yn Abertawe ar 4 Hydref 2026. Roedd Daisy – ymchwilydd PhD ac aelod o Sefydliad Ymchwil Ystadau Cymru – yn un o wyth ymgeisydd, gan gynnwys dwy fyfyrwraig arall o Brifysgol Bangor: Claire Lober (PhD, Adran y Gymraeg) ac Isabella Marston (MA, Hanes). Cytunodd y beirniaid – Christine Chapman (Archif Menywod Cymru), Dr Steve Thompson (Uwch-ddarlithydd yn Adran Hanes Prifysgol Aberystwyth) a Shan Robinson (Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig Prifysgol Bangor) – fod safon y bwrsariaeth eleni yn arbennig o uchel a bod pob ymgeisydd yn haeddu canmoliaeth.
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Congratulations Daisy Hughes on winning the Avril Rolph Bursary at the Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales Annual Conference which took place in Swansea on 4th October 2026. Daisy a PhD researcher and member of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates / Sefydliad Ymchwil Ystadau Cymru was one of 8 contestants which included two other Bangor University students Claire Lober (Ph.D. Adran Gymraeg) and Isabella Marston’s (M.A. History). Adjudicators Christine Chapman Womens Archive Wales, Dr. Steve Thompson, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Aberystwyth University, and Shan Robinson Archives and Special Collections, Bangor University, all agreed that the standard of this year's Bursary was especially high and that each entrant was deserving of commendation.

05/10/2026

Plan of land taken for embankment purposes: Rhyddlan Marsh Embankment Act

Dim dyddiad / No date BODRHYDDAN/3185

04/10/2026

Refeoffment between 1. Thomas Bysby, chaplain and Robert Wrono and 2. Joan, late wife of John Pykmere, and formerly the wife of Gwilym ap Griffith ap Gwilym and after her, to her son William Griffith and his heirs male, of all manner of lands, rents, fishieries, together with all bondmen and their posterity in Crewerion, Bodfaio, Bangor and Maynol Bangor which said lands etc. were formerly granted to the said Bysby and Wrono by the said Joan.

Dyddiad/Date: 1443 PENRH/27

02/10/2026

Ateb heddiw / Today’s answer:

Neuadd Ardudwy ar Safle'r Normal, Ffordd Caergybi. A elwid gynt yn Trefeni. Dyma'r neuadd mewn Catalog Gwerthiant hyfryd (SC/1012) o 1908.
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Neuadd Ardudwy on the Normal Site, Holyhead Road. Formerly known as Trefeni. Here it is featured in this lovely Sale Catalogue (SC/1012) from 1908

“Freehold residence Trefenai on the banks of the Menai Straits near Bangor, co. Caernarfon, to be sold by Messrs. Wm. Dew and Son at the Anglesey Hotel, Menai Bridge on 1 July 1908.”

Da iawn Llewelyn, Eryl, Carol, Mair a Jonathan

02/10/2026

The Archives Annual Lecture

Here’s one for your diaries. To celebrate 150 years of competitive football in Bangor, on the 11th of November, Dafydd Hughes, former Club Secretary at CPD Bangor 1876 Football Club, will be discussing the history of football in the city.

Dafydd has been an ardent Bangor supporter for years, he has extensive knowledge of the city’s footballing history and helped curate the hugely successful recent exhibition at Storiel, documenting 150 years of competitive football in Bangor. The exhibition featured several items from the Archives and Special Collections’ Bangor Football Archive.

The lecture will take place on Wednesday the 11th of November at 5:30pm at the Eric Sunderland Main Arts Lecture Theatre. Free to attend, open to all.