Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives

Arddangosfa Flynyddol yr Archifdy a Chasgliadau Arbennig

Pont Grog y Borth 1826-2026 - Dathlu’r Daucanmlwyddiant

Gallwch weld yr arddangosfa ar Goridor Siambr y Cyngor, ym Mhrif Adeilad y Brifysgol

Mae’r arddangosfa hefyd ar gael i’w gweld ar-lein yma: sway.cloud.microsoft/6hB3hDQndJAf...

Here we have a beautifully illustrated map on parchment from the Llwydiarth Esgob collection

“Plan of Bodednyfed demesne and Glan y Llynn in the parish of Amlwch, the property of Jno. Jones, Esq., surveyed by R. Owen”

Dyddiad/Date: 1780 LLE/638

Dyma fap hynod o ddiddorol ar femrwm o ardal Amlwch o gasgliad Llwydiarth Esgob.

“Plan of Bodednyfed demesne and Glan y Llynn in the parish of Amlwch, the property of Jno. Jones, Esq., surveyed by R. Owen”

Dyddiad/Date: 1780 LLE/638

It was lovely to welcome a group of representatives from Soest, Bangor’s twinned town in Germany, to the archive last Friday. Elen, the University Archivist gave them a short presentation introducing items from our collections relating to some significant events in Bangor’s history.

Roedd hi’n hyfryd croesawu grŵp o Soest, gefeiildref Bangor yn yr Almaen, i’r archif ddydd Gwener diwethaf. Rhoddodd Elen, Archifydd y Brifysgol, gyflwyniad byr iddynt yn cyflwyno eitemau o’n casgliadau yn ymwneud â rhai digwyddiadau arwyddocaol yn hanes Bangor.

#otd in 1822 Michael D. Jones, the founder of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia was born. Bangor University's Archives and Special Collections houses the largest collection of material relating to the Welsh colony in Patagonia outside the National Library of Wales.

#aydh ym 1822 ganwyd Michael D. Jones, sylfaenydd y wladfa Gymraeg ym Mhatagonia. Mae'r Archifau ym Mhrifysgol Bangor yn gartref i gasgliad mwyaf y tu allan i Lyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru o ddeunydd yn ymwneud â'r Wladfa Gymreig ym Mhatagonia.

Gramadeg Cymraeg

Ysgrifenwyd y llawysgrif hon yn nechrau'r 17eg ganrif. Bu yn ôl pob tebyg yn eiddo Iolo Morgannwg oherwydd ceir ynddi nodiadau yn ei law. Copi yw o'r gramadeg a ddefnyddiai'r penceirddiaid yn yr 16eg ganrif.

Dyddiad: 17eg G. BMSS/2

Ar gael ar-lein
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Welsh Grammar

This manuscript was written in the early 17th century. It was probably owned by Iolo Morgannwg as it contains notes in his hand. It is a copy of the grammar used by the poets in the 16th century, although not an exact copy.

Date: 17th century BMSS/2

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Programme of The New County Theatre Bangor "You Never Can Tell" presented by UCNW Amateur Dramatic Society

Dyddiad/Date: 20fed Ganrif cynnar / Early 20th century LLOYD/402

Bydd yr arddangosfa ar gael i'w gweld o’r 7fed o Fawrth ar Goridor Siambr y Cyngor, Prif Adeilad y Celfyddydau.

Bydd fersiwn ar-lein o'r arddangosfa hefyd ar gael o'r dyddiad hwnnw.

Gallwch weld rhai o'n harddangosfeydd blaenorol yma:
www.bangor.ac.uk/cy/archifau-...

Yn ein harddangosfa flynyddol eleni, rydym yn olrhain hanes croesi Afon Menai gan ddefnyddio amrywiaeth o ddeunydd printiedig a llawysgrifau o'n casgliadau

The exhibition will be available to view from the 7th of March on the Council Chamber Corridor, Main Arts Building.

An online version of the exhibition will also be available from that date.

You can view some our previous exhibitions here:
www.bangor.ac.uk/archives-and...

This year our Annual Exhibition focusses on the bicentenary of the Menai Suspension Bridge, tracing the history of crossing the Menai Strait using a variety of printed material and manuscripts from our collections.

A sculpture of a man’s face expressing ‘much agony’ alongside a ‘figure of a monster with four legs’ above the door, image cop8ied taken from https://www.mythslegendsodditiesnorth-east-wales.co.uk/honest-man?fbclid=IwY2xjawQI_YJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeaq-vL6wbJz39-D29LhXEWKhaxinUknux5ztJPPICcA89OLE0YfNO76CJRdM_aem_PjskfAvpjiOLEa46cZpcvA

#dyddllunymap #mapmonday
Map showing Mostyn Hall in relation to the Honest Man Inn on the Greenfield Road, and the line of (possibly) a new road between the two points

Mostyn/7254 19th gan/cent

Mwy am y dafarn / More about the tavern:
www.mythslegendsodditiesnorth-east-wales.co.uk/honest-man?f...

Gift in perpetual fee farm of two roods of turbary lying within the liberties of the town of Hardelaghe in a place called Y gorse.
Seal pendant; red wax; fine imprint.

Dyddiad/Date: 1577 MOSTYN/3531

Llyfr braslunio yn eiddo i Frances Margaret Wynne

Sketch book belonging to F.M.W. [Frances Margaret Wynne] but including works by B.W. [Blanche Maria Wynne]. Sketches and watercolours of flowers, of scenes around Llanddulas and Garthewin, and of part of Lake Geneva.

1879-1887 Garthewin Add./715

“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

“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

Agorwyd y cwrs golff ym 1913 fel rhan o gynlluniau’r Ardalydd i ddatblygu’r ardal fel canolfan wyliau.

The golf course, designed by Herbert Fowler on behalf of the Marquis of Anglesey, officially opened in 1913 as a part of the Marquis’ plans to develop the area as a holiday centre.

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

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.

YR ARDALYDD A GAFODD EI DDAL YN GORYRRU DRWY BENTREF GAERWEN Mae Henry Paget, 5ed Ardalydd Môn (1875-1905) yn adnabyddus am ei fywyd afradlon. Newidiodd y capel ym Mhlas Newydd yn theatr a gwariodd ei ffortiwn ar wisgoedd lliwgar, gemwaith, ffwr ac ar lwyfannu perfformiadau theatrig yn ei gartref ar Ynys Môn. Ar y 30ain o Dachwedd 1901, ysgrifennodd L. Prothero, Prif Gwnstable Porthaethwy at Asiant yr Ardalydd yn dweud : Rwyf wedi derbyn adroddiad gan y Cwnstabl yn Gaerwen for modus Ardalydd Môn yn teithio ar ‘gyflymder aruthrol’ tua 30 milltir yr awr, drwy bentref Gaerwen am 11.35 yb ddydd Sul diwethaf… Nid wyf yn dymuno i achos gael ei ddwyn [yn ei erbyn] gan y gallai fod wedi ei wneud yn ddifeddwl a chan mai ychydig o bersonau sydd yn teithio ddydd Sul, ond y mae teithio mor gyflym trwy bentref bob amser yn beryglus i blant a all redeg yn sydyn ar draws y ffordd. Mae’r llun hwn yn dangos yr Ardalydd gyda’i yrrwr ac o bosib y car a ddaliwyd yn goryrru trwy bentref Gaerwen!

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.

THE MARQUESS THAT WAS CAUGHT SPEEDING THROUGH THE VILLAGE OF GAERWEN Henry Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey (1875-1905) is well known for his extravagant lifestyle. He converted the chapel at Plas Newydd into a theatre and spent his fortune on flamboyant costumes, jewellery, furs and on staging theatrical performances in his home on Anglesey. On the 30th of November 1901, L. Prothero, Chief Constable of Menai Bridge wrote to the Agent for the Marquess stating : I have received a report from the Constable at Gaerwen that the Marquis of Anglesey’s motor was travelling at a ‘tremendous speed’ about 30 miles an hour, through the village of Gaerwen, at 11.35 am on Sunday last…. I do not wish that proceedings be taken, as it may have been done unthinkingly, as few persons travel on Sunday, but travelling so fast through a village is always dangerous to children who may run suddenly across the road. This image shows the Marquess with his chauffeur and possibly the car that was caught speeding through the village of Gaerwen!

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.

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

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

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

“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

Print of the Menai Suspension Bridge, drawn by H. Gastineau

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...