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  • Selected pages from the volume 'Album Aberhonddu o 1750 - 1880' edited by Thomas Stephens, published by Joseph Williams, Merthyr Tydfil, 1898. The volume provides a history of the Congregational colleges at Abergavenny, Oswestry, Wrexham, Llanfyllin, Newtown and Brecon, and biographies of a some the former students.
Selected pages from 'Album Aberhonddu o 1755-1830' by T. Stephens (1898) [front cover, image 1 of 28]
  • Welsh-language version of the volume 'The adventures and vagaries of Twm Shon Catti' by T. J. Llewelyn Prichard. The English volume was originally published in 1828 but this Welsh adaption by Eilonydd was published in 1872 by John Pryse of Llanidloes. On the following pages you can see the eight woodcuts from the volume by E. Salter. Twm Siôn Cati or Thomas Jones (c. 1530-1609) was a native of Borthyffynnon, near Tregaron. He was a poet, antiquarian and genealogist, who served as steward of the lordship of Caron. Twm Siôn Cati is best known, however, for his reputation as a highwayman or thief. A number of folk tales and myths grew around his activities, and he was dubbed, rightly or wrongly, the 'Welsh Robin Hood' who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor.
Title page from Welsh-language version of 'Twm Shon Catti', 1872 [image 1 of 9]
  • This volume of poetry by Miss Cave contains a poem entitled 'On the Death of Mrs. Maybery of Brecon, Who Died Suddenly in the Absence of John Maybery Esq.'. You can see the poem on the following pages, as well as a letter regarding the poem.
Miss Cave, 'Poems on Various subjects' (Bristol, 1795) [title page, image 1 of 7]
  • The Folklore Academy based in Douglas, Isle of Man, published many works on folklore, magic and myth during the 1950s and 1960s. The format of this booklet was used to record folklore and traditions from many parts of the UK at that time.
'Tales and Traditions of Breconshire' edited by Stanley Jackson Coleman (1956) [title page, image 1 of 12]
'Historical Memoranda of Breconshire, A Collection of Papers fom Various Sources, Volume 1', by John Lloyd, (1903) [title page, image 1 of 10]
  • The historian Theophilus Jones (1759-1812) was born in Brecon but spent most of his childhood in Llangamarch, where his father was vicar. He was educated at the school at Christ College, Brecon, and worked as a solicitor before being appointed deputy registrar to the archdeaconry. He began his detailed research into the history of his native county soon afterwards and the first volume of his 'History of the County of Brecknock' was published in 1805, followed by the second volume in 1809. Jones died in 1812 and was buried in Llangamarch. This second edition, which incorporates the two volumes, was published in 1898 with some additions.
Selected pages from 'A History of the County of Brecknock' (2nd edition, 1898) by Theophilus Jones, frontispiece [image 1 of 19]