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Comment on Speaker Lenthall’s gift from Charles I : throwing down the gauntlet by Linda Haydon

Linda Haydon — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:49:37 +0000

I remember the glove so well!! My family spent many happy holidays in the 1960′s at Navy Hall Farm with your grandparents – Colonel & Mrs Manning. They were such lovely people and we used to help with the harvest and ride the ponies including Peggy the strawberry roan Welsh mountain pony. I still have photos of those holidays – please tell your mother. Do you know what has happened to the farm now? Would love to hear back from you with any information.

Comment on Organic Enclosures by Bethan

Bethan — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:33:11 +0000

Hilary
Diolch am y blog difyr. Cefais hyd i ambell sprigyn o blanhigion sych a hefyd plu rhwng cloriau dyddiaduron a llyfrau nodiadau Phyllis Playter.

Comment on Coal Owners of South Wales by Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:14:48 +0000

Two volumes which contain a small section of plans, reports and descriptions of miners’ (not the owners!) houses are included among the records of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association (ref.: P6/4/1). May I suggest that you initially search the online catalogue for further sources which may be of interest? Our enquiry team will be more than happy to assist with your research and can be contacted by e-mail (enquiry@llgc.org.uk) or by completing the form on our web site.

Comment on Coal Owners of South Wales by deborah

deborah — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:53:39 +0000

Thank you for making this accessible. I am researching coal owners houses in the South Wales mining valleys – what they looked like who lived there etc and wondered if you had suggested starting points. I can come to look at documents when I know what I am looking for.
Thanks

Comment on Speaker Lenthall’s gift from Charles I : throwing down the gauntlet by Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:21:42 +0000

Thank you for this additional information. It is interesting to learn more about your family, and your links with both William Lenthall and Wales. You are, of course, very welcome to visit the Library to view these fascinating artefacts. I came across a photograph taken at Navy Hall during the corn harvest, 1910, on the Ceredigion County Council website: http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=20087

Comment on Coal Owners of South Wales by Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:03:10 +0000

Thank you for your post on the Coal Owners Association blog. Your story certainly does sound intriguing! I’m afraid I cannot recall any references to an incident surrounding Botten land or mines – but I read through the material a long time ago now. If you would like to start a preliminary search, please do make use of the Library’s enquiry service at the following link:

http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=nlwenquiries

If you could pinpoint a date, or date range, for the incident and perhaps the names of the mines owned by your family that would be a great start.

Good luck!

Comment on Coal Owners of South Wales by Raymondb Botten

Raymondb Botten — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:31:23 +0000

June 26, 2013
Thank you so kindly for all your hard work when it comes to archiving STUFF!
Anyways – The story goes (From my late Grandfather (Ernest Golan Botten from Rochester in Kent).
He shared with me that many years ago our family owned 2 coal mines and was swindled out of them because our pate Great Great Grandfather died and the family was not able to read.
Apparently lawyers took our land and fortune.
Not sure if this all corect, but sure to tell this story if there is an inheritance still waiting to be claimed by me (as a represantative) of my family.
Question: Do you know any Botten land that was swindled?
Question: Any leads to help start this search or is it just nonsense?
Thank you for replying if there is any validity to my late Grandfather’s story.
Blessings,
Raymond Ernest Botten
Owen Sound Ontario Canada

Comment on Speaker Lenthall’s gift from Charles I : throwing down the gauntlet by Frank Owen

Frank Owen — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:55:56 +0000

This glove was given to the library by my mother who is now retired in Devon (Dr. Dulcie Anne Lenthall Owen (nee Manning). The family had a house called Bessel’s Leigh in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Her father however tried sheep farming and owned Navy Hall (I think), in Bronant. i’ll check the exact circumstances.
If you’d like any more information about it, drop me a line.

Comment on Lady Charlotte Guest and Christmas Fear by Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:55:00 +0000

You are very welcome to send your enquiry to the Library at enquiry@llgc.org.uk

Comment on Lady Charlotte Guest and Christmas Fear by PRISCILLA LLEWELYN

PRISCILLA LLEWELYN — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:53:13 +0000

Can you tell me about Charlotte Guest’s
involvement with the speaking of Welsh in Welsh schools please?