ROATH LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Catalogue of Resources
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion Aberystwyth voices compiled by William Troughton. Tempus Publishers Ltd, Stroud,
2000. (Tempus Oral History Series).
RLHS 9429 DAAA
Ackerman, Terry
St James church, Cardiff: a history Compiled by Terry Ackerman. Dale, 1994.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Adamsdown, Cardiff
Centenary of the parish church of Roath St German, 1884 – 1984; by Megan G
Blackmore. Provincial Printing and Publishing Co, 1984
RLHS 9429 BKIP
St German’s church magazine, 1899
RLHS 9429 BKIP
St James church, Cardiff: a history Compiled by Terry Ackerman. Dale, 1994.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Air Transport
The father of British airships: a biography of E T Willows by Alec McKinty
William Kimber & Co, London, 1972
RLHS 9429 BAGM
Airships
The father of British airships: a biography of E T Willows by Alec McKinty
William Kimber & Co, London, 1972
RLHS 9429 BAGM
Albany Road, Plasnewydd
Living stones: the story of the people of Albany Road Baptist church, Cardiff, 1884 –
1994. Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff, 1994
RLHS 9429 BKNA
Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff
Living stones: the story of the people of Albany Road Baptist church, Cardiff, 1884 –
1994. Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff, 1994
RLHS 9429 BKNA
Aldis, Arnold S.
Cardiff Royal Infirmary, 1883 – 1986 by Arnold S Aldis. Univ of Wales Press, 1984
RLHS 9429 BKHZ
Alexander, D T
Glamorgan reminiscences by D T Alexander. W Spurrell & Son, Carmarthen, 1913.
Reprinted by Stewart Williams, Barry, 1973
RLHS 9429 EACP
Allen, S.W.
Reminiscences: being a few rambling recollections of some people and things I have
met with by S.W. Allen. Western Mail, 1918.
RLHS 9429 BACP
Anderson, Winn
A Rather special place: growing up in Cardiff docklands by Winn Anderson.
Gomer, 1993
RHLS 9429 BAGJ
Andrews, John F
Keep moving: the story of Solomon Andrews and his family by John F Andrews.
Stewart Williams Publisher, Barry, 1976.
RLHS 9429 BKEA
Andrews, Solomon.
Keep moving: the story of Solomon Andrews and his family by John F Andrews
Stewart Williams Publisher, Barry, 1976.
RLHS 9429 BKEA
Anglican churches, Cardiff
A History of St John’s Cardiff and the churches of the parish by John C Read.
Pauline House, Cardiff, 1997
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Anglican churches, Roath
Centenary of the parish church of Roath St German, 1884 – 1984; by Megan G
Blackmore
Provincial Printing and Publishing Co, 1984
RLHS 9429 BKIP
A Guide to the parish church of St Margaret, Roath
The Vicar and churchwardens of the parish of Roath, Cardiff, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
The history of Roath St German’s ed by Marmaduke Warrior and A C Hooper.
Western Mail and Echo Ltd, Cardiff, 1934.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
St German’s church, Adamsdown
St German’s church magazine, 1899
RLHS 9429 BKIP
St James church, Cardiff: a history Compiled by Terry Ackerman. Dale, 1994.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Baptist and Adventist churches
Living stones: the story of the people of Albany Road Baptist church, Cardiff, 1884 –
1994. Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff, 1994
RLHS 9429 BKNA
Bastone,Cyril
Old Rhondda in photography; commentaries by Cyril Bastone
Stewart Williams Publisher, Barry, 1974
RLHS 9429 EMRH
Best, Peter
A Stroll though old Cardiff: views from my postcard collection by Peter Best.
Sow’wester Books, Swansea, 1992
RLHS 9429 BADA
Bibliographies and citation indexes A Bibliography of the history of Cardff compiled by Brian Ll James
University of Wales, Dept of Extra Mural Studies for The Survey of Cardiff, Cardiff,
1989. (Survey of Cardiff Occasional Paper no 1)
RLHS 9429 BAKH
Bird, John
The diaries of John Bird, 1790 – 1803: clerk to the first Marquess of Bute; ed by
Hilary M Thomas. South Wales Record Society and Glamorgan Archive Service,
Cardiff, 1987 RLHS 9429 EACP
Blackmore, Megan G.
Blackmore. Provincial Printing and Publishing Co, 1984 Centenary of the parish
church of Roath St German, 1884 – 1984; by Megan G. Blackmore. Provincial
Printing and Publishing Co, 1984.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Booker, Glenn Over here in South Wales: the American prescience, 1942 – 1946, part one in their
own words by Glenn Booker. The Author, 2013.
RLHS 9429 AABX
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation
Sixth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Wales: athletics, Cardiff Arms
Park, 24 July 1958. Official Programme.
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation, London, 1958.
RLHS 9429 BAJV
Brown, D.G.
Sixty eight years of electric passenger transport in the City of Cardiff, 2nd May 1902
to 11th Jan, 1970 by D. G, National Trolley Bus Assoc and City of Cardiff Transport,
Cardiff, 1969.
RLHS 9429 BKGQ
Building and building trades
The Building stones of Cardiff…geological trail guides by John W Perkins.
University College Cardiff Press, Cardiff, 1984
RLHS 9429 BADQ
Cardiff: rebirth of a capital ed by Mike Ungersma. Cardiff CC and others,
Cardiff,2005.
RLHS 9429 BADA
A Skilful master-builder: the continuing story of a Yorkshire family business,
craftsmen for seven generations by H E C Stapledon and others.
Wm Anelay Ltd and Wm Sessions Ltd, York, 1975.
RLHS 9427 YADQ
Superb buildings erected by E Turner and Sons Ltd, builders and contractors.
E T Turner and Sons Ltd, Cardiff, 1929.
RLHS 9429 BADQ
Built environment
The Glamorgan village book compiled by the Glamorgan Federation of Women’s
Institutes… Countryside Books, Newbury and GWFI, Port Talbot, 1993.
RLHS 9429 EADA
Bull, B M
University settlement in Cardiff by B.M.Bull. Cardiff College of Art, Cardiff, 1965.
RHLS 9429 BKIP
Bute estate, Cardiff
The diaries of John Bird, 1790 – 1803: clerk to the first Marquess of Bute; ed by
Hilary M Thomas. South Wales Record Society and Glamorgan Archive Service,
Cardiff, 1987.
.RHLS 9429 BAEK
Butetown History and Arts Centre
How I saw it: a stroll thro’ Old Cardiff Bay by Harry Cooke.
Butetown History and Arts Centre, Cardiff, 1995
RLHS 9429 BADC
Caerphilly, Glamorgan
Caerphilly Castle and its place in the annals of Glamorgan by William Rees.
Caerphilly LHS, Caerphilly, 1974. !st published 1937.
RLHS 9429 EADY
Caerphilly Local History Society
Caerphilly Castle and its place in the annals of Glamorgan by William Rees.
Caerphilly LHS, Caerphilly, 1974. !st published 1937.
RLHS 9429 EADY
Cardiff, Glamorgan
The Building stones of Cardiff…geological trail guides by John W Perkins.
University College Cardiff Press, Cardiff, 1984
RLHS 9429 BADQ
Cardiff: a centenary celebration, 1905-2005 by Bryn Jones and John O’Sullivan.
Sutton Publishing, 2005
RLHS 9429 BABR
Cardiff: a history of the City by William Rees. Corporation of the City of Cardiff,
Cardiff, 1962, 2nd ed 1969
RHLS 9429 BABA
Cardiff: a pictorial history by Ian N Soulsby. Phillimore, Chichester, 1989
RHLS 9429 BABA
Cardiff: from the coming of the Romans to the dominance of Cromwell…with a
chapter on the transition…in the 19th century…2nd ed by Herbert M Thompson.
William Lewis (Printer) Ltd, Cardiff, 1936
RLHS 9429 BABA
Cardiff: progress and commerce, 1893. London Printing and Engraving Co, London,
1893. (Ports of the Bristol Channel)
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Cardiff 1889 – 1974: the story of the county borough by [B W Row and F G Squire].
Corporation of Cardiff, Cardiff, 1974
RLHS 9429 BAHN
Cardiff: rebirth of a capital ed by Mike Ungersma. Cardiff CC and others,
Cardiff,2005.
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff and me sixty years ago: growing up during the twenties and thirties by Bill
Twamley. Starling Press, Risca, 1984
RLHS 9429 BABU
Cardiff and the Spanish civil war by Rob Stradling. Butetown History and Arts
Centre, Cardiff, 1996
RLHS 9429 BABU
Cardiff and the Valleys: architecture and townscape by John B Hilling.
Lund Humphries, London, 1973.
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff book, v 2 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry, 1974
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff book, v 3 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry, 1972
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff Castle guide.n.d.
RLHS 9429 BADY
Cardiff city and port: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City Council. Ed J Burrow
& Co Ltd, Cheltenham & London [1973]
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff commercially considered: a series of articles mainly reprinted from The Syren
and Shipping, Wilkinson Brothers Ltd, London, 1899
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Cardiff in old picture post cards, 2nd ed by Chrystal Tilngy
European Library, Zaltbommel, Netherlands, 1996.
Cardiff in the fifties: the reminiscences and historical notes of Alderman W.J.
Trounce…1850-1860, (with illustrations). Western Mail Ltd, Cardiff, 1918.
RLHS 9429 BABQ
Cardiff official handbook: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City Council
Ed J Burrow & Co Ltd, London, 1977
RLHS 9429 BABA
Cardiff records: being materials for Cardiff records: being the history of the county
borough from the earliest times; prepared by authority of the Corporation under the
direction of the Records Committee ed by John Hobson Matthews.
[Cardiff Corporation], 1898-1911, 6v.
RLHS 9429 BABA
Cardiff Royal Infirmary, 1883 – 1986. Univ of Wales Press,1984
RLHS 9429 BKHZ
The Cardiff story by Dennis Morgan. Hackman Printers Ltd,Clydach
Vale,Tonypandy, 2001
RLHS 9429 BABA
Cardiff yesterday, v 1, 2,4,24 & 27 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry,
1980-1992
RLHS 9429 BADA
City and port of Cardiff official handbook: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City
Council. Ed J Burrow & Co Ltd, London , 1960, 1970,1973
RLHS 9429 BAGJ
The City of Cardiff: some aspects of its history as compiled by pupils of Cardiff High
School for Boys. Cardiff High School for Boys, Cardiff, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BABA
The City, port and district of Cardiff: an illustrated handbook for visitors by D R
Paterson and others, 12th ed. Issued under the auspices of the Development
Committee of the Cardiff City Council. Western Mail & Echo Ltd, Cardiff, 1939.
RLHS 9429 BAGJ
The diaries of John Bird, 1790 – 1803: clerk to the first Marquess of Bute; ed by
Hilary M Thomas. South Wales Record Society and Glamorgan Archive Service,
Cardiff, 1987 9429 BAEK
Discovering Cardiff’s past by Dennis Morgan. D Brown & Sons Ltd, Cowbridge
RLHS 9429 BABA
History of Cardiff: its industrial and commercial growth
[ Cardiff C.C. c 1919]
RLHS 9429 BAEA
History of Congregationalism in Cardiff and district ed by John Williamson.
Educational Publ. Co Ltd for the Cardiff and District Congregational Board, Cardiff,
1929
RLHS 9429 BAIQ
A History of St John’s Cardiff and the churches of the parish by John C Read.
Pauline House, Cardiff, 1997
RLHS 9429 BKIP
History of the town and castle of Cardiff by William Lemuel Jenkins.
Charles Wakeford, Cardiff, 1854
RLHS 9429 BABA
How I saw it: a stroll thro’ Old Cardiff Bay by Harry Cooke.
Butetown History and Arts Centre, Cardiff, 1995
RLHS 9429 BADC
Illustrated history of Cardiff’s pubs by Brian Lee. Bredon Books, 2004
RLHS 9429 BKFY
The illustrated history of Cardiff’s suburbs by Dennis Morgan Breedon Publishers,
2003
RLHS 9429 BABA
The Mansion House, Cardiff and its environs compiled by Geoffrey Dart, Phillip
Riden and S M Romaya. Survey of Cardiff, Cardiff, 1990. (Occasional paper no 3)
RLHS 9429 BAHN
Memories of Cardiff’s past by Dennis Morgan. Breedon Books, 2006
RLHS 9429 BABA
A Natural history of Cardiff: exploring along the river Taff by Mary E Gillham.
Lazy Cat Publishing, 2002.
RLHS 9429 BADI
Notable men of Cardiff (first series) by William Johnstone.
William Johnstone, Cardiff, 1903
RLHS 9429 BACN
The Official history of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958,
Cardiff, Wales. The Organising Committee, London, 1958.
RLHS 9429 BAJV
Real Cardiff by Peter Finch. Seren Books, Bridgend, 2002-2004, 3v.
RLHS 9429 BADI
A Rather special place: growing in Cardiff docklands by Winn Anderson.
Gomer, 1993
RHLS 9429 BAGJ
Reminiscences: being a few rambling recollections of some people and things I have
met with by S.W. Allen. Western Mail, 1918.
RLHS 9429 BACP
Reprint of the first edition of the one inch Ordnance survey of England and Wales:
Cardiff and Newport. OS sheet 67, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BADD
Sixth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Wales: athletics, Cardiff Arms
Park, 24 July 1958. Official Programme.
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation, London, 1958.
RLHS 9429 BAJV
Sixty eight years of electric passenger transport in the City of Cardiff, 2nd May 1902
to 11th Jan, 1970 by D. G– 1946, National Trolley Bus Assoc and City of Cardiff
Transport, Cardiff, 1969.
RLHS 9429 BKGQ
A Stroll though old Cardiff: views from my postcard collection by Peter Best.
Sow’wester Books, Swansea, 1992
RLHS 9429 BADA
Superb buildings erected by E Turner and Sons Ltd, builders and contractors.
E T Turner and Sons Ltd, Cardiff, 1929.
RLHS 9429 BADQ
Towards the light: the story of Cardiff High School for Boys, 1898-1970 by Walter
King. Pallas Press, Llanharan,1992.
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Cardiff and District Congregational Board
History of Congregationalism in Cardiff and district ed by John Williamson.
Educational Publ. Co Ltd for the Cardiff and District Congregational Board, Cardiff,
1929
RLHS 9429 BAIQ
Cardiff City Council
Cardiff: a history of the City, 2nd ed by William Rees. Corporation of the City of
Cardiff, Cardiff, 1969
RHLS 9429 BABA
Cardiff 1889 – 1974: the story of the county borough by [B W Row and F G Squire].
Corporation of Cardiff, Cardiff, 1974
RLHS 9429 BAHN
Cardiff city and port: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City Council. Ed J Burrow
& Co Ltd, Cheltenham & London [1973]
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff official handbook: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City Council
Ed J Burrow & Co Ltd, London, 1977
RLHS 9429 BABA
Cardiff: rebirth of a capital ed by Mike Ungersma. Cardiff CC and others,
Cardiff,2005.
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff voices by Bevan Lee. Tempus Publishers Ltd, Stroud, 2000
RLHS 9429 BAAA
The City Observatory handbook by Dan Jones. City of Cardiff Education Committee
and Cardiff Priory Press, Cardiff, 1931
RLHS 9429 BAJL
The City, port and district of Cardiff: an illustrated handbook for visitors by D R
Paterson and others, 12th ed. Issued under the auspices of the Development
Committee of the Cardiff City Council. Western Mail & Echo Ltd, Cardiff, 1939.
RLHS 9429 BAGJ
City and port of Cardiff official handbook: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City
Council. Ed J Burrow & Co Ltd, London, 1960, 1970.
RLHS 9429 BABA
The Cardiff story by Dennis Morgan. Hackman Printers Ltd,Clydach
Vale,Tonypandy, 2001
RLHS 9429 BABA
The illustrated history of Cardiff’s suburbs by Dennis Morgan Breedon Publishers,
2003
RLHS 9429 BABA
Honorary freedom of the city and county of Cardiff to the Rt Hon Sir Tasker Watkins,
VC, GBE, PC, DL., Wednesday 12 April 2006
RLHS 9429 BACV
Memories of Cardiff’s past by Dennis Morgan. Breedon Books, 2006
RLHS 9429 BABA
Sixty eight years of electric passenger transport in the City of Cardiff, 2nd May 1902
to 11th Jan, 1970 by D. G Over National Trolley Bus Assoc and City of Cardiff
Transport, Cardiff, 1969.
RLHS 9429 BKGQ
Cardiff High School for Boys
The City of Cardiff: some aspects of its history as compiled by pupils of Cardiff High
School for Boys. Cardiff High School for Boys, Cardiff, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BABA
Towards the light: the story of Cardiff High School for Boys, 1898-1970 by Walter
King. Pallas Press, Llanharan, 1992.
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Cardiff High School for Girls
Full circle: the City of Cardiff High School for Girls, 1950-1970 by Barbara Leech.
Starling Press, Risca, 1986
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Castles and fortifications
Caerphilly Castle and its place in the annals of Glamorgan by William Rees.
Caerphilly LHS, Caerphilly, 1974. !st published 1937.
RLHS 9429 EADY
Cardiff Castle guide.n.d.
RLHS 9429 BADY
Childs, Jeff
Roath, Splott and Adamsdown compiled by Jeff Childs on behalf of the Roath Local
History Society. Chalford Publishing Co, Stroud, 1995. (The Archive Photograph
Series)
RLHS 9429 BABA
Roath, Splott and Adamsdown: one thousand years of history by Jeff Childs.
History Press, Stroud,2012.
RLHS 9429 BABA
Christian church government
Llandaff Episcopal acta, 1140-1287 ed by David Crouch. South Wales Record
Society, 1989
RLHS 9429 BGIF
The Religious census of 1851: a calendar of the returns relating to Wales.
University of Wales Press, n.d.
RLHS 9429 AAIF
City Observatory, Cardiff
The City Observatory handbook by Dan Jones. City of Cardiff Education Committee
and Cardiff Priory Press, Cardiff, 1931
RLHS 9429 BAJL
Collins’ Clear-Type Press
Collins’ graphic English dictionary.
Collins’ Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow, n.d.
RLHS 4203
Commonwealth Games, 1958, Cardiff
The Official history of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958,
Cardiff, Wales. The Organising Committee, London, 1958.
RLHS 9429 BAJV
Sixth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Wales: athletics, Cardiff Arms
Park, 24 July 1958. Official Programme.
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation, London, 1958.
RLHS 9429 BAJV
Cooke, Harry
How I saw it: a stroll thro’ Old Cardiff Bay by Harry Cooke.
Butetown History and Arts Centre, Cardiff, 1995
RLHS 9429 BADC
Corbett, John Stuart
Glamorgan papers and notes on the Lordship and its membership by John Stuart
Corbett: edited by D R Patterson. Cardiff Naturalists Society, 1925.
RLHS 9429 EADH
Crouch, David
Llandaff Episcopal acta, 1140-1287 ed by David Crouch. South Wales Record
Society, 1989
RLHS 9429 BGIF
Dart, Geoffrey and others
The Mansion House, Cardiff and its environs compiled by Geoffrey Dart, Phillip
Riden and S M Romaya. Survey of Cardiff, Cardiff, 1990. (Occasional paper no 3)
RLHS 9429 BAHN
Davies, Brian.
Welsh place names unzipped by David Brian. Y Lolfa, 2001
RLHS 9429 AACZ
Davies, Dewi
Welsh place names and their meanings by Dewi Davies. Cambrian Printers,
Aberystwyth, n.d.
RLHS 9429 AACZ
Diaries and reminiscences
Cardiff in the fifties: the reminiscences and historical notes of Alderman W.J.
Trounce…1850-1860, (with illustrations). Western Mail Ltd, Cardiff, 1918.
RLHS 9429 BABQ
The Diaries of John Bird, 1790-1803: clerk to the 1st Marquess of Bute ed by Hilary
M Thomas. South Wales Record Society, 1987
RLHS 9429 EACP
Glamorgan reminiscences by D T Alexander. W Spurrell & Son, Carmarthen, 1913.
Reprinted by Stewart Williams, Barry, 1973
RLHS 9429 EACP
Reminiscences: being a few rambling recollections of some people and things I have
met with by S.W. Allen. Western Mail, 1918.
RLHS 9429 BACP
Directories and yearbooks
Kelly’s Western Mail directory of Cardiff 1913, 1922, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1970, 1972
Kelly’s Directories Ltd, London, 1913+
RLHS 9429 BAKE
Domesday Book
Domesday: a search for the roots of England by Michael Wood
Book Club Associates, London, 1987
RLHS 9420
Drapers
David Morgan, 1833-1919: the life and times of a master draper in South Wales by
Aubrey Neil Morgan
Starling Press Ltd, 1977
RLHS 9429 AAEM
Dyfed
Aberystwyth voices compiled by William Troughton. Tempus Publishers Ltd, Stroud,
2000. (Tempus Oral History Series).
RLHS 9429 DAAA
Edwards, John
More ‘Talk tidy’: further to the art of speaking Wenglish by John Edwards.
Tidyprint Publications, Creigiau, 2003. First publ by D Brown & Son Ltd, 1986.
RLHS 9429 EAKM
‘Talk Tidy’: the art of speaking Wenglish by John Edwards
Tidyprint Publications, Creigiau, 2003. First publ by D Brown & Sons Ltd, 1985
RLHS 9429 EAKM
Elm Street, Roath
More on the Elm Street district by Alec Keir. RLHS-PN, 1988, v5, pp2-3
RLHS 9429 BKKE
England and Wales
Domesday: a search for the roots of England by Michael Wood
Book Club Associates, London, 1987
RLHS 9420
English language
Collins Graphic English dictionary. Collins Clear-Type Press, London & Glasgow,
n.d.RLHS 4203
More ‘Talk tidy’: further to the art of speaking Wenglish by John Edwards.
Tidyprint Publications, Creigiau, 2003. First publ by D Brown & Son Ltd, 1986.
RLHS 9429 EAKM
Origins and meanings of popular phrases and names by Basil Hargrave.
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1925. 1st publ 1911
RLHS 4200
‘Talk Tidy’: the art of speaking Wenglish by John Edwards
Tidyprint Publications, Creigiau, 2003. First publ by D Brown & Sons Ltd, 1985
RLHS 9429 EAKM
Environment and Natural history
A Natural history of Cardiff: exploring along the river Taff by Mary E Gillham.
Lazy Cat Publishing, 2002.
RLHS 9429 BADI
Rambles and studies in old South Wales by Wirt Sikes
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881.
Reprinted by Stewart Williams Publ, Barry, 1973
RLHS 9429 AADI
Real Cardiff by Peter Finch. Seren Books, Bridgend, 2002-2009, 3v.
RLHS 9429 BADI
Evans, Jack
A Guide to the Taff Valley from Quakers’ Yard to Aberfan ed by Jack Evans.
Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists Society’ 1979.
RLHS 9429 EAMT
Family history
Notable men of Cardiff (first series) by William Johnstone.
William Johnstone, Cardiff, 1903
RLHS 9429 BACN
Finch, Peter
Real Cardiff by Peter Finch. Seren Books, Bridgend, 2002-2004, 3v.
RLHS 9429 BADI
Foster, T J
Floreat Howardia: the story of the Howard Gardens Schools, Cardiff, 1885-1990 by T
J Foster. Friends of Howardian High School, Cardiff, 1990.
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Freeman, David
Tredegar House and park by David Freeman. Newport BC, Newport, 1989.
RLHS 9429 FADY
Frith, Francis
Francis Frith’s Glamorgan : a revised edition of an original publication by Aeres
Twigg. Frith Book Co Ltd, Salisbury, 2003.
RLHS 9429 EDAA
South Wales by Natalie Murphy. Waterton Press Ltd, [1998]
RLHS 9429 AAMS
Furniture industry
Catalogue of church and school furniture by Harry Gibbon and Sons Crwys Steam
Joinery works, Cardiff. Harry Gibbon and Sons, Cardiff, 1909
RLHS 9429 BABZ
Gibbon, Harry and Sons
Catalogue of church and school furniture by Harry Gibbon and Sons Crwys Steam
Joinery works, Cardiff. Harry Gibbon and Sons, Cardiff, 1909
RLHS 9429 BABZ
Gibbs, John Morel
Morels of Cardiff: a history of a family shipping firm by John Morel Gibbs.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1982
RLHS 9429 BAGK
Gillham, Mary E.
A Natural history of Cardiff: exploring along the river Taff by Mary E Gillham.
Lazy Cat Publishing, 2002.
RLHS 9429 BADI
Glamorgan
The Diaries of John Bird, 1790-1803: clerk to the 1st Marquess of Bute ed by Hilary
M Thomas. South Wales Record Society, 1987
RLHS 9429 EACP
Early Cardiff: a short account of its street names and surrounding place names by
D.R. Paterson. James Townsend & Sons, Exeter, 1926
RLHS 9429 BADA
Francis Frith’s Glamorgan : a revised edition of an original publication by Aeres
Twigg. Frith Book Co Ltd, Salisbury, 2003.
RLHS 9429 EDAA
Glamorgan and Gwent by Elizabeth Whittle. HMSO, London, 1992
(A Guide to ancient and historic Wales)
RLHS 9429 EABA
Glamorgan Historian, v 2-7ed by Stewart Williams. D Brown and Sons Ltd,
Cowbridge 1965-1971 RLHS 9429 EABA
Glamorgan papers and notes on the Lordship and its membership by John Stuart
Corbett: edited by D R Patterson. Cardiff Naturalists Society, 1925.
RLHS 9429 EADH
Glamorgan reminiscences by D T Alexander. W Spurrell & Son, Carmarthen, 1913.
Reprinted by Stewart Williams, Barry, 1973
RLHS 9429 EACP
The Glamorgan village book compiled by the Glamorgan Federation of Women’s
Institutes… Countryside Books, Newbury and GWFI, Port Talbot, 1993.
RLHS 9429 EADA
Morgannwg: the journal of Glamorgan History. Glamorgan History Society
RLHS 9429 EABA
Saints and sailing ships by Stewart Williams. D Brown and Stewart Williams, Barry,
1962. (Vale of Glamorgan series v 4)
RHLS 9429 EGGK
South Glamorgan: a county history ed by Stewart Williams
Stewart Williams Publishers, Barry, 1975
RLHS 9429 EMSU
The Taff trail: official guidebook by Jeff Vinter for the Merthyr and Cynon
Groundwork Trust. Alan Sutton Publ Ltd, Stroud, !993.
RLHS 9429 EADJ
Vale of history…photographs and sketches about the Vale of Glamorgan, vol 2 ed by
Stewart Williams. D Brown and Sons Ltd, Cowbridge, 1960
RLHS 9429 EMVA
Glamorgan Archive Service
The diaries of John Bird, 1790 – 1803: clerk to the first Marquess of Bute; ed by
Hilary M Thomas. South Wales Record Society and Glamorgan Archive Service,
Cardiff, 1987
RLHS 9429 BAEK
Glamorgan Federation of Women’s Institutes
The Glamorgan village book compiled by the Glamorgan Federation of Women’s
Institutes… Countryside Books, Newbury and GWFI, Port Talbot, 1993.
RLHS 9429 EADA
Griffin, James
Exploring local history by James Griffin and Tim Lomas
Teach Yourself Books, London, 1997.
RLHS 9051
Gwent
Glamorgan and Gwent by Elizabeth Whittle. HMSO, London, 1992 (A Guide to
ancient and historic Wales)
RLHS 9429 EABA
Hargrave, Basil
Origins and meanings of popular phrases and names by Basil Hargrave.
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1925. 1st publ 1911
RLHS 4200
Heritage Planning and Development
The Taff trail: official guidebook by Jeff Vinter for the Merthyr and Cynon
Groundwork Trust. Alan Sutton Publ Ltd, Stroud, !993.
RLHS 9429 EADJ
Hilling, John B.
Cardiff and the Valleys: architecture and townscape by John B Hilling.
Lund Humphries, London, 1973.
RLHS 9429 BADA
Historic buildings and monuments
Caerphilly Castle and its place in the annals of Glamorgan by William Rees.
Caerphilly LHS, Caerphilly, 1974. !st published 1937.
RLHS 9429 EADY
Cardiff Castle guide.n.d.
RLHS 9429 BADY
Glamorgan and Gwent by Elizabeth Whittle. HMSO, London, 1992 (A Guide to
ancient and historic Wales)
RLHS 9429 EABA
Tredegar House and park by David Freeman. Newport BC, Newport, 1989.
RLHS 9429 FADY
History and archaeology
A Bibliography of the history of Cardff compiled by Brian Ll James
University of Wales, Dept of Extra Mural Studies for The Survey of Cardiff, Cardiff,
1989.(Survey of Cardiff Occasional Paper no 1)
RLHS 9429 BAKH
Cardiff: a history of the City by William Rees.Corporation of the City of Cardiff,
Cardiff, 1962, 2nd ed 1969
RHLS 9429 BABA
Cardiff: a pictorial history by Ian N Soulsby. Phillimore, Chichester, 1989
RHLS 9429 BABA
Cardiff: from the coming of the Romans to the dominance of Cromwell…with a
chapter on the transition…in the 19th century…2nd ed by Herbert M Thompson.
William Lewis (Printer) Ltd, Cardiff, 1936
RLHS 9429 BADA.
Cardiff book, v 3 by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry, 1972
RLHS 9429 BADA
Ceredigion: interpreting an ancient county by J Geraint Jenkins. The Author, 2005.
RLHS 9429 DABA
The City of Cardiff: some aspects of its history as compiled by pupils of Cardiff High
School for Boys. Cardiff High School for Boys, Cardiff, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BABA
The Cardiff story by Dennis Morgan. Hackman Printers Ltd,Clydach
Vale,Tonypandy, 2001
RLHS 9429 BABA
Discovering Cardiff’s past by Dennis Morgan. D Brown & Sons Ltd, Cowbridge
RLHS 9429 BABA
Glamorgan Historian, v 2-7ed by Stewart Williams. D Brown and Sons Ltd,
Cowbridge 1965-1971 RLHS 9429 EABA
A History of Penarth by Roy Thorne. Starling Press, 1975.
RLHS 9429 EAMP
History of the town and castle of Cardiff by William Lemuel Jenkins.
Charles Wakeford, Cardiff, 1854
RLHS 9429 BABA
The illustrated history of Cardiff’s suburbs by Dennis Morgan Breedon Publishers,
2003
RLHS 9429 BABA
Memories of Cardiff’s past by Dennis Morgan. Breedon Books, 2006
RLHS 9429 BABA
Morgannwg: the journal of Glamorgan History. Glamorgan History Society
RLHS 9429 EABA
The people of Wales ed by Gareth Elwyn Jones and Dai Smith
Gomer Press, Llandysul, 1999. (BBC Radio Wales: a millennium history)
RLHS 9429 AABA
Roath, Splott and Adamsdown compiled by Jeff Childs on behalf of the Roath Local
History Society. Chalford Publishing Co, Stroud, 1995. (The Archive Photograph
Series)
RLHS 9429 BABA
Roath, Splott and Adamsdown: one thousand years of history by Jeff Childs.
History Press, Stroud,2012.
RLHS 9429 BABA
South Glamorgan: a county history ed by Stewart Williams
Stewart Williams Publishers, Barry, 1975
RLHS 9429 EMSU
Honours medals and awards
Honorary freedom of the City and County of Cardiff to the Rt. Hon. Sir Tasker
Watkins, VC, CBE, PC, DL. On Wednesday 12 April 2006.
RLHS 9429 BACV
Hospitals
Cardiff Royal Infirmary, 1883 – 1986 by Arnold S Aldis. Univ of Wales Press,1984
RLHS 9429 BKHZ
Howardian High School
Floreat Howardia: the story of the Howard Gardens Schools, Cardiff, 1885-1990 by T
J Foster. Friends of Howardian High School, Cardiff, 1990.
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Hutton, John
Taff Vale Railway miscellany by John Hutton.
Haynes Publishing Group, 1988
RLHS 9429 EAGH
Interwar development, 1919 – 1938
Cardiff and me sixty years ago: growing up during the twenties and thirties by Bill
Twamley. Starling Press, Risca, 1984
RLHS 9429 BABU
Cardiff and the Spanish civil war by Rob Stradling. Butetown History and Arts
Centre, Cardiff, 1996
RLHS 9429 BABU
Iron and steel industry
East Moors album: a portrait of a steelworks, 1883 – 1978 compiled by Malcolm
Rowe. British Steel Corporation, East Moors Works, Cardiff, 1978
RLHS 9429 BKEY
James, Brian Ll
A Bibliography of the history of Cardff compiled by Brian Ll James
University of Wales, Dept of Extra Mural Studies for The Survey of Cardiff, Cardiff,
1989. (Survey of Cardiff Occasional Paper no 1)
RLHS 9429 BAKH
James, N A and Lewis, J.M
Reconstruction of the road map of Llandaff in 1610: Speed revisited by N A James
and J M Lewis. Llandaff Society, Llandaff, 1987. (Llandaff Society Occasional paper
no 3)
RLHS 9429 BGDC
Jenkins, David
Cardiff shipowners by Geraint Jenkins. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1986
RLHS 9429 BAGK
Jenkins, G J
The Splott I remember by G J Jenkins. D Brown, Cowbridge
RLHS 9429 BKMS
Jenkins, Geraint
Cardiff shipowners by Geraint Jenkins. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1986
RLHS 9429 BAGK
Jenkins, J Geraint
Ceredigion: interpreting an ancient county by J Geraint Jenkins. The Author, 2005.
RLHS 9429 DABA
Jenkins, William Lemuel
History of the town and castle of Cardiff by William Lemuel Jenkins.
Charles Wakeford, Cardiff, 1854
RLHS 9429 BABA
Johnstone, William
Notable men of Cardiff (first series) by William Johnstone.
William Johnstone, Cardiff, 1903
RLHS 9429 BACN
Jones, Beryl M. compiler
Living stones: the story of the people of Albany Road Baptist church, Cardiff, 1884 –
1994. Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff, 1994
RLHS 9429 BKNA
Jones, Bryn and O’Sullivan, John
Cardiff: a centenary celebration, 1905-2005 by Bryn Jones and John O’Sullivan.
Sutton Publishing, 2005
RLHS 9429 BABA
Jones, Dan
The City Observatory handbook by Dan Jones. City of Cardiff Education Committee
and Cardiff Priory Press, Cardiff, 1931
RLHS 9429 BAJL
Jones, Gareth Elwyn
The people of Wales ed by Gareth Elwyn Jones and Dai Smith
Gomer Press, Llandysul, 1999. (BBC Radio Wales: a millennium history)
RLHS 9429 AABA
Jones, Glyn M.
Sully: a village and parish in the Vale of Glamorgan by Glyn M Jones and Elfyn
Scourfield. The authors, 1986
RLHS 9429 EAMS
Jones, Ieuan Gwynedd
The Religious census of 1851 relating to Wales: vol 1, South Wales ed by Ieuan
Gwynedd Jones and David Williams. Univ of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1976
RLHS 9429 AAIG
Keir, Alec J W R
A-Z of Roath place names by Alec Keir .RLHS-PN, Dec 1983, v 1, no 3, pp 17-19;
Jan/Feb 1984, v 1 no 4, pp 24-30; Mar 1984, v 1, no 5, p 43; July 1984, v 1, no 8, pp
70-75; Winter 1984/5, v 2, no 1. pp 9-10; Spring 1985, v 2, no2, pp 58-59; Summer
1985, v 2, no 3, pp 71-76; Autumn 1985, v 2, no 4, pp 92-109; Spring 1986, v 3, no 2,
pp 37-67; Summer 1986, v 3, no 3, pp 72-83; Autumn 1986, v 3, no 4, pp 94-108.
Anglican churches in Roath in 1913 by Alec Keir. RLHS-PN, Autumn 1985, v2, no 4,
p 113.
More on the Elm Street district by Alec Keir. RLHS-PN, 1988, v5, pp2-3
Roath: the lost village by Alec Keir. RLHS-PN, Nov 1983, v 1, no 2, pp12-13.
Roath District Board of Health, part 1, 1859 – 1868 by A J W Keir
RLHS – PN, 1988, pp 4 – 26
Roath geology and archaeology by Alec Keir. RLHS-PN, Oct 1983, v 1, no 1, pp1-2
The Survey and presentment of the manor of Roath- Keynsham in Glamorgan (1650)
edited by Alec Keir. RLHS-PN Sept 1984, v 1, no 9, pp 80-89.
Survey of Roath Keynsham (1702) edited by Alec Keir. RLHS-PN Oct 1984, v 1, no
10, pp 93-101.
Kelly’s Directory of Cardiff
Kellys Western Mail directory of Cardiff 1913, 1922, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1970, 1972
Kelly’s Directories Ltd, London, 1913+
RLHS 9429 BAKE
King, Walter
Towards the light: the story of Cardiff High School for Boys, 1898-1970 by Walter
King. Pallas Press, Llanharan,1992.
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Kirk, A.C. Lord Mayor of Cardiff, 1918-19
History of Cardiff: its industrial and commercial growth
[ Cardiff C.C. c 1919]
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Landowners
The diaries of John Bird, 1790 – 1803: clerk to the first Marquess of Bute; ed by by
Hilary M Thomas. South Wales Record Society and Glamorgan Archive Service,
Cardiff, 1987.
.RHLS 9429 BAEK
Lee, Bevan
Cardiff voices by Bevan Lee. Tempus Publishers Ltd, Stroud, 2000
RLHS 9429 BAAA
Lee, Brian
Illustrated history of Cardiff’s pubs by Brian Lee. Bredon Books, 2004
RLHS 9429 BKFY
Leech, Barbara
Full circle: the City of Cardiff High School for Girls, 1950-1970 by Barbara Leech.
Starling Press, Risca, 1986
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Llandaff, Cardiff.
Reconstruction of the road map of Llandaff in 1610: Speed revisited by N A James
and J M Lewis. Llandaff Society, Llandaff, 1987.
RLHS 9429 BGDC
Llandaff Society
Reconstruction of the road map of Llandaff in 1610: Speed revisited by N A James
and J M Lewis. Llandaff Society, Llandaff, 1987.
RLHS 9429 BGDC
Local government
Cardiff 1889 – 1974: the story of the county borough by [B W Row and F G Squire].
Corporation of Cardiff, Cardiff, 1974
RLHS 9429 BAHN
The Mansion House, Cardiff and its environs compiled by Geoffrey Dart, Phillip
Riden and S M Romaya. Survey of Cardiff, Cardiff, 1990. (Occasional paper no 3)
RLHS 9429 BAHN
Local History
Exploring local history by James Griffin and Tim Lomas
Teach Yourself Books, London, 1997.
RLHS 9051
Local history: a handbook for beginners by Philip Riden
Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd, 1983.
RLHS 9051
McKinty, Alec
The father of British airships: a biography of G T Willows by Alec McKinty
William Kimber & Co, London, 1972
RLHS 9429 BAGM
Mansion House, Cardiff
The Mansion House, Cardiff and its environs compiled by Geoffrey Dart, Phillip
Riden and S M Romaya. Survey of Cardiff, Cardiff, 1990. (Occasional paper no 3)
RLHS 9429 BAHN
Maps and plans
Reprint of the first edition of the one inch Ordnance survey of England and Wales:
Cardiff and Newport. OS sheet 67, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BADD
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Historian: the journal of the Merthyr Tydfil Historical Society, v 4
The Society, Merthyr Tydfil, 1989.
RLHS 9429 EMME
Matthews, John Hobson editor
Cardiff records: being materials for Cardiff records: being the history of the county
borough from the earliest times; prepared by authority of the Corporation under the
direction of the Records Committee ed by by John Hobson Matthews.
[Cardiff Corporation], 1898-1911, 6v.
RLHS 9429 BABA
Morels[Shipping Company}
Morels of Cardiff: a history of a family shipping firm by John Morel Gibbs.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1982
RLHS 9429 BAGK
Morgan, Aubrey Neil
David Morgan, 1833-1919: the life and times of a master draper in South Wales.
Starling Press Ltd, 1977
RLHS 9429 AAEM
Morgan, David
David Morgan, 1833-1919: the life and times of a master draper in South Wales.
Starling Press Ltd, 1977
RLHS 9429 AAEM
Morgan, Dennis
Discovering Cardiff’s past by Dennis Morgan. D Brown & Sons Ltd, Cowbridge
RLHS 9429 BABA
The Cardiff story by Dennis Morgan. Hackman Printers Ltd,Clydach
Vale,Tonypandy, 2001
RLHS 9429 BABA
The illustrated history of Cardiff’s suburbs by Dennis Morgan Breedon Publishers,
2003
RLHS 9429 BABA
Memories of Cardiff’s past by Dennis Morgan. Breedon Books, 2006
RLHS 9429 BABA
Murphy, Natalie
South Wales by Natalie Murphy. Waterton Press Ltd, [1998]
RLHS 9429 AAMS
Newport, Gwent
Reprint of the first edition of the one inch Ordnance survey of England and Wales:
Cardiff and Newport. OS sheet 67, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BADD
Tredegar House and park by David Freeman. Newport BC, Newport, 1989.
RLHS 9429 FADY
O’Brien, Paul and others
St Alban’s parish, Splott: centenary 1891-1991 by Paul O Brien and others.
St Alban’s parish church and school, Cardiff, 1991
RLHS 9429 BKIO
O’Rourke, Michael Spain
RLHS – PN,1988,v5,p5.
O’Sullivan,John and Jones, Bryn
Cardiff: a centenary celebration, 1905-2005 by John O’Sullivan and Bryn Jones.
Sutton Publishing, 2005
RLHS 9429 BABR
Oral history
Cardiff voices by Bevan Lee. Tempus Publishers Ltd, Stroud, 2000
RLHS 9429 BAAA
I could have told you: a scrapbook of 50 years of change in Penarth. Part one absent
friends; pieces affixed by Joan Collins. Penarth Oral History Group, 1999
RLHS 9429 EABY
Ordnance Survey
Reprint of the first edition of the one inch Ordnance survey of England and Wales:
Cardiff and Newport. OS sheet 67, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BADD
Owen, David
Roath Park Primary School centenary, 1895- 1995; text by David Owen.
The School, 1995.
RLHS 9429 BKHU
Owen, Hywel Wyn
A pocket guide to the place names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen.
University of Wales Press and the Western Mail, Cardiff, 1998
RLHS 9429 AAAA
Parish government and administration
Magazine of the parish of Roath: (including St Margarets, St German’s iron church,
St Columbus school chapel and St Clement’s school chapel, Crofts St.
William Lewis, printer, Duke St, Cardiff, 1881
RLHS 9429 BKID
Paterson, D,R.
The City, port and district of Cardiff: an illustrated handbook for visitors by D R
Paterson and others, 12th ed. Issued under the auspices of the Development
Committee of the Cardiff City Council. Western Mail & Echo Ltd, Cardiff, 1939.
RLHS 9429 BAGJ
Early Cardiff: a short account of its street names and surrounding place names by
D.R. Paterson. James Townsend & Sons, 1926
RLHS 9429 BADA
Glamorgan papers and notes on the Lordship and its membership by John Stuart
Corbett: edited by D R Patterson. Cardiff Naturalists Society, 1925.
RLHS 9429 EADH
Penarth, Glamorgan
I could have told you: a scrapbook of 50 years of change in Penarth. Part one absent
friends; pieces affixed by Joan Collins. Penarth Oral History Group, 1999
RLHS 9429 EABY
A History of Penarth by Roy Thorne. Starling Press, 1975.
RLHS 9429 EAMP
Penarth Past Oral History Group
I could have told you: a scrapbook of 50 years of change in Penarth. Part one absent
friends; pieces affixed by Joan Collins. Penarth Oral History Group, 1999
RLHS 9429 EABY
Perkins, John W
The Building stones of Cardiff…geological trail guides by John W Perkins.
University College Cardiff Press, Cardiff, 1984
RLHS 9429 BADQ
Place names
Early Cardiff: a short account of its street names and surrounding place names by
D.R. Paterson. James Townsend & Sons, Exeter, 1926
RLHS 9429 BADA
Welsh place names and their meanings by Dewi Davies. Cambrian Printers,
Aberystwyth, n.d.
RLHS 9429 AACZ
Welsh place names unzipped by David Brian. Y Lolfa, 2001
RLHS 9429 AACZ
A pocket guide to the place names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen.
University of Wales Press and the Western Mail, Cardiff, 1998
RLHS 9429 AAAA
Ports, Docks and Harbours
Cardiff: progress and commerce, 1893. London Printing and Engraving Co, London,
1893. (Ports of the Bristol Channel)
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Cardiff city and port: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City Council. Ed J Burrow
& Co Ltd, Cheltenham & London [1973]
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff official handbook: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City Council
Ed J Burrow & Co Ltd, London, 1977
RLHS 9429 BABA
The City, port and district of Cardiff: an illustrated handbook for visitors by D R
Paterson and others, 12th ed. Issued under the auspices of the Development
Committee of the Cardiff City Council. Western Mail & Echo Ltd, Cardiff, 1939.
RLHS 9429 BAGJ
City and port of Cardiff official handbook: the Cardiff Blue book of the Cardiff City
Council. Ed J Burrow & Co Ltd, London , 1960, 1970,1973.
RLHS 9429 BABA
A Rather special place: growing up in Cardiff docklands by Winn Anderson.
Gomer, 1993
RHLS 9429 BAGJ
Presbyterian and Congregational churches, Cardiff
History of Congregationalism in Cardiff and district ed by John Williamson.
Educational Publ. Co Ltd for the Cardiff and District Congregational Board, Cardiff,
1929
RLHS 9429 BAIQ
Primary and elementary education
Roath Park Primary School centenary, 1895- 1995; text by David Owen.
The School, 1995.
RLHS 9429 BKHU
Public houses, Cardiff.
Illustrated history of Cardiff’s pubs by Brian Lee. Bredon Books, 2004
RLHS 9429 BKFY
Railways
Taff Vale railway miscellany by John Hutton. Haynes Publishing Group,1988
RLHS 9429 EAGH
Read, John C
A History of St John’s Cardiff and the churches of the parish by John C Read.
Pauline House, Cardiff, 1997
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Rees, William
Caerphilly Castle and its place in the annals of Glamorgan by William Rees.
Caerphilly LHS, Caerphilly, 1974. !st published 1937.
RLHS 9429 EADY
Cardiff: a history of the City, by William Rees. Corporation of the City of Cardiff,
Cardiff, 1962, 2nd ed 1969
RLHS 9429 BABA
The Union of England and Wales by William Rees.
University of Wales Press for the Hon Society of Cymmrodorion, 1937.
RLHS 9429 AABK
Religious observance
The Religious census of 1851 relating to Wales: vol 1, South Wales Ed by Ieuan
Gwynedd Jones and David Williams. Univ of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1976
RLHS 9429 AAIG
Retail trades
David Morgan, 1833-1919: the life and times of a master draper in South Wales by
Aubrey Neil Morgan
Starling Press Ltd, 1977
RLHS 9429 AAEM
Rhondda, Glamorgan
Old Rhondda in photography; commentaries by Cyril Bastone
Stewart Williams Publisher, Barry, 1974
RLHS 9429 EMRH
Riden, Philip
Local history: a handbook for beginners by Philip Riden
Batsford Academic and Educational Ltd, 1983.
RLHS 9051
Roath, Cardiff
A Guide to the parish church of St Margaret, Roath
The Vicar and churchwardens of the parish of Roath, Cardiff, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
The history of Roath St German’s ed by Marmaduke Warrior and A C Hooper.
Western Mail and Echo Ltd, Cardiff, 1934.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Magazine of the parish of Roath: (including St Margaret’s, St German’s iron church,
St Columbus school chapel and St Clement’s school chapel, Crofts St.
William Lewis, printer, Duke St, Cardiff, 1881
RLHS 9429 BKID
Roath District Board of Health, part 1, 1859 – 1868 by A J W Keir
RLHS – PN, 1988, pp 4 – 26
Roath Park Primary School centenary, 1895- 1995; text by David Owen.
The School, 1995.
RLHS 9429 BKHU
Roath Road record: the magazine of the Roath Road Methodist Sunday school,
RLHS 9429 BKIK
Roath, Splott and Adamsdown compiled by Jeff Childs on behalf of the Roath Local
History Society. Chalford Publishing Co, Stroud, 1995. (The Archive Photograph
Series)
RLHS 9429 BABA
Roath, Splott and Adamsdown: one thousand years of history by Jeff Childs.
History Press, Stroud, 2012.
RLHS 9429 BABA
Roath District Board of Health
Roath District Board of Health, part 1, 1859 – 1868 by A J W Keir
RLHS – PN, 1988, pp 4 – 26
Roath Parish Magazine, 1881, v 1
Magazine of the parish of Roath: (including St Margaret’s, St German’s iron church,
St Columbus school chapel and St Clement’s school chapel, Crofts St.
William Lewis, printer, Duke St, Cardiff, 1881
RLHS 9429 BKID
Roath Park Primary School
Roath Park Primary School centenary, 1895- 1995; text by David Owen.
The School, 1995.
RLHS 9429 BKHU
Roath Road Wesleyan Methodist Church, Roath
Roath Road record: the magazine of the Roath Road Methodist Sunday school,
RLHS 9429 BKIK
Roman Catholic Church
St Alban’s parish, Splott: centenary 1891-1991 by Paul O Brien and others.
St Alban’s parish church and school, Cardiff, 1991
RLHS 9429 BKIO
Row, B W and Squire, F G.
Cardiff 1889 – 1974: the story of the county borough by [B W Row and F G Squire].
Corporation of Cardiff, Cardiff, 1974
RLHS 9429 BAHN
Rowe, Malcolm. Compiler
East Moors album: a portrait of a steelworks, 1883 – 1978 compiled by Malcolm
Rowe. British Steel Corporation, East Moors Works, Cardiff, 1978
RLHS 9429 BKEY
St Alban’s Roman Catholic Church, Splott
St Alban’s parish, Splott: centenary 1891-1991 by Paul O Brien and others.
St Alban’s parish church and school, Cardiff, 1991
RLHS 9429 BKIO
St Germans church, Adamsdown.
Centenary of the parish church of Roath St German, 1884 – 1984; by Megan G
Blackmore. Provincial Printing and Publishing Co, 1984
RLHS 9429 BKIP
The history of Roath St German’s ed by Marmaduke Warrior and A C Hooper.
Western Mail and Echo Ltd, Cardiff, 1934.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
St German’s church magazine, 1889
RLHS 9429 BKIP
St James church, Adamsdown
St James church, Cardiff: a history Compiled by Terry Ackerman. Dale, 1994.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
St John’s church, Cardiff
A History of St John’s Cardiff and the churches of the parish by John C Read.
Pauline House, Cardiff, 1997
RLHS 9429 BKIP
St Margaret of Antioch parish church, Roath.
A Guide to the parish church of St Margaret, Roath
The Vicar and churchwardens of the parish of Roath, Cardiff, n.d.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Scientific Societies and Institutions
The City Observatory handbook by Dan Jones. City of Cardiff Education Committee
and Cardiff Priory Press, Cardiff, 1931
RLHS 9429 BAJL
Scourfield, Elfyn
Sully: a village and parish in the Vale of Glamorgan by Glyn M Jones and Elfyn
Scourfield. The authors, 1986
RLHS 9429 EAMS
Secondary Education
Floreat Howardia: the story of the Howard Gardens Schools, Cardiff, 1885-1990 by T
J Foster. Friends of Howardian High School, Cardiff, 1990.
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Full circle: the City of Cardiff High School for Girls, 1950-1970 by Barbara Leech.
Starling Press, Risca, 1986
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Towards the light: the story of Cardiff High School for Boys, 1898-1970 by Walter
King. Pallas Press, Llanharan, 1992.
RLHS 9429 BAHV
Ships and Shipping
Cardiff commercially considered: a series of articles mainly reprinted from The Syren
and Shipping, Wilkinson Brothers Ltd, London, 1899
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Morels of Cardiff: a history of a family shipping firm by John Morel Gibbs.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1982
RLHS 9429 BAGK
Saints and sailing ships by Stewart Williams. D Brown and Stewart Williams, 1962
(Vale of Glamorgan Series, v 4)
RLHS 9429 EGGK
Sikes, Wirt
Rambles and studies in old South Wales by Wirt Sikes
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881.
Reprinted by Stewart Williams Publ, Barry, 1973
RLHS 9429 AADI
Smith, Dai
The people of Wales ed by Gareth Elwyn Jones and Dai Smith
Gomer Press, Llandysul, 1999. (BBC Radio Wales: a millennium history)
RLHS 9429 AABA
Social and welfare services
University settlement in Cardiff by B.M.Bull. Cardiff College of Art, Cardiff, 1965.
RHLS 9429 BKIP
Soulsby, Ian N.
Cardiff: a pictorial history by Ian N Soulsby. Phillimore, Chichester, 1989
RHLS 9429 BABA
South Wales Record Society
The Diaries of John Bird, 1790-1803: clerk to the 1st Marquess of Bute ed by Hilary
M Thomas. South Wales Record Society, 1987
RLHS 9429 EACP
Llandaff Episcopal acta, 1140-1287 ed by David Crouch. South Wales Record
Society, 1989
RLHS 9429 BGIF
Speed, John. Cartographer
Reconstruction of the road map of Llandaff in 1610: Speed revisited by N A James
and J M Lewis. Llandaff Society, Llandaff, 1987.(Llandaff Society Occasional paper
no 3)
RLHS 9429 BGDC
Splott, Cardiff
East Moors album: a portrait of a steelworks, 1883 – 1978 compiled by Malcolm
Rowe. British Steel Corporation, East Moors Works, Cardiff, 1978
RLHS 9429 BKEY
St Alban’s parish, Splott: centenary 1891-1991 by Paul O Brien and others.
St Alban’s parish church and school, Cardiff, 1991
RLHS 9429 BKIO
The Splott I remember by G J Jenkins. D Brown, Cowbridge
RLHS 9429 BKMS
University settlement in Cardiff by B.M.Bull. Cardiff College of Art, Cardiff, 1965.
RHLS 9429 BKIP
Sport and Games Organisations
The Official history of the VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958,
Cardiff, Wales. The Organising Committee, London, 1958.
RLHS 9429 BAJV
Stapleton, H E and others
A Skilful master-builder: the continuing story of a Yorkshire family business,
craftsmen for seven generations by H E C Stapledon and others.
Wm Anelay Ltd and Wm Sessions Ltd, York, 1975.
RLHS 9427 YADQ
Stradling, Rob
Cardiff and the Spanish civil war by Rob Stradling. Butetown History and Arts
Centre, Cardiff, 1996
RLHS 9429 BABU
Sully, Glamorgan
Sully: a village and parish in the Vale of Glamorgan by Glyn M Jones and Elfyn
Scourfield. The authors, 1986
RLHS 9429 EAMS
Sunday schools
Roath Road record: the magazine of the Roath Road Methodist Sunday school,
RLHS 9429 BKIK
Syren and Shipping
Cardiff commercially considered: a series of articles mainly reprinted from The Syren
and Shipping. The Syren and Shipping, 1899
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Taff Vale Railway
Taff Vale railway miscellany by John Hutton. Haynes Publishing Group, 1988
RLHS 9429 EAGH
Taff Valley
A Guide to the Taff Valley from Quakers’ Yard to Aberfan ed by Jack Evans.
Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists Society’ 1979.
RLHS 9429 EAMT
The Taff trail: official guidebook by Jeff Vinter for the Merthyr and Cynon
Groundwork Trust. Alan Sutton Publ Ltd, Stroud, !993.
RLHS 9429 EADJ
Thomas, Gwyn and others
Cardiff book, v 2 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry, 1974
RLHS 9429 BADA
Thomas, Hilary M.
The Diaries of John Bird, 1790-1803: clerk to the 1st Marquess of Bute ed by Hilary
M Thomas. South Wales Record Society, 1987
RLHS 9429 EACP
Thompson, Herbert M
Cardiff: from the coming of the Romans to the dominance of Cromwell…with a
chapter on the transition…in the 19th century…2nd ed by Herbert M Thompson.
William Lewis (Printer) Ltd, Cardiff, 1936.
RLHS 9429 BADA
Thorne, Roy
A History of Penarth by Roy Thorne. Starling Press, 1975.
RLHS 9429 EAMP
Tiger Bay, Cardiff
How I saw it: a stroll thro’ Old Cardiff Bay by Harry Cooke.
Butetown History and Arts Centre, Cardiff, 1995
RLHS 9429 BADC
Tilngy, Chrystal
Cardiff in old picture post cards, 2nd ed by Chrystal Tilngy
European Library, Zaltbommel, Netherlands, 1996.
RLHS 9429 BADA
Towns and cities
How I saw it: a stroll thro’ Old Cardiff Bay by Harry Cooke.
Butetown History and Arts Centre, Cardiff, 1995
Trade and Industry
Cardiff commercially considered: a series of articles mainly reprinted from The Syren
and Shipping. The Syren and Shipping, 1899
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Cardiff: progress and commerce, 1893. London Printing and Engraving Co, London,
1893. (Ports of the Bristol Channel)
RLHS 9429 BAEA
History of Cardiff: its industrial and commercial growth
[Cardiff C.C. c 1919]
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Keep moving: the story of Solomon Andrews and his family by John F Andrews.
Stewart Williams Publisher, Barry, 1976.
RLHS 9429 BKEA
Cardiff commercially considered: a series of articles mainly reprinted from The Syren
and Shipping. The Syren and Shipping, 1899
RLHS 9429 BAEA
Trams and Trolley buses
Sixty eight years of electric passenger transport in the City of Cardiff, 2nd May 1902
to 11th Jan, 1970 by D. G Over, National Trolley Bus Assoc and City of Cardiff
Transport, Cardiff, 1969.
RLHS 9429 BKG
Tredegar House, Newport
Tredegar House and park by David Freeman. Newport BC, Newport, 1989.
RLHS 9429 FADY
Troughton, William
Aberystwyth voices compiled by William Troughton. Tempus Publishers Ltd, Stroud,
2000. (Tempus Oral History).
RLHS 9429 DAAA
Trounce, W.J.
Cardiff in the fifties: the reminiscences and historical notes of Alderman W.J.
Trounce…1850-1860, (with illustrations). Western Mail Ltd, Cardiff, 1918.
RLHS 9429 BABQ
Turner, E and Sons Ltd
Superb buildings erected by E Turner and Sons Ltd, builders and contractors.
E T Turner and Sons Ltd, Cardiff, 1929.
RLHS 9429 BADQ
Twamley, Bill
Cardiff and me sixty years ago: growing up during the twenties and thirties by Bill
Twamley. Starling Press, Risca, 1984
RLHS 9429 BABU
Twentieth century, 1901- 1999
Cardiff: a centenary celebration, 1905-2005 by Bryn Jones and John O’Sullivan.
Sutton Publishing, 2005
RLHS 9429 BABR
Twigg, Aeres
Francis Frith’s Glamorgan : a revised edition of an original publication by Aeres
Twigg. Frith Book Co Ltd, Salisbury, 2003.
RLHS 9429 EDAA
Ungersma, Mike
Cardiff: rebirth of a capital ed by Mike Ungersma. Cardiff CC and others,
Cardiff,2005.
RLHS 9429 BADA
Union of England and Wales
The Union of England and Wales by William Rees.
University of Wales Press for the Hon Society of Cymmrodorion, 1937.
RLHS 9429 AABK
United Nations
Thee United Nations at fifty: the Welsh contribution ed by W.R.Davies
University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1995
RLHS
University Settlement, Splott
University settlement in Cardiff by B.M.Bull. Cardiff College of Art, Cardiff, 1965.
RHLS 9429 BKIP
Urban areas
The illustrated history of Cardiff’s suburbs by Dennis Morgan Breedon Publishers,
2003
RLHS 9429 BABA
US Forces in Europe, 1942 – 1946.
Over here in South Wales: the American presence, 1942 – 1946, part one in their own
words by Glenn Booker. The Author, 2013.
RLHS 9429 AABX
Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of history…photographs and sketches about the Vale of Glamorgan, vol 2 ed by
Stewart Williams. D Brown and Sons Ltd, Cowbridge, 1960
RLHS 9429 EMVA
Victorian period, 1837-1901
Cardiff in the fifties: the reminiscences and historical notes of Alderman W.J.
Trounce…1850-1860, (with illustrations). Western Mail Ltd, Cardiff, 1918.
RLHS 9429 BABQ
Vinter, Jeff
The Taff trail: official guidebook by Jeff Vinter for the Merthyr and Cynon
Groundwork Trust. Alan Sutton Publ Ltd, Stroud, !993.
RLHS 9429 EADJ
Wales
The people of Wales ed by Gareth Elwyn Jones and Dai Smith
Gomer Press, Llandysul, 1999. (BBC Radio Wales: a millennium history)
RLHS 9429 AABA
A pocket guide to the place names of Wales by Hywel Wyn Owen.
University of Wales Press and the Western Mail, Cardiff, 1998
RLHS 9429 AAAA
Rambles and studies in old South Wales by Wirt Sikes
Sampson Low,Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881.
Reprinted by Stewart Williams Publ, Barry, 1973
RLHS 9429 AADI
The Religious census of 1851 relating to Wales: vol 1, South Wales ed by Ieuan
Gwynedd Jones and David Williams. Univ of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1976
RLHS 9429 AAIG
South Wales by Natalie Murphy. Waterton Press Ltd, [1998]
RLHS 9429 AAMS
Warner, Marmaduke and Hooper, A C.
The history of Roath St German’s ed by Marmaduke Warrior and A C Hooper.
Western Mail and Echo Ltd, Cardiff, 1934.
RLHS 9429 BKIP
Watkins, Sir Tasker
Honorary freedom of the City and County of Cardiff to the Rt. Hon. Sir Tasker
Watkins, VC, CBE, PC, DL. On Wednesday 12 April 2006.
Cardiff CC, 2006
RLHS 9429 BACV
Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum
Cardiff shipowners by Geraint Jenkins. National Museum of Wales, 1986
RLHS 9429 BAGK
Wenglish
More ‘Talk tidy’: further to the art of speaking Wenglish by John Edwards.
Tidyprint Publications, Creigiau, 2003. First publ by D Brown & Son Ltd, 1986.
RLHS 9429 EAKM
‘Talk Tidy’: the art of speaking Wenglish by John Edwards
Tidyprint Publications, Creigiau, 2003. First publ by D Brown & Sons Ltd, 1985
RLHS 9429 EAKM
Whittle, Elizabeth
Glamorgan and Gwent by Elizabeth Whittle. HMSO, London, 1992 (A Guide to
ancient and historic Wales)
RLHS 9429 EABA
Western Mail
Kelly’s Western Mail directory of Cardiff 1913, 1922, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1970, 1972
Kelly’s Directories Ltd, London, 1913+
RLHS 9429 BAKE
Williams, Charles Crofts
Charles Crofts Williams. RLHS-PN, 1988, v5, pp4-5.
RLHS 9429 BKKE
Williams, Charles Henry
Charles Henry Williams. RLHS-PN, 1988, v5, p5
RLHS 9429 BKKE
Williams, David
The Religious census of 1851: a calendar of the returns relating to Wales.
University of Wales Press, n.d.
RLHS 9429 AAIF
Williams, Stewart
Cardiff book, v 1 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry, 1973
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff book, v 2 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry, 1974
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff book, v 3 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry, 1972
RLHS 9429 BADA
Cardiff yesterday, v 1, 2,4,24 & 27 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry,
1982-1992.
RLHS 9429 BADA
Glamorgan Historian, v 2,
5, 6 & 8 ed by Stewart Williams. Stewart Williams, Barry, 1965-1969
RLHS 9429 EABA
Saints and sailing ships by Stewart Williams. D Brown and Stewart Williams, 1962.
(Vale of Glamorgan Series 4)
RHLS 9429 EGGK
South Glamorgan: a county history ed by Stewart Williams
Stewart Williams Publishers, Barry, 1975
RLHS 9429 EMSU
Vale of history…photographs and sketches about the Vale of Glamorgan, vol 2 ed by
Stewart Williams. D Brown and Sons Ltd, Cowbridge, 1960
RLHS 9429 EMVA
Williamson, John
History of Congregationalism in Cardiff and district ed by John Williamson.
Educational Publ. Co Ltd for the Cardiff and District Congregational Board, Cardiff,
1929
RLHS 9429 BAIQ
Willows, E.T.
The father of British airships: a biography of G T Willows by Alec McKinty
William Kimber & Co, London, 1972
RLHS 9429 BAGM
Willows, G.T.
The father of British airships: a biography of G T Willows by Alec McKinty
William Kimber & Co, London, 1972
RLHS 9429 BAGM
Wood, Michael
Domesday: a search for the roots of England by Michael Wood
Book Club Associates, London, 1987
RLHS 9429
World War II, 1939 – 1945
Over here in South Wales: the American presence, 1942 – 1946, part one in their own
words by Glenn Booker. The Author, 2013.
RLHS 9429 AABX
York, Yorkshire
A Skilful master-builder: the continuing story of a Yorkshire family business,
craftsmen for seven generations by H E C Stapledon and others.
Wm Anelay Ltd and Wm Sessions Ltd, York, 1975.
RLHS 9427 YADQ