Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives

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...

Happy 200th birthday to the Menai Suspension Bridge

The Archives & Special Collections Annual Exhibition for 2026 will celebrate the bridge’s bicentenary with items selected from our rare books & special collections. The exhibition will also be available to view online.

Watch this space

Pen-blwydd hapus i Bont Grog y Borth yn 200 oed

Bydd Arddangosfa Flynyddol yr Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig 2026 yn dathlu daucanmlwyddiant y bont. Bydd yr arddangosfa hefyd ar gael i'w gweld ar-lein o’r 07/03/26.

Cadwch lygad allan.

Poster yn hysbysebu Rasys Ynys Môn, 1825

Byddai'r cyfarfodydd rasio fel arfer yn digwydd yn flynyddol ym Mharc Tregarnedd, Llangefni, gyda'r cae ras yn symud i Fiwmares yn ddiweddarach ar ôl 1827.

Dyddiad: 1825 Heb ei gatalogio

Poster advertising the Anglesey Races, 1825

The race meetings would usually take place annually at Tregarnedd Park, Llangefni, with the racecourse later moving to Beaumaris after 1827.

Date: 1825 Uncatalogued

Diddorol pan fyddwch yn dod ar draws yr penawd:

Always intriguing when you come across a document headed:

“SECRET” & "OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT”

Torpedoes: reports notes & the results of tests on and concerning torpedoes conducted at the National Physical Laboratory

BMSS/32058-32069 1921-1932

Cerddi a charolau plygain yw y corff mawr, ceir hefyd ambell gywydd ac amryw awdlau marwnad, a gwthiwyd englyn ar ôl englyn i lanw'r gwagleoedd gwynion ar waelod y dalennau

The main body consists of poems and plygain carols, there are also some cywyddau, elegiac odes, and several englynion squeezed in to fill the white spaces at the bottom of the pages

Today’s featured item listed in Daniel Huws’ s ‘A Repertory of Welsh Manuscripts and Scribes c.800–c.1800’:

“Piser Sioned”

The book belonged to Cadwaladr Davies, a schoolteacher "next to the Dwyryd", near Corwen.

Date: 1735-1745 BMSS/3212

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

“Piser Sioned”

Llyfr Cadwaladr Davies, athro ysgol "yn ymul y Ddwyryd", ger Corwen.

Dyddiad: 1735-1745 BMSS/3212

Cwblhawyd y Cob ym Mhorthmadog ym 1811 gan William Maddocks ond torrwyd rhan o’r wal y flwyddyn ganlynol gan storm fawr. Dyma restr tanysgrifiadau gan Is-iarll Bulkeley i helpu i atgyweirio'r difrod lle cynigiodd 900 o ddynion lleol eu llafur. Roedd y Bardd Shelley yn byw yn Tremadog ar y pryd.

Subscription towards the Tre Madoc Embankment

Copi o'r penderfyniadau a basiwyd ym Mai 1812 o dan lywyddiaeth y Viscount Bulkeley o Fôn ar y modd gorau i roi cymorth i W.A. Maddocks pan wnaethpwyd difrod i'r y Cob gan stormydd. Amrwy enwau, y bardd Shelley yn eu plith.

Dyddiad: 1812 BMSS/2382

The Cob at Porthmadog was completed in 1811 by William Maddocks but was breached the following year by a great storm. This is a subscription list put forward by the Viscount Bulkeley of Baron Hill to help repair the damage, where hundreds of local men had also offered their labour. The Poet Shelley was living nearby at Plas Tan yr Allt, Tremadog at the time, hence his contribution.

Subscription towards the Tre Madoc Embankment

Resolutions passed in 1812 under the presidency of Viscount Bulkeley of Anglesey on the best way to help W.A. Maddocks when damage was done to the Cob by the sea tide during a storm. The poet Shelley’s name is among the subscribers

Date:1812 BMSS/2382

Peter Comestor's 'Historia Scholastica'.

A copy on velum completed in 1469, written in brown ink, rubricated, and decorated with fine red elongated pen flourishes. Rebound in the 19th century in full brown goatskin.

Formerly preserved in the Bangor Cathedral Library.

Date: 1469 BMSS/15233

'Historia Scholastica' gan Peter Comestor.

Felwm; wedi'i ysgrifennu mewn inc brown, wedi'i rwbio, a'i addurno â phen hir coch mân yn ffynnu. Wedi'i ailrwymo mewn lledr brown croen gafr yn y 19eg ganrif.

Cadwyd gynt yn Llyfrgell Eglwys Gadeiriol Bangor.

Dyddiad: 1469 BMSS/15233

An opportunity to listen to a talk by the wonderful Dr Marian Gwyn

Textiles as Exploitation: Clothing, Commerce & Control on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations

6pm, 10/2/2026 Lecture Room 3, Main Arts Building Bangor University, or join online

For more information:
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...

Cyfle i wrando ar sgwrs gan yr hynod ddiddorol Dr Marian Gwyn.

Textiles as Exploitation: Clothing, Commerce & Control on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations

6pm 10/2/2026 Darlithfa 3, Prif Adeilad Y Celfyddydau neu ymunwch ar-lein

Am fwy o wybodaeth:

www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...

Dyma fap yn dangos cwrs yr Afon Adda trwy Fangor. Ychydig iawn o'r Adda sydd i'w weld heddiw gan ei fod wedi'i gwlfertu ac yn rhedeg o dan y ddinas.

“Map of the Penrhyn estate in the Bangor Board of Health District.”

PENRA/2219 1856

Here we have a map showing the course of the Afon (River) Adda through Bangor. Very little of the Adda is visible today as it has been culverted and runs beneath the city.

“Map of the Penrhyn estate in the Bangor Board of Health District.”

PENRA/2219 1856

Yr eitem dan sylw heddiw a restrir yng nghampwaith Daniel Huws

Llyfr Ffortun
Prif destun y llyfr yw astroleg, cylchred y lleuad a'r tywydd.

Today’s featured item listed in Daniel Huws Magnus Opus

Fortune Book
The main text focusses on astrology, the lunar cycle and the weather

1685-1688 BMSS/4

Fory - Tomorrow Mercher/Wednesday 21/1/26

Darlithoedd Shankland 2025-26 Dathlu Eglwys Gadeiriol Bangor 1500

A Tale of Twin Cities: Why is Bangor twinned with Soest?
Dr Marc Collinson, Prifysgol Bangor University

AGORED I BAWB.

Lleoliad/Location:
STORIEL BANGOR

1pm-2pm

“Plan of the new allotments on Malldraeth and Corsddaugau Marsh”

BMSS/118 Dyddiad/Date: 1790

Letters patent, being an Exemplification of an Act for exemplifying the will of Nicholas Bagenall Esq. and for making the same evidence in all courts of law and equity

Dyddiad/Date: 1734 PLAS NEWYDD/VI/503