THE JOURNAL

Publishing a Journal is part of the aims of the Society, with articles in Welsh and English, contributions on current research, reports from the local Record Office and on the Society’s proceedings, and reviews of scholarly publications.
The Society’s first Journal, under the editorship of Sir William Ll. Davies, was published in 1949 and an edition has been published annually since. Three ‘Extra Publications’ were issued between 1952-55.
Contents of Current Issue (2024):

  • Coffâd, 2024: Emeritus Professor Jenkyn Beverley Smith, MA, FRHistS, FLSW
  • Edward Pugh’s Cambria Depicta (1816) and ‘Meirion’s Daughters, matchless maids’ Brian J. Slyfield
  • Mary Jones and the voices of Revolutionary Merioneth E. Wyn James
  • Edward Corbett of Ynysymaengwyn (1742?–1820):
    An ‘Old Cherokee Country Squire’ Quentin Deakin
  • Prosiect Treftadaeth Ddiwylliannol Harlech ac Ardudwy:
    Murddunnod coll Ardudwy Jessica M. John
  • The Fron-goch Prisoners Dewi T. Davies
  • Cwys fy nhad: Bywyd a Gwaith Ifor Owen (1915–2007) Gareth Owen
  • Cyfraniadau byr :
    Tourist Guides: Travel Literature’s Poor Relation (Brian Slyfield),  Tryweryn Revisited (Gruffydd Aled Williams),
  • Proceedings of the Society, 2023
  • The 75th Anniversary of the Journal Gruffydd Aled Williams
  • Reviews

A collection of previous editions of the Journal are available:

1954, 1976, 1978-80, 1982-3, 1986-89, 1994, 1996-8, 2000-01, 2005-08, 2010-11, 2013-21 – £5 each

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Contributions for the Journal are welcomed for consideration by the Honorary Editor. Please send as e-mail attachments to Dr Ffion Mair Jones (ffionmjones@btinternet.com) as well as hard copies in double-spacing (see inside back cover for address). References, numbered consecutively, should appear at the end of articles and kept to a minimum. Also, the format and abbreviations used in previous recent numbers of the Journal should be observed. Contributors of articles in Welsh are expected to provide brief summaries in English.