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Records relating to the White Swan, Monmouth
Reference code(s): GB 0218 D3534
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Title: Records relating to the White Swan, Monmouth
Short title: White Swan, Monmouth, records
Dates of creation: 1708-[c. 1900]
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 54 items
Name of creator(s): The White Swan, Monmouth
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: The White Swan, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, dates back as far as the early 18th century and may at one time have been a private dwelling house. In the mid 18th century the inn was known as the Swan and Falcon Inn but by 1774 had become the White Swan. The inn was rebuilt in 1839 following the completion of Priory Street. The Wanklyn and Powles families of Monmouth owned property in Penallt, Trellech, Monmouthshire.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Deeds and wills relating to the White Swan Inn, 1708-[c. 1900], and other property in Monmouth, Monmouthshire; deeds and documents relating to Penallt in the parish of Trellech, Monmouthshire, 1822-[c. 1900]; Act of Parliament relating to markets in Monmouth, 1834.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Arranged into the following: deeds relating to the White Swan (previously the Swan and Falcon), Monmouth; deeds relating to other property in Monmouth; Act of Parliament; deeds and documents relating to Penalt.
Conditions governing access: No restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply
Finding aids: Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Gwent Record Office and the National Library of Wales.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Immediate source of acquisition: [1998]
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related units of description: Further records are in Gwent Record Office, MISC MSS 313 and D 361.38-31.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Gwent Record Office, Records relating to the White Swan, Monmouth, and to other property in Monmouth and Penalt, catalogue.
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH
Date(s) of description: June 2004
