GELLIGAER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Membership/Publications

Membership

Membership is currently £10, and runs from September to September.

Publications

Now available price £10

Bargoed and Gilfach A Local History (2011)
£10
£5 post & packageing.

Gelligaer Journal 2010 Volume XVIII
£4
£1 post & packageing.

Gelligaer Journal 2009 Volume XVII
£5
£1.50 post & packageing.

Gelligaer Journal 2007 Volume XVI
£3.50
£1 post & packageing

Gelligaer Journal 2005 Volume XV £4 £1 post & packageing

Gelligaer Journal Volumes Vol XI – XV in 1 volume £5 £2 post & packageing.

Gelligaer Journal Volumes Vol VI – X in 1 volume £5 £2 post & packageing.

The single volume collections were produced for the society by Dr. Fred Holley

Also available from Gelligaer Historical Society

Parish of Gelligaer - The farms and their familes 1540-1840

Volume 1 - Garthgynydd Hamlet (100 pages) £5.00 p&p £1.00

Volume 2 - Brithdir Hamlet (240 pages) £7.00 p&p £1.50

All publications are available at our monthly talks with no postage

Please contact us if you wish to buy any of the above and don't live locally

Contents

Volume XVIII

1825 Gelligaer Man Transported to Australia by Colin Lewis & Greg Buick

The Gelligaer Eisteddfods 1840’s -1854 by Jean Kember

Aberbargoed by Bill Smith and David Mills

Impact of railway development on the Parish of Gelligaer by Terry McCarthy

1894-1908 Bargoed Mixed (later Boys’) School Log Book byAnnie Owen

Volume XVII

Evan James, Dr William Price and Iolo Morganwg's Utopia by Brian Davies

Some Local Women by Annie Owen

A Bargoed Lady's Reminiscences. Princess as Nurse by Thomas F. Holly

Transport Intersections over Brithdir Mountain by Terry McCarthy

A Powell Duffryn Heritage by Leslie M. Shore

Bargoed in the Past (a transcription)

Some Reminiscences of Gelligaer Historical Society in the 1960s by Whitney R. D. Jones

Early Religious Dissent in the Rhymney Valley by J. Gwynfor Jones

In the Footsteps of Saint Catwg by Islwyn Hughes

Tir Pontlottyn 1540-1830 by Greg Buick

Edmund William Lewis (1550-1620) Gent of Kilvach Bargoed by Jean Kember

Penallta's Bandmaster, 1931, Interesting Career of Mr. D. J. Stevens by Thomas F. Holly

The Most Important Part of a Will by David Mills

Galloways in Scotland and Wales by Innes MacLeod

The Last Family to Farm Llancaiach Fawr by Rosemary Williams (Preface by David Mills)

Bargoed Juvenile Unemployment Centre, 1928-1937 by Annie Owen

Bargoed Salvation Army Band 1920-1940 by Thomas F. Holly

The Llanbradach Pit Explosion by Dennis G. Sellwood

Volume XVI

The Tribal Princes of Senghennydd Supra by Jean Kimber

The Origins of the Welsh National Anthem by E.D.G Williams

Lewis Family of Killvach Vargoed by T.G. Buick

The Closure of Bedwellty School by Terry McCarthy

Fochriw, Pontlottyn and Rhymney Brass Bands by T.F.Holley

Thank Goodness for Alcohol by David Mills

Fleur-de-Lys: Immigrants from Somerset & Gloucestershire by Annie Owen

National Library of Wales document LL/CC/G/758

The 1976 Drought recalled by Mary & Terry McCarthy

Vol. XV	Excavations at Dan-y-Gaer and Gelligaer 2004	Evans, Dr Edith
2005	The Llanfabon/Cascade Hounds	Holley, Dr T.F.
	Morgan John Rhys, 1760-1804.	Jones, Nesta
	Melin Cylla and Penrhiwfelin	Kember, Jean
	Royalist or Puritan? A Who was Who in Gelligaer During the Civil Wars 1642-49.	Kember, Jean
	The Mystery of St. David's Relics	Knight, Prof. Bernard
	Railways in the Rhymney Valley, 1920-21	McCarthy, Terry
Vol. XIV	Roman Gelligaer	Andrewartha, Clive
2004	The Revival of the Gelligaer Hunt after the 1939-45 war	Holley, Dr T.F.& (late) Boulton, R.J.
	Reminiscences, August 2003	Isaac, Gwyneth.
	A Visit to Mill Farm, Gelligaer	James, Charles Russell.
	Common Land - A common Resource for the Common People?	Jones, Judith
	Pre Industrial Deri	Jones, Judith
	Inns of the Village of Gelligaer and their inhabitants in the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s.	Kember, Jean
	Recollections of the Bargoed Postmaster, 1914.	Lewis Edward (Tr. Holley, Dr. T.F.)
	St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Bargoed: A Brief History	McCarthy, Terry
	Murderer visits Gelligaer, A.	Mills, David.
	Archaeological Investigations of the First Roman Fort at Gelligaer and its environs.	Pearson, Andrew
Vol. XIII	Tribute to Mr W.H. Davies, M.A.	Askey, George
1990	Laying the Foundation Stone of Lewis' School Pengam - an Episcopal Sequel	Brown, Rev. Roger Lee
	Billo Preece, the "Wnt" Catcher	David, Illtyd
	Commission of Enquiry at Gelligaer in 1677 into Tithe Payments	Davies, Prof. T.V.
	System of Horsekeeping Employed at Llanbradach Colliery, Glamorgan about 1925	Hearnden, W. & Holley, Dr T.F.
	The History of Firefighting in the Glamorgans	Heath, J.
	Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the Chapel and School at Gelligaer	Holley, Dr T.F.
	Clwydtrawscae Farm	Jones, Judith
Vol. XII	Payment in Kind	Anon.
1982	Penallta "Stay Down" Strike, Feb. 1948	Broomfield, Stuart
	The Parish of Gelligaer during the latter part of the Nineteenth The Century	Brown, C. Roger Lee
	Art in the Rhymney Valley	David, Illtyd
	Mrs S. A. Williams	Davies, J.D.G.
	From the Songs of Men	Davies, Walter Haydn
	Myths and Folklore in the Parish of Gelligaer	Felstead, R.
Vol. XI	The Gelligaer Coalfield and its Pioneers	Meyrick, Howard G.
1977	Elergy	Thomas, D. Gethin
	Gelliargwellt Uchaf and the Stradlings	Thomas, D. Gethin
	William Lewis, Mormon	Thomas, D. Gethin
	The Poacher's Express	Thomas, Huw Ballard
	David Gethin Thomas	Jones, C.M.R.
	Circular Pigsties in the Gelligaer Parish	Jones-Jenkins, C.G.
	Tribute to the Late Mr E. Saunders, M.A.	Shone, A.

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