Papers relating to Neath, Port Talbot and district, collected by James O'Brien JP, member of the Aberavon and Margam District Historical Society,

This material is held atWest Glamorgan Archive Service

Reference
- GB 216 D/D Z 1100
Dates of Creation
- 1927-1930s
Name of Creator
- James O'Brien
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 vol., 1 bundle

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of the local area; also loose papers.

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Papers relating to Neath, Port Talbot and district, collected by James O'Brien JP, member of the Aberavon and Margam District Historical Society,D/D Z 1100

Newspaper cuttings scrapbook entitled Newspaper clippings 1927-29, local and region. Compiled by James OBrien, Port Talbot. The cuttings relate mostly to the Neath, Port Talbot and Margam areas, but also occasionally to Gower, Swansea and district and Wales more generally. They include obituaries of local personalities, notes on local placenames (including Enwau Plwyf Margam), Neath and District Antiquities by Glen A. Taylor, D. H. Jones et al., members of the Neath Antiquarian Society, Catholicism in penal times: how Glamorgan was robbed of the faith by the Rev. J. M. Cronin, and a column on the history of the area by the Aberavon and Margam District Historical Society, of which James OBrien was a member. Also includes bundle of loose papers, cuttings, photographs of Margam Abbey west front and the chapter house, c. 1930s, and typescript article by J. OBrien, JP, entitled Catholicism in Neath.D/D Z 1100/1