Skip to main content
2186 results:

Early Swansea Photography

For about fifteen years in the middle of the nineteenth century certain people in Swansea went 'quite wild' about the new invention of photography.  Margam Castle Daguerreotype The…  

The Cased Photographs Collection

Following the public announcement of the invention of photography in the late 1830s, it became popular both as an amateur pastime and a commercial enterprise. For the first time it was…  

Welsh Tithe Maps

The Library holds a set of tithe maps and associated schedules for Wales. Tithes were payments charged on land users, and payments were originally made using commodities like crops, wool, milk and…  

Nautical Maps

The National Library of Wales has a large collection of charts, mostly modern Admiralty and commercial charts, but also antiquarian charts. Nautical charts (also known as marine or hydrographic…  

Administrative Boundary Maps

The delineation of boundaries is one of the fundamental purposes for which maps are made, both by private individuals and governments.  The history of the mapping of official boundaries in…  

The Welsh National Book of Remembrance

The Welsh National Book of Remembrance for the First World War contains the names of 35,000 servicemen and women, as well as members of Welsh Regiments, who lost their lives in the First World War.…  

Jewish migration stories

Learning toolkit Traditionally, Jewish communities would form when a visiting trader settled down and was joined by others. When a community had at least ten males over 13 years of age they…  

Architectural drawings

The National Library of Wales’ collection includes scaled architectural drawings of buildings and other structures, mainly in mid and South Wales, together with some examples for sites outside…  

The Printed Works of William Williams, Pantycelyn

William Williams, Pantycelyn is generally acknowledged as Wales's most important hymn writer. He was also one of the key leaders of early Methodism in our country and a renowned poet and author.…  

The Library's antiquarian chart collection

The Library has a collection of several hundred charts published before 1800. These charts provide a valuable historical record, not only of the seas around Wales and other parts of the World, but…  

Support us by donating

Preserving the Nation’s Memory

The Library was established with donations given by the people of Wales, and together we can continue that tradition. Donate to ensure our heritage for future generations. All gifts will make a real difference.