Author: Phillips, John Roland.
Title: THE HISTORY OF CILGERRAN: Comprising a Detailed Account of the Castle, Church, Mansions, Old Families, Men of Note, Tin-Plate Works, Slate Quarries, &c.; Including the Topography of the Parish; With Copies of Charters, and Other MSS.
Description: J. Russell Smith ..., 1867. 1st Ed. xvi + 264pp. 3 mounted photographs. Some light browning, with the signature of ‘Rev. H. Howell 1931’, annotations to pastedown, original gilt lettered green cloth, some marking, spine sl. chipped. ¶ John Roland Phillips (1844–1887) Welsh lawyer and antiquarian. His legal studies led him to take a great interest in the history and antiquities of the district, and in August 1866 he won the prize offered at Cardigan Eisteddfod for the best essay on the ‘History of Cilgerran.’ The publication of the essay in an enlarged form early in 1867 as the above.

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