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Glamorgan History Society

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ach year the Society publishes its journal Morgannwg. First published in 1957, the journal has made a major contribution to the understanding and appreciation of the history of Glamorgan. Each issue contains four or five articles, each one arising from original research.

Contributors include well-known academic and local historians, all with an in depth knowledge of their subject, and the content of each journal has a wide historical and geographic spread.

In addition to the main articles regular features include short accounts of recent archaeological investigations in the county, news from the Glamorgan Record Office in Cardiff and the West Glamorgan Record Office in Swansea, Book Reviews and Notes & Queries. An index is published every ten years.

The Llanblethian Ghost (1839) and the Cowbridge Cymreigyddion: An Episode from a Glamorgan Cranford?	Stephen K. Roberts
John Probyn. First Dean of Llandaff. 1840-43	B.M. Lodwick
A “Voluntary Contracted Madness”: The Alcohol Problem in Parts of Nineteenth Century Glamorgan	T. G. Davies
Not Many of Us Know Our Own Strength: Exploring Early Co-operation In South Wales	Alun Burge
Searching For Gardeners in Glamorgan.	Hilary M Thomas
Archaeological Notes
News From The Archives
Book Reviews & Notices
Notes And Queries

Great News !!

A Searchable On-Line Morgannwg Database is now available as part of the National Library’s “Welsh Journals On-line Project”.

Click here to access it.

The full text of all earlier volumes of Morgannwg from volume 1 (1957) to volume 48 (2004) is now freely available on-line from the National Library of Wales through this project, which also provides a searchable database of back-numbers for a large number of Welsh academic journals

The archive can be found at

http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/listissues/llgc-id:1169834

The content of the most recent issues has been excluded from the database,but copies of these volumes are available for purchase from the Hon. Treasurer. Contact details may be found on the Membership Page.

Submission of Articles

Authors wishing to submit articles for consideration for inclusion in Morgannwg should contact

The Hon Editor, Mr Jeff Childs at jeff.childs1@btinternet.com

The current volume of Morgannwg (Vol. LV 2011)

John Probyn