Probably the key job in the built heritage of Wales is Chief Executive of Cadw. We're looking for an outstanding field of candidates. Please pass it on! cais.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/…

Looking for references for a particular vernacular building or feature or geographical area? Try the VAG Bibliography - it contains over 12,500 references and the latest update to the searchable database is now online at the Archaeology Data Service: archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/colle….

Our most recent edition is 'The Middleman at Middleton Hall: The Letters of Thomas Herbert Cooke, Land Agent in Rebecca's Carmarthenshire, 1841-1847' edited by Dr Lowri Ann Rees #SomethingNew #Archive30 southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/36.htm

An #ArchiveNightmare is having to explain that although technically we do have this lease from 1859, it is not exactly in the best condition… 😅 Mae hunllef archif yn gorfod egluro, er bod gennym y brydles hon yn dechnegol o 1859, nid yw yn union yn y cyflwr gorau... #Archive30

Memorialised inside St Doged's, Llanddoged, the Kyffin family, like many gentry families across England and Wales, have their origins closely tied to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 1/9

Lecture summary - Powis Castle: The Resilience of an Aristocratic Estate in Wales – Inheritance, Enclosure & Mining for Lead, by Dr Melvin Humphreys. Dr Humphreys is currently working on a new book on the Powis estates, 1660 to early 19th century. Bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/hist…

Hugely excited to share the cover of my new book, due to be launched in September with Boydell & Brewer. Coming of Age Celebrations on Welsh Landed Estates: Gentry, Culture and Society c.1770-1920. More info here: boydellandbrewer.com/9781837650255/…

Archbishop John Williams has finally arrived! It’s a long time since he was last at Gwydir.

Looking forward to hearing Kirsti Bohata at the launch of our latest publication, her edition of the diary of feminist pioneer Amy Dillwyn southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/37.htm. Join us at the Glamorgan Archives at 3.30 on 17 May, after our AGM: lecture is open to all.

Passionate about heritage? Have a flair for story-telling? Strong networking and relationship-building skills? We might just have the role for you. We're looking for an External Affairs & Communications Officer to join our team: jobs.theguardian.com/job/9572298/ex…

Lovely to see so many intelligent references to Sadie’s book in the ‘Wales & Europe in the Renaissance’ essays that I’m in the middle of marking. Doctoral research undertaken at Bangor University informing how our undergraduates think about the history of Wales.

Please consider signing this petition to retain Bangor University Archives and Special Collections as an essential part of the cultural and intellectual life of Wales: change.org/p/save-your-ar…

Please consider signing to support Bangor University Archives. Archives and special collections are vital to the preservation of cultural and intellectual heritage.

Dr Marian Gwyn, promoting the petition to save Bangor University Archives and Special Collections at our National Library of Wales earlier today. Please support Welsh history, heritage and culture: change.org/p/save-your-ar… Diolch!

Terribly, terribly sad to see the historic collections of Gwysaney Hall in Flintshire for sale at auction, including portraits and material culture dating from the 17th century and earlier. I hope that at least some of this remains in Wales. dreweatts.com/news-videos/gw…

Please help to ensure that the outstanding historic archives, special collections, rare books and manuscripts held at Bangor University continue to be accessible for research, for students, and for communities across north Wales and the wider world: change.org/p/save-your-ar…

History of North Wales at risk of being buried by 'unprecedented' plan dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wal…

Delighted that ISWE is going to be represented again, at the 23rd Annual Historic Houses Conference in Maynooth, by our wonderful Dr Meinir Moncrieffe, who is speaking on: Country house confinements: the forgotten histories of a female gentry underclass

Meinir Moncrieffe rounds off the session with ‘Country house confinements: the forgotten histories of a female gentry underclass’. #HistoricHouseConference

Brilliant afternoon session with papers from Meinir Moncrieffe ISWE Margaret Fox and Angela Alexander on furnishing the country house, the diary of Mary Ravenscroft and the forgotten histories of the female gentry, with excellent discussions afterwards. historicirishhouses