This month you can explore unique images and documents from the National Library of Wales, plus complete products together worth £51.50.
Cardiff Directory
Butcher’s Cardiff District Directory 1880-81 is 561 pages in length, and normally available from My History (www.my-history.co.uk) priced £11. For Cardiff itself, the book contains a ‘History & Local Intelligence’ section, followed by street, private residents, commercial and classified trade directories. You’ll find smaller directories too, covering Pontypridd, Llantrisant, Cowbridge, Penarth and Llandaff, plus a section on the villages of Cogan, Lisvane, Llandough, Llanedarne, Llanishen, Michaelston-le-Pit, Pentyrch, Badyr, Rumney, St Andrews, St Fagans and St Mellons. There are also 60 pages of local advertisements and a coloured map of the County of Glamorgan.
Newport Directory
The 789-page Johns’s Newport Directory was first published in 1936. This digital…