Acid Free is North East Wales Archives’ recently launched digital series that explores real life experiences and themes from our collections. Our archivists and featured guests take a closer look at the people and stories from our collections and bring fascinating stories from our records to life. The second instalment of Acid Free explores the recently acquired Welsh Bibles Collection.
In 2023 North East Wales Archives catalogued the Welsh Bibles Collection and began to unravel some of the stories connected to items from this collection. Not only is it the largest collection of Welsh Bibles outside of the National Library of Wales, it also contains very rare volumes including the earliest translations by William Morgan, a William Salesbury New Testament of 1567 and the Bible Mari Jones used before famously walking 25 miles to purchase her own copy.
In our podcast episode we are joined by Hedd ap Emlyn and Bethan Hughes who discuss the origins of the collection, the different ways various bibles came to be collected and the significance of the collection for North East Wales. Hedd and Bethan’s discussion is in Welsh, but an English translation of the episode is available on our website. Listen to the podcast episode here:
To accompany our podcast episode, we have also produced a digital story which provides a visual glimpse of the collection. This is available to view on YouTube here:
Thank you to everyone involved in recording and researching our latest digital content, with a special thanks going out to Hedd ap Emlyn and Bethan Hughes. Our next instalment will be focused on the Courtauld’s factories in North East Wales. Keep an eye on our social media for an announcement of when this is live.
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