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Gower Society Publications

The Gower Society has published its Journal, "Gower" annually for over 50 years. The present Editor is Bernard Morris. It contains articles recording the history and other interesting facts about the Lordship.

Index to Gower vols I to 55


Contents 57
The Chairman's Commentary
by Malcolm Ridge
2
The Reverend William Lucas Collins (1815-87), Rector of Cheriton 1840-67
by Geoffrey R. Orrin
7
The Nitten Field Farmland Birds Initiative: Results from the first season of a bird ringing project at Middleton
by Barry Stewart
22
Breakfast on the Burrows: Brunel at Swansea, 1850
by Gary Gregor
29
The Penrice and Lyons Families of Kilvrough
Part 2. The Lyons Family by Margaret Walker
34
Little Hill, Bishopston: a ruined house and its family
by Andrew Dulley
49
Pare Llewelyn: John Dillwyn Llewelyn's People's Park
by Robert Skinner
59
Thistleboon House Orphanage
by Wendy Cope
70
Obituaries:
Robert Lucas
Jim Rees
Gwladwen Gwent Jones
Peter Thomas

21
69
79
79


Contents 56
Gower AONB: A short and partial history
by Malcolm Ridge
2
Memories of Gower in the 1920s and 1930s
by Isobel Thomas
8
the Second Whitford Lighthouse
by Jack Hartley
13
The Penrice and Lyons families at Kilvrough
Part 1 The Penrice family
by Margaret Walker
37
Y Felin Glap: A new old watermill in the Lordship of Gower
by Brian Taylor
47
Davies the Diarist: a Treboeth journal. 1819-1833
by E. C. Williams
52
Obituaries
John Armstrong
Professor Sir Glanmor Williams CBE
71
Further Gower Memories
by Williiam Tanner - Edited by Ruth Ridge
72
Cover illustration: 'North Hill Tor from Llanmadoc Down'. Harold E. Grenfell.

If you would like to offer an article for publication please send it to

Mr. B. Morris
Editor "Gower"
Swansea Museum,
Victoria Road,
Swansea, SA 1 1SN.

The Society occasionally publishes books and booklets relating to Gower. Many of these are now out of print. The following publications are still available.
We regret that we have had to increase the charges for postage because the costs have increased.

(If your browser doesn't show the pound sign the prices are all in pounds Sterling)

Buy it from us Buy it somewhere else Postage  (overseas
surface printed paper)
Gower Vol LVII (Our Journal for 2006) £4.95 £5.95 £1.00  (£1.60)
Walking the Gower Way
(3 leaflets, North, Central, South)
£0.75 per leaflet. £2.00 per set £0.75p per leaflet £0.60p (£1.20)
(1,2,or3)
Plastic wallet and 3 leaflets £2.50 £2.50 60p (£1.20)
A Guide to Gower £4.95 £4.95 £1.00  (£1.60)
The Butterflies of Gower (2000 edition) £2.50 £2.50 £060  (£1.20)
Gower Walks £3.00 £3.00 £1.00  (£1.60)
Gabriel Powell's Survey of the Lordship of Gower in 1764 (transcribed by Bernard Morris) £18.00 £24.00 £7.50  (Please ask)
Vernacular Gower Softback £4.50 £4.50 £1.00  (£1.60)
Vernacular Gower Hardback £8.50 £8.50 1.20p (£2.00)
Castles of Gower - in colour £3.00 £3.00 £0.60 (£1.20)
Caves of Gower - new, in colour £3.00 £3.00 £0.60 (£1.20)
Index to Gower Vols 1 to 55 £1.50 N/A £0.60 (£1.20)
Backnumbers of most journals after no. 30 are available at various prices. Earlier numbers are mostly on waiting lists

Vernacular Gower is an attractive photographic record in colour of building details from the past which may not survive modernisation or conversion.

Publications can be ordered from our Publications Sales Officer, Mrs. H. Roberts. Her address is

Mrs. H. Roberts
The Gower Society
Swansea Museum
Victoria Road
Swansea
SA1 1SN
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Some booklets, the Journal and backnumbers of Journals are sometimes available at the evening meetings.

Swansea Reference Library has a complete set of "Gower" and indexes of earlier volumes.



This page was last changed on 5th December 2006