{"id":186,"date":"2018-06-17T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T15:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:37:50","slug":"studies-in-anglesey-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/studies-in-anglesey-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Studies in Anglesey History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1966 the 7th Marquess of Anglesey launched the series with the following quotation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;A vital object of the series is the provision of source material for those who wish to conduct further research into specialist subjects. A subsidiary but important part of the design is to satisfy the known, and growing, requirements of visitors to the Island: to supply them with authoritative reading matter from which to broaden their understanding of what they see around them, and how it came to be as it is&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of the publications are now out of print and some have been re-printed or have been published in revised editions. The list below records the complete series with links to further information for those which are still in print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complete Studies in Anglesey History series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-1-copper-mountain\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"189\">Copper Mountain<\/a> by John Rowlands, M.A., M.Ed:1966, Reprinted 1981 (out of print). Republished in 2002 by Stone Science Anglesey &#8211; ISBN 09543543-0-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 2 Natural History of Anglesey: edited by Dr.W. Efion Jones: 1966 (out of print, but available to view at the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/naturalhistoryof0000jone\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\">Internet Archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 3 Prehistoric Anglesey: The Archaeology of the Island to the Roman Conquest by Francis Lynch, M.A., F.S.A., 1970 (out of print, revised edition available as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-9-prehistoric-anglesey\/\">Vol. 9<\/a> below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 4 Ships and Seamen of Anglesey: 1558 &#8211; 1918 by Aled Eames, M.A.,1973  (out of print). <br>The book was reprinted in 1981 by the National Maritime Museum as a Modern Maritime Classics Reprint No. 4 &#8211; ISBN 0 905555503 (out of print, but available to view at the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/shipsseamenofang0000eame\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\">Internet Archive<\/a>), and in 2011 by <a href=\"https:\/\/carreg-gwalch.cymru\/collections\/english-titles\/products\/ships-and-seamen-of-anglesey-1558-1918\">MOROL in association with Gwasg Carreg Gwalch &#8211; ISBN 9781845273521<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 5 Two Centuries of Anglesey Schools: 1700 &#8211; 1902 by David A. Pretty, M.A., 1977 (out of print).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 6 Medieval Anglesey: by Dr. A.D. Carr, 1982 (out of print, revised edition available as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-12-medieval-anglesey-new-edition\/\">Vol. 12<\/a> below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 7 Portraits of an Island : Eighteenth Century Anglesey by Helen Ramage, M.A., 1987, ISBN 0 95001995X (out of print).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-8-a-new-natural-history-of-anglesey\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"194\">A New Natural History of Anglesey:<\/a> Edited by Dr W. Efion Jones, 1990, ISBN 0 9500199-6-8 (Copies available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-9-prehistoric-anglesey\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"196\">Prehistoric Anglesey: The Archaeology of the Island to the Roman Conquest<\/a> by Frances Lynch, M.A., F.S.A., Second Edition, 1991, ISBN 0 9500199-7-6 (Copies available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-10-portraits-of-an-island\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"198\">Portraits of an Island : Eighteenth Century Anglesey<\/a> by Helen Ramage, M.A., New Edition November 2001, ISBN 0 9500199-8-4 (Copies available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-11-power-politics-and-county-government-in-wales-anglesey-1780-1914\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"200\">Power, Politics and County Government in Wales: Anglesey 1780 &#8211; 1914<\/a> by Dr. W.P. Griffith, 2006, ISBN 0 9500199-9-2 (Copies available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-12-medieval-anglesey-new-edition\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"207\">Medieval Anglesey, New Revised Edition<\/a> by Professor A.D. Carr, 2011, ISBN 978-0-9568769-0-4 (Copies available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vol. 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanesmon.org.uk\/aaswp\/vol-12-medieval-anglesey-new-edition-2\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1084\">A Prism for his times: Late-Tudor Anglesey and Hugh Hughes of Plas Coch<\/a> by Professor Robin Grove-White, 2020, ISBN 978-0-9568769-1-1 (Copies available).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Current Editor:<\/strong> Professor Sara Elin Roberts&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Past Editors:<\/strong> Helen Ramage &#8211; 1966-1990, Vols 1-7; Gwilym Trevor Jones &#8211; 1990-2010; Vols 8-11, Frances Lynch Llewellyn &#8211; 2010-2026, Vols 9-13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1966 the 7th Marquess of Anglesey launched the series with the following quotation: &#8220;A vital object of the series is the provision of source material for those who wish to conduct further research into specialist subjects. 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