UNESCO recognition for one of the National Library of Wales’s treasures
Tuesday evening at the Senedd eight new pieces of documentary heritage
were inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World UK Register. The only
item from Wales to be included was The Survey of the Manors of
Crickhowell & Tretower by Robert Johnson (1587), held here at the
National Library of Wales.
This survey is a part of the Badminton Collection held in the Library’s
Map Collection. Like many other such estate surveys of the period it
includes a textual description of the estate, its extent, its properties
and tenants; unlike most other surveys this survey also includes a set
of maps produced as part of the survey. This is the earliest example of
a grand estate atlas designed as a coherent volume of decorative estate
maps.
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Further information in the press release:
https://www.llgc.org.uk/en/information-for/press-and-media/press-releases/2016-press-releases/first-minister-of-wales-celebrates-the-award-of-unesco-memory-of-the-world-status-to-outstanding-historical-collections/
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Nia Mai Daniel
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