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Research Guides

Glamorgan Archives has produced a selection of research guides on popular subjects and series of records to help you get started in your research.

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Our catalogue, Canfod, contains descriptions of over 180,000 items in our collection and is regularly updated with descriptions of new records we receive and new catalogues we create.

How to find us

Information on how to reach us on foot, by car, on the bus and by train.

Glamorgan Archives serves the County Borough Councils of Bridgend, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Vale of Glamorgan and the City and County of Cardiff.

What’s on

Glamorgan Archives organises regular FREE events which anyone is welcome to attend. Our events are based on themes which link to our collections and connect to the community we serve.

Keep an eye on our Events page for details of what’s coming up!

Events

Deterrent, Revenge or Justice? The Execution of Leslie James, The Last Woman Hanged in Wales

16/09/2026

2:00 pm-3:00 pm

Glamorgan Archives, Leckwith, Cardiff.

Join authors John Wake and Mary Jones as they tell us about their latest book and the research behind it, revealing accusations of ‘baby farming’ against Leslie James, leading to her execution in Cardiff on the morning of 14 August 1907. This event will be held in person at Glamorgan...

130 Years of Roath Park

14/10/2026

2:00 pm-3:00 pm

Glamorgan Archives, Leckwith, Cardiff.

Join Ann Bell and discover more about Roath Park, Cardiff’s first publicly owned park which officially opened in 1894. Anne Bell is a resident of Roath, a former librarian and a local historian with a keen interest in the history of Cardiff’s parks. This event will be held in person...

Exhibitions

Hughesovka: An Industrial City with Welsh Roots

15/09/2026-31/12/2026

All Day

This exhibition traces the rise of Hughesovka—later Stalino and today Donetsk—from a windswept site on the Ukrainian steppe to a major industrial city with lasting Welsh fingerprints. View the exhibition here: Hughesovka: An Industrial City with Welsh Roots - Glamorgan Archives

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