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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.

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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

Collecting Welsh Place Names

Collecting Welsh Place Names

  • 25/03/2026
  • 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
  • Glamorgan Archives, Leckwith, Cardiff.
    Join Dr James January-McCann, Place Names Officer at the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, as he delves into the history and development of the List of Historic Place Names of Wales, a groundbreaking resource containing hundreds of thousands of individual place names. The List is...

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