The major part of the collection consists of the administrative records of the local government authorities, from those parts of Gwynedd, which are now in Conwy. It is hoped that the corresponding records for those bodies, which were in Clwyd and are now in Conwy, will also be transferred to Llandudno in due course.
We also hold a number of private collections of local organisations, businesses and individuals, including a collection of photographs.
Local Government records
Aberconwy Council:
- Minutes of the 1974-1996 administration
- Civil burial records
- Local weather records
Abergele Town Council:
Colwyn Council:
- Minutes, 1896-1995
- Conveyance book, terriers of property, photographs, ephemera etc.
Conwy Borough:
- Records of the pre-1835 Borough, from the 17th - early 19th centuries.
- Minutes of the council and its many Committees
- Declarations of officers
Betws y Coed, Llanfairfechan, Llanrwst, Nantconwy and Penmaenmawr Rural District Councils:
- Local Rate Books from Llanfairfechan RDC
- Minutes
- Financial records
- Poor rate books
- Rate books
- Evacuee registers
- Housing inspection records
- Local Board and Rural Sanitary Authority records (pre 1894 Act)
Llandudno Local Government Records:
- Improvement Commissioners' records from 1854-1895
- UDC records, continuing the story of town development 1895-1974
Conwy Poor Law Union Records:
- Records of the Board of Guardians, 1837-1930
- Conwy Workhouse
- Children's Homes
- Valuation Lists
Parish Councils:
- Caerhun: Minutes 1895-1945; Poor Rate Books, 1889-1896
- Capel Curig: Minutes 1905-1967
- Conwy: Charters of Edward III, Edward IV, Henry VII, Elizabeth I and Victoria
- Dolgarrog: Minutes 1899-1944
- Dolwyddelan: Minutes 1894-1954
- Llanbedr y Cennin: Land Tax Assessments 1804-1822; Poor Law Records 1798- 1856; Bastardy Orders 1805-1839; Minutes 1954-1983; Rate Books 1839-1841; Schedule of Public Footpaths 1946 and papers about Common Land 1967- 1972; Charities Account Book 1807-1820
- Llansantffraid Glanconwy: Poor Rate Books, 1838-1842
- Penmachno: Minutes 1894-1970 (with some gaps)
- Trefriw: Minutes 1895-1962
School Records
- Log Books
- Registers of Admission, Progress and Withdrawal
- Punishment Books
- Managers' Minute Books
- Local Education Boards
- Minute Books
- Financial records
Electoral Registers
- 1921-2002 (some gaps, not all areas covered)
Photographs and Prints
The Llandudno Library Photograph Collection includes hundreds of pictures of Llandudno and the surrounding area dating from 1857-1980. It also includes lithographs, engravings and aquatints of views from the late 18th century.
Maps and Plans
- 25" and 6" O.S. maps of Conwy County Borough, 19th and 20th centuries
- Large scale O.S. maps of Llandudno, 1889
- Llandudno UDC plans
- Comprehensive collection of maps and plans of the Conwy and Colwyn Bay Joint Water Supply Board
- Tithe maps
Private Collections
- Gorddinog Estate, Llanfairfechan
- Colwyn Bay and Llandudno English Methodist Circuit
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Research Station, Conwy: records of the mussel purification tanks and the pioneering research into shellfish cultivation under the direction of Dr Dodgson (a relative of the author Lewis Carroll). Includes a large photographic archive.
- Porter Collection, solicitors, Conwy and Colwyn Bay. Includes records of the Court of Petty Sessions, Shrievalty Records and Deeds of Title in respect of hundreds of properties, especially hotels and inns, 1840-1930
- Roberts and Rogers Jones, auctioneers and valuers, Llanrwst
- Conwy and Colwyn Bay Joint Water Supply Records
Local Newspapers
- Llandudno Advertiser, 1885-1997 (1896-1936 available on microfilm)
- North Wales Weekly News, 1889-1999 (with some gaps)
- North Wales Pioneer, Colwyn Bay, Welsh Coast and North Wales editions, 1898-1998
- Original Llandudno Directory and Visitor 1866 - 1910 (on microfilm, some gaps)
