Information Sources for Sophia Gardens

• A.A. Pettigrew: The Public Parks and Recreation Grounds of Cardiff
  An unpublished account of the history of Cardiff's parks in six volumes, available for reference in the Cardiff Central Library Local Studies department. As well as other references to Sophia Gardens there is a dedicated section in volume 1, pages 38-53.
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales - Coflein(pdf)
  Sophia Gardens entry in the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW), the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh cof (memory) and lein (line).
• Western Mail newspaper articles
  Contemporary reports and notices from the 1880s and 1890s, accessed via the British Newspaper Archive or 19th Century British Library Newspapers
• Cardiff Council - minutes of meetings - available for consultation at the Glamorgan Archives
• E.C. Roberts: Reminiscences of a City Engineer and Surveyor, in Glamorgan Historian Volume 3 1966, edited by Stuart Williams, pages 170-187. On page 181 the former Cardiff City Engineer describes the building of the Sophia Gardens Pavilion.
• The aerial photography unit of the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ
  Email: AerialPhotoOfficer@gov.wales
  The Welsh Government can be contacted by telephone on 0300 0604400
• British Pathé Film - Fashion Show In Cardiff AKA Berketex Fashions 1952

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