verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message gregynog hall the gregynog press also known as gwasg gregynog is a printing press and charity located at gregynog hall near newtown in powys wales . contents 1 early years 2 reincarnation as gwasg gregynog 3 notes 4 further reading 5 external links early years edit founded in 1922 by the sisters and art patrons margaret and gwendoline davies the press was named after their mansion gregynog hall . 1 it rose to prominence in the pre war era as among the more important private presses publishing limited edition books primarily on a victoria platen press . much of the printing work from 1927 to 1936 was carried out by the skilled printer herbert john hodgson 2 who had previously worked on the 1926 edition of the t. e. lawrence s seven pillars of wisdom . 3 the american poet and printer loyd haberly was briefly the controller of the press . reincarnation as gwasg gregynog edit in 1954 after the death of gwendoline davies margaret donated most of the machinery used by gregynog press to the national library of wales . 2 the press was reopened under the welsh title gwasg gregynog by the university of wales in 1978 and production resumed . while the national library permanently loaned the press its original victoria platen press in 1980 since 1986 it has primarily printed with a heidelberg cylinder press . 2 typesetting of the smallest pieces is done by hand but otherwise manuscripts are typeset with the use of a monotype machine . among the publications of the press are a series of pamphlets entitled beirdd gregynog gregynog poets the first of these was euros bowen s yr alarch 1987 . 4 in 2002 gwasg gregynog became a company limited by guarantee charity no. 1090060 intended to benefit and educate the public . 5 it offers lectures related to the press and printing techniques as well as offering tours of press facilities which are dedicated to maintaining traditional printing methods . 6 the press has been involved in several historic events in wales in connection with the national assembly . when the assembly opened in wales the press produced its first documents including a small hand bound souvenir volume that served as the assembly s first publication . 7 later in 2006 it bound a poem commissioned to mark the opening of the senedd the assembly s permanent home and written in calligraphy . 8 notes edit harrop dorothy a. a history of the gregynog press . pinner private libraries association 1980 isbn 0 900002 63 8 a b c history of gwasg gregynog and the gregynog press at gwasg gregynog website impressions of war the memoirs of herbert hodgson 1893 1974 martlet books oakham 2010 ch . 3 . herbert hodgson printer work for t. e. lawrence and at gregynog wakefield fleece press 1989 . bowen euros 1987 yr alarch . y drenewydd powys gwasg gregynog isbn 978 094871417 7 morgan griffiths llp . report of the trustees and unaudited financial statements for the year ended march 31 2009 for gwasg gregynog limited pdf . charity commission . retrieved 22 december 2012 . appendix 1 community enablement support fund on going revenue applications pdf . 29 may 2007 . retrieved 26 october 2008 . searching for gregynog welsh private press books . abebooks reading copy . abebooks inc. retrieved 22 december 2012 . official opening of the senedd . national assembly for wales . retrieved 23 december 2012 . further reading edit esslemont david ; schanilec gaylord ; armacost j. andrew ; chambers david 2003 ink on the elbow conversations between david esslemont & gaylord schanilec solmentes press isbn 978 0 907014 20 1 evans jayne 1990 gregynog press gwasg gregynog hutchins michael 1976 printing at gregynog argraffu yng ngregynog aspects of a great private press agweddau ar wasg breifat fawr ; translated by david jenkins y cyfieithiad gan david jenkins . cardiff welsh arts council isbn 0905171047 external links edit official website charity commission . gregynog press registered charity no. 1090060 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gregynog press & oldid 743137615 categories publishing companies established in 1922arts in walesbook artsprinting companies of the united kingdomprintmakingcharities based in walesbook publishing companies of walescompanies based in powysbritish companies established in 1922hidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2011all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages cymraeg edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 02 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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