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How we treat outside records. Tŷ Mawr is first named in the record we have found in David Stewart’s 1824 survey (EV-0211). The Williams family acquired Tŷ Mawr in 1667 (sources: Mary Williams’ statement in the 1974 newspapers; ITV News, 1988). Earlier documents on this page that come from the Bute estate or other third parties, such as the Cydwin lease or a Bute catalogue heading, are not records of Tŷ Mawr: their application to it is under forensic examination, and we test them rather than repeat them. Our methodMae Tŷ Mawr wedi’i enwi gyntaf yn y cofnod a gawsom yn arolwg David Stewart, 1824. Cafodd teulu Williams Dŷ Mawr yn 1667 (ffynonellau: datganiad Mary Williams yn y papurau newydd, 1974; ITV News, 1988). Nid yw dogfennau cynharach gan ystâd Bute neu eraill yn gofnodion o Tŷ Mawr; maent dan archwiliad fforensig.Tŷ Mawr aparece nombrado por primera vez en el registro que hemos hallado en el catastro de David Stewart de 1824. La familia Williams adquirió Tŷ Mawr en 1667 (fuentes: declaración de Mary Williams en la prensa de 1974; ITV News, 1988). Los documentos anteriores de la finca Bute u otros terceros no son registros de Tŷ Mawr; están bajo examen forense.

Everyone in the farm’s story, 1877 to 1994: the title chain, the courts, the councils, the press of the day and the family.

Title chain and owners · 16

Daniel Thomas & Son (Llandough Limeworks)Body · quarrying, 1876–1912

The Bute EstateBody · freeholder of Llandough, to 1938

Ideal Homes WalesBody · developer of Church View Close

Western Ground Rents LtdBody · freeholder, 1938–1969

BP Properties LtdBody · owner, 1969–1993

Cardiff Corporation (Cardiff City Council)Body · owner of Leckwith Woods from 1942

Intercontinental Land & Development (Cardiff) LtdBody · buyer, October 1988

Land Authority for WalesBody · bought plots at Llandough, November 1988

Forest of CardiffBody · charity 1002867, company 02591796

The Herbert familyFamily · lords of the manor of Llandough, 16th century

The Vaughan family of the Great HouseFamily · the Great House, mid-16th to later 18th century

Hurst & JonesHolders of the manor by 1767

Mountjoy LtdBody · the remaining Bute property from 1926

South Western Brick & Tile Co.Body · brick and tile works

Cefn EstatesBody · estate company

BP Pension TrustBody · owner from 1969

Courts and the land register · 14

The courtsInstitution · 1955–1987

Counsel for the defencePerson · counsel for the defendant, 1987

Counsel for BP PropertiesPerson · counsel for BP Properties, 1987

High CourtInstitution · High Court, 1955

Cardiff County CourtInstitution · Cardiff County Court, 1962

Hollis J (High Court)Person · judge, High Court (public role)

Dillon LJPerson · Lord Justice of Appeal (public role)

Mustill LJPerson · Lord Justice of Appeal (public role)

Sir Edward EveleighPerson · Court of Appeal (public role)

House of LordsInstitution · House of Lords

Judge, Cardiff County CourtPerson · judge, Cardiff (public role)

European Commission of Human RightsInstitution · Strasbourg

HM Land RegistryBody · the land register

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)Institution · Court of Appeal, 1987

Councils and public bodies · 13

Llandough Community CouncilBody · the community council (formed 1982)

South Glamorgan County CouncilBody · the county council, 1974–1996

Welsh Office → CadwBody · the historic environment service

Vale of Glamorgan CouncilBody · the planning authority

GGAT (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust)Body · the Historic Environment Record

Glamorgan County CouncilBody · county council, to 1974

MP for Merthyr TydfilPerson · MP for Merthyr Tydfil (public role)

Welsh Office / Welsh GovernmentBody · government department

MP for Cardiff South and PenarthPerson · MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, 1988 (public role)

Home OfficeBody · government department

Glamorgan ArchivesBody · county record office

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum WalesBody · national museum

Wolverhampton Express and StarNewspaper

Press, broadcasters and records · 13

Western MailNewspaper

South Wales EchoNewspaper

The Daily TelegraphNewspaper

Cardiff TimesNewspaper

Cardiff and Merthyr GuardianNewspaper

South Wales StarNewspaper

Barry Dock NewsNewspaper

Evening ExpressNewspaper

Neath GuardianNewspaper

Estates GazetteTrade paper

Hansard · House of CommonsOfficial record

ITV Cymru WalesBroadcaster

Press cuttings (paper not identified)Newspaper cuttings

Family · 3

Williams / Buckler familyFamily page

William (Billy) BucklerPerson

Mary (Nancy) WilliamsPerson

Places · 7

Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), LlandoughPlace · the farm, 1824–1988

St Dochdwy’s Church, LlandoughPlace · the parish church

Llwyn-yr-eryr, LlandoughPlace · the house east of the church

Church View Close and the green (VG41)Place · the ground south-east of the farmhouse

The Cedwyn EstatePlace · the family’s working name

The woodland north of the housePlace · Coed Cwm Cydfin and Coed Creigiaidd

Leckwith WoodsPlace · outside Llandough, 1.25 km from the farm

Everyone else · 23

Charles St David SpencerPerson · d. 1936

Amy WilliamsPerson · d. 23 December 1864

John Williams (d. 1908)Person · farmer, Great House, Llandough

John Williams (the younger)Person · farmer, Great House, from 1908

Esther WilliamsPerson · Llandough, 1923

Frederick (Fred) BucklerPerson · 1908/9–1965/67

Rev. H. H. RickardsPerson · glebe owner, 1872

Lord Colum Crichton-StuartPerson · Bute heir, 1900

Stephenson & AlexanderBody · auctioneers, 1902

The freeholders’ agentPerson · freeholders’ agent

Debenham TewsonBody · agents for BP Properties

WAEC (War Agricultural Executive Committee)Body · wartime farm committee

Cotswold Archaeological TrustBody · excavators, 1994

Morgan Gecko HopeProject manager · the wall’s narrator (a fictional character)

Baptist RecordNewspaper · Welsh Baptist journal

Cardiff PostNewspaper

Halifax Evening CourierNewspaper

Dundee Evening TelegraphNewspaper

Evening Herald (Dublin)Newspaper

Leicester Daily MercuryNewspaper

South Wales Daily NewsNewspaper

industrialgwent (website)Website

London Evening StandardNewspaper

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