About Mary (Nancy) Williams, formerly Buckler, of Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough.
Mary (Nancy) Williams, formerly Buckler, of Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough. Born 10 August 1913. In the papers as Mrs M. D. Buckler, Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler and Mrs Mary Williams. Her comments here are her own words as the papers printed them.
HUNDREDS of people yesterday flocked to see an 800-year-old house, containing centuries-old furniture and china, which is in danger of being demolished by developers.
Planning permission to develop the land and build about 13 houses was given to B P Petroleum Pension Trust by the former Glamorgan County Council. But I will refuse to move because not only is this my home it is part of the nation’s heritage.
The ownership of the house has been in dispute for 25 years but my family has lived here for more than 400 years and my solicitors tell me I have a valid claim to it.
Mary (Nancy) Williams announces the passing of Frederick Buckler, aged 58.
👍❤️ William (Billy) Buckler and 1 other
Source
GRO death index, March quarter 1967, East Glamorgan 8b 364 (FreeBMD transcription); BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2; Legal Wiki, “Two Mary Bucklers?” timeline.
Mrs. M D. Buckler was objecting to further industrial development in the vicinity of her farm, Ty Mawr, Penarth Road, Llandough. Land farmed by her family since 1667 had been “wrongfully appropriated.”
Western Mail, Thursday 20 November 1958, p.7 (Glamorgan County Council planning committee, 19 November 1958). British Newspaper Archive search-result text. Legal Wiki EV-0037.
In the year 1908 my grandfather died and my father took over the farm.
Source
Baptist Record, October 1908 (Vol. 13 no. 139, p.27, Llandough notes); Barry Dock News, 23 October 1908, p.3 (EV-0243); Mary (Nancy) Williams’s statement, c. 1974.