1908 · farmbook wall

Outside records

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.

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1908 · 2 key events, newest first.

Baptist Record published a notice with Barry Dock News with Mary (Nancy) Williams

17 July 1908 · Announcement

Mr. John Williams, Great House

The passing of Mr. John Williams, Great House Farm, Llandough, on Friday 17 July 1908, aged 81. He was buried on 21 July.

@Williams / Buckler family

Williams / Buckler family and 3 others

Barry Dock News From “Court Leet at Llandough”

A vote of sympathy was passed with the family of the late Mr. John Williams, Great House, Llandough, for many years a juror of the court.

Mary (Nancy) Williams From her statement

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.

Open the post · Baptist Record, Welsh Journals Online · EV-0243

Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough added a life event with Evening Express

6 January 1908 · Record entry

A poacher caught on Great House Farm

Keepers on their round catch a man “poaching on Great House Farm, Llandough”. He is sent to gaol for two months (Evening Express, 10 January 1908).

Evening Express

Source

Evening Express, 10 January 1908. Legal Wiki EV-0282.

Open the post · EV-0282

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