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“Mr. David Thomas, of Great House Farm, Llandough” (90th birthday, 1910), the 1907 “STRAYED” advert and the Glamorgan Hunt kennels farm

Not our farm 1871–1910 · Llandough near Cowbridge

Why it is not ours: The census puts David Thomas at the Cowbridge Great House; our farm was the Williamses'.

The record

• Glamorgan Gazette, 14 Oct 1910, p.8, under the paper's “COWBRIDGE.” heading: “Mr. David Thomas, of Great House Farm, Llandough, has just celebrated his 90th birthday.”
• 1871 census, RG10/5417 (Bridgend registration district, enumeration district 6, Llandough juxta Cowbridge), “Great House”: THOMAS David, Head, 50, “Farmer 140a Emp 4 Men&1 Boy”, born St Hilary. That places his birth about 1821, so he turned 90 in 1910 (transcription on FreeCEN).
• Same census, our farm: RG10/5368 (Cardiff registration district, enumeration district 35, Llandough juxta Penarth), “Great House Farm”: WILLIAMS John, Head, 43, “Farmer 110 Acres, Emp 2 Men” (transcription on FreeCEN).
• Slater's Directory 1880, Cowbridge section, Farmers: “IN LLANDOUGH PARISH. Morris Thomas, Llandough / Thomas David, Great House”.
• Cardiff Times, 23 Apr 1910, p.10, Glamorgan puppy show: “luncheon subsequently at Mr Thomas's, Great House Farm, Llandough” (the Glamorgan Hunt kennels farm; Mr Arthur Spencer there in the Glamorgan Gazette, 3 May 1907).
• Glamorgan Gazette, 27 Sep 1907 (also 4 and 11 Oct 1907): “STRAYED, to Great House Farm, Llandough … J. Thomas, Llandough” (read from search snippets only; the date is not yet confirmed from the page).

What it does and does not establish

Two farms called Great House stood in two parishes called Llandough. The deciding record is the 1871 census, which places David Thomas at Llandough juxta Cowbridge and John Williams at Llandough juxta Penarth. The 1910 birthday note, the 1907 advert and the hunt reports belong to the Cowbridge farm. They say nothing about Tŷ Mawr.

Next step

None for the identity question. A 1911 census copy (RG14, Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge) would add the last household, but it is not needed to decide.

Sources

• 1871 census RG10/5417 and RG10/5368 (FreeCEN transcriptions)
• Slater's Directory 1880, Cowbridge section
• Glamorgan Gazette 14 Oct 1910 p.8; 3 May 1907; 27 Sep, 4 Oct, 11 Oct 1907 (snippets)
• Cardiff Times 23 Apr 1910 p.10
• Excluded: not our farm (wiki)

Added on 25 October 2026 from that day’s searches. Newspaper and census references are given as citations; the papers themselves are held by the libraries named.

See also

• KF-05 · “Great House Farm, Llandough” records for Llandough near Cowbridge — DSA/6/1158 (1938 sale), D/DSA6/701 (1924
• KF-12 · “Great House” and “Llandough Farm” near Cowbridge in directories and press: Slater’s 1880 p.390 “Thomas David,
• KF-33 · Press reports of Thomases “of Great House Farm, Llandough”, 1881–1910 (added 22 Oct 2026) (Welsh Newspapers On
• KF-25 · Great House Farm sale, 15 Nov 1938 (DSA/6/1158)
• KF-27 · Memoir of David Thomas (DCO/WHS/2)

Exclusion means “not this property” or “not in scope”, not that the source is false, and not evidence of wrongdoing by itself.

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