Cedwyn Academy

Learn the Great House Farm case, record by record

A course on Tŷ Mawr (Great House Farm), Llandough: what the records show, in what order, and where the gaps are. Every lesson points to the catalogued evidence, so you read the sources and build the picture yourself.

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Every module below, updated as new records arrive.
The latest version of each Cedwyn e-book, free.
The latest documentary scenes, free.
New missing-record findings and institution replies, explained as they are catalogued.
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The course

The place and its namesCedwyn, Cwm Cedwyn and Tŷ Mawr: the place-name record from 1392 onwards, and how the farm sits in Llandough parish.
The familyThe Williams and Buckler family across the generations, from the 1667 acquisition reported in the press to 1988.
Reading the evidence catalogueHow each record is identified (EV and GHF-E numbers), graded and sourced, and how to tell a held document from one that is not yet found.
The timelineThe 1877 agreement, the 1916 and 1939 tenancies, the 1955 and 1962 possession orders and the 1974 licence letters, in order.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1987)The Court of Appeal judgment, the twelve-year rule and the questions the records raise about it.
Missing recordsThe register of documents that should exist by statute, practice or cross-reference but are not held, and where each could be.
DisclosureFreedom of information and subject access requests: what was asked, who answered, who did not, and the deadlines.
Recorded incidentsThe incidents and deaths in the record, set out by date and source.
Doing the researchHow the editors and research agents work: the editing protocol, page versions and how a new record joins the catalogue.

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