Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr

E-books

The books

Cedwyn Academy · £49.99 a month

Members get the latest version of every e-book and the latest documentary scenes included, with the course on the case, module by module.

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The Llandough–Leckwith Landscape Library

121 short e-books on the farm, the family and the Llandough–Leckwith landscape, in twelve collections. 121 first editions released so far, each £0.00 – v0.0.1.

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Questions

What are the Cedwyn e-books?

PDF books built from the records of Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough, near Penarth: maps, tenancies, newspaper reports and court records, each with its source.

Is any of it free?

Yes. The first edition of every book is free to download, so you can read before you buy. The first chapter is also free to read on the site.

How much are the updated editions?

Each updated edition is £4.99. All four core books together (four PDFs, 2,876 pages) are £19.96 in one checkout. The price shown is the price you pay.

What format are they, and what can I read them on?

PDF. They open on a phone, tablet or computer in any PDF reader.

How do I get the book after paying?

Checkout is by Stripe. The PDF download opens straight after payment, and no account is needed. Keep the file: it is yours to read on any of your devices.

Do the books change?

Yes. Each book is dated, and the updated editions come with a dated supplement, so you can see what was added and when.

Where do the facts come from?

From the archive’s evidence catalogue: every record is listed with what it is, where it is held and how it was seen, and the books cite those records.

All four books · £19.96

The Evidence Archive, Concealment and Government Involvement, The Disclosure Dartboard and Great House Farm Projects: four PDFs, 2,876 pages, one checkout.

  • Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough — The Wiki
  • Concealment and Government Involvement
  • The Disclosure Dartboard
  • Great House Farm Projects

What’s in the bundle

Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough — The Wiki

Edition v0.0.2 · 1,987 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

  1. Start here: where things stand and how to read the records
  2. The case: the two parcels, the people, the 1877 agreement, the 1916 tenancy, the 1955 and 1962 possession orders, the 1974 licence letters and BP Properties Ltd v Buckler
  3. Timeline and chronologies: the master timeline, year by year
  4. Evidence: each record with what it is, where it is held and how it was seen
  5. Source conflicts, name variations and nomenclature
  6. Correspondence: letters and replies from public bodies
  7. Research leads and lines of enquiry
  8. Scrutiny, legal analysis and accountability
  9. About the Wiki, change log and index

Concealment and Government Involvement

Edition v0.0.2 · 221 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

The case and its lines of enquiry, each graded: DOCUMENTED (a primary record in hand, cited by reference), INFERENCE (a reasoned reading of documented facts), TEST REQUIRED (needs a named record), SOURCE PENDING (identified, original not yet attached).

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Great House Farm Projects

Edition v0.0.2 · 187 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

The PRINCE2 project dossier of the Tŷ Mawr digital estate and its evidence-recovery programme.

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The Disclosure Dartboard

Edition v0.0.2 · 404 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

Every route to a public record about the farm, institution by institution: the legal regimes that reach its records, each rung of its escalation ladder with its legal basis, time limit and cost, and what has been asked and answered.

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The Tŷ Mawr Deaths

Edition v0.0.2 · 69 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

A casebook in seven files on when each death in the Williams and Buckler line at Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough fell against the dated land and legal events, from John Williams (I) to William Buckler in 1990: the records, the gaps, the conflicting dates, three close coincidences and what cuts against each.

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Recorded Incidents

Edition v0.0.2 · 44 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

The police, court and press record of Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough, 1891–1989, as dated record cards with exact quotes and sources. A charge is not a conviction; this book names nobody as having committed a crime unless a conviction or court finding is on record.

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Tŷ Mawr

Edition v0.0.2 · 43 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

The history and heritage of Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough: its names, the Bute estate years, the fabric of the house from the farm’s own album, the archaeology of Llandough and the 1988 listing survey.

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The Williams–Buckler Family

Edition v0.0.2 · 34 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

The Williams–Buckler family of Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough: people, records and a family tree, with every inferred link marked and every missing record listed.

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Cedwyn: Names, Places, Legend and Title of Tŷ Mawr

Edition v0.0.1 · 32 pages · free supplement PDF 25 Oct 2026

Tŷ Mawr, the Great House Farm at Llandough, carried other names in the records: Cydwin, Cydfin, Cedfin and Ked Fen. This book gathers the record on those names, the places near the farm that carry them, the legend of the giant Cedwyn Gawr, the saint Cedwyn, and the title tested from the first record of the name, the 1824 David Stewart survey. Every item is graded.

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  1. — · 2026-10-30 — The shop’s own database is published at /ebooks/_db/view.json and the header graph plots it (each book’s releases). Added: What’s inside, Questions, and a payment line linking the new privacy page.
  2. — · 2026-10-30 — Shop page simplified: header, then the shelf of book cards, then questions and the payment line. The contents list, the editions-and-prices table, the versions note and the pitch band were removed; each title now has an info button that opens the book’s contents, page count and edition in a window. The four-book bundle is a card on the shelf. Each book’s version list is labelled “Select a version”, opens on the newest edition and shows each version’s price.