EV-0015 — Drain agreement and plan between John, Marquis of Bute and James Pelham Stuart Corbett
| EV ID | EV-0015 |
|---|---|
| Title | Drain agreement and plan between John, Marquis of Bute and James Pelham Stuart Corbett |
| Date of document | 15 May 1924 |
| Type | other |
| Evidence label | PRIMARY DOCUMENT — NOT PUBLISHED HERE |
| Repository / reference | HM Land Registry, WA231076 first-registration file item 2 (also described in woodland register WA735527, charges entry 2) |
| Status | PENDING — Held by HM Land Registry as item 2 in the WA231076 first-registration file; Can be ordered on form OC2. No cost stated. |
| Provenance | No copy linked or embedded; Known only by Land Registry reference WA231076 item 2 and description in WA735527 charges register entry 2. Custodian/source: bucklerfamily.estate, preview/provenance. |
| Wiki catalogue page | GHF-E119 |
| Claims that rely on this | Bute Estate — Forensic Assessment, Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr): The Williams–Buckler Dispute, Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Great House Farm: Case Overview and Key Records, HM Land Registry — Forensic Assessment, The 1877 Agreement |
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Proves: Not held, so nothing yet. Reported: WA735527 register describes an agreement dated 15 May 1924 between John, Marquis of Bute and James Pelham Stuart Corbett relating to construction and maintenance of a drain, referenced with a plan as item 2 in title WA231076.
Does not prove: Does not prove a freehold transfer or boundary of Parcel A. Unresolved: which land it burdens, whether it connects to 1928, whether it shows Bute dealing with Parcel A. Unrelated to the separate 1924 Llandough (Cowbridge) estate sale.
Interpretation: working hypotheses
Working hypotheses, kept apart from the record above. The record text on this page is unchanged. None of these is a finding: each line is labelled as inference, theory, a reading that cuts against the case, or a discarded theory, and names the evidence it rests on and what would confirm or refute it, so the reader can test it. Updated 25 Oct 2026 (v2: ingredients wording).
The 1924 drain agreement lead
INFERENCE · D-01The 15 May 1924 Bute–J. P. S. Corbett drain agreement is entered on the woodland title WA735527 as the only charge not limited to a plan colour, so it is registered against the whole title, including land that came through the 1975 conveyance; it no longer appears on the residual farm title WA231076 (record, register views). Glamorgan Archives DSA/12/4232 records a sale "Lord Bute to Miss O.S. Corbett" of a plot opposite O.S. 60, with correspondence of 6–22 Mar 1924, two months earlier. Working hypothesis: Bute was still dealing with this land as owner in 1924. That the May drain serves the March plot is an inference, not shown; O.S. 60 is a field on the south-east edge of the village, not the farmhouse plot (O.S. 36).
Rests on: EV-0015 (this page) · EV-0169 · EV-0170 · research log E119, E128 (DSA/12/4232)
Would be confirmed by: The 1924 agreement and its plan (HM Land Registry WA231076 item 2; Glamorgan Archives DSA/12/4232) showing the drain's route across or beside the house parcel.
Would be refuted by: A plan placing the drain wholly away from the house parcel, or a Registry note that the entry was carried over without a plan for clerical reasons.
Status: Open lead
DISCARDED THEORY · D-02DISCARDED: the theory that the 1924 drain agreement burdens only land outside the 1975 farmhouse strand and so tells us nothing about Bute's title. Reason: on WA735527 the entry is unlimited by tint and so registered against the whole woodland title, including 1975 land.
Rests on: EV-0015 (this page) · EV-0169 · research log E128
Would be confirmed by: Would be revived by a filed plan limiting the entry.
Would be refuted by: Refuted by the register view as read.
Status: Discarded
Cited on
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- EV-0014 — Bute yearly agricultural tenancy to John Williams, with plan
- EV-0019 — Bute Estate to Western Ground Rents Ltd conveyance of reversion, with plan
- EV-0020 — Western Ground Rents rental books and plan book (D696), c.1938–1944
- EV-0022 — Press reports of completion of Bute (Mountjoy) sale of Cardiff ground rents to Western Ground Rents
- EV-0023 — DBDT123/7 — 1939 agreement, Western Ground Rents to John Williams, with plan
- EV-0024 — Glamorgan Archives D1777/1: post-1938 Bute/Mountjoy estate-office maps
- EV-0045 — Abstract of Title, 1971 (BP Pension Trust) — lodged with the 1982–83 first registrations, per HM Land Registry; contents not held
- EV-0169 — HM Land Registry title register for WA735527, September 2026 copy
- EV-0170 — HM Land Registry title register for title WA231076
- EV-0216 — 1965 contract, condition F: root of title “a Conveyance on sale dated 25th December 1938”
- EV-0236 — Water undertakings Return, 1914: “Marquess of Bute — Supplies Penarth U.D. (part) … Spring … Llandough”
- EV-0278 — NLW Bute estate records: Llandough manor rentals 1808–1881 (R 6/27–45) and presentments 1793–1934 (M 17/110–314) (catalogue entries; not seen)
- EV-0291 — NLW Bute Estate Records catalogue: D153/1–8 (Llandough: “land (33 a.), formerly part of Great House Farm, for the Llandough Limeworks”, 1876–1912) set beside the Pwllypant estate files D242, D247 and D258 (Eglwysilan)
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- Pending Evidence
- Wayback artifact index
- 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and Open Question of an HMLR Mistake
- D696 — Western Ground Rents Rental Books & Plan Book — Litigation Evidence Lead
- DBDT123/7 — 1939 WGR–John Williams Tenancy Agreement + Plan
- EV-0015 — Drain agreement and plan between John, Marquis of Bute and James Pelham Stuart Corbett
- GHF-E118 — February 1916 Bute yearly tenancy to John Williams, with plan
- GHF-E119 — 15 May 1924 Bute–Corbett drain agreement and plan (WA231076 item 2)
- GHF-E121 — 1938 Bute–Western Ground Rents conveyance and plan
- GHF-E132 — 1971 abstract of title (BP Pension Trust)
- GHF-E161 — WA231076 title register, September 2026
- GHF-E163 — WA735527 title register, September 2026
- Great House Farm: Case Overview and Key Records
- Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974)
- MR-0037 Drain agreement and plan between John, Marquis of Bute and James Pelha — Research Library
- The 1877 Agreement
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