EV-0021 — Western Mail: sale of a different “Great House Farm” at Llandough near Cowbridge (name trap)

EV ID	EV-0021
Title	Western Mail: sale of a different “Great House Farm” at Llandough near Cowbridge (name trap)
Date of document	12 and 16 November 1938
Type	press
Evidence label	PRESS REPORT
Repository / reference	Western Mail 12 Nov 1938 p.1 and 16 Nov 1938 p.12 (British Newspaper Archive); Related Glamorgan Archives DSA/6/1158.
Status	PENDING — British Newspaper Archive (subscription page image); Copy held is free search-result OCR text only.
Provenance	Found in BNA search-result OCR text during research.
Claims that rely on this	FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments, Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Great House Farm — Location Name Nomenclature, Great House Farm — Name & Location Variations, Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence, Llandough Community Council — 22 October 2026, Item 10: Great House Farm / Tŷ Ma, Master Change Log — Evidence Integrity Corrections (October 2026), Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts, Q&A — Open Questions & Research Priorities, Records Access Chronology, Register Update — 30 September 2026, Research Leads from the bpvsbuckler Archive (+10 more)

Quotation: “Llandough Farm Sold” — a 185-acre farm at Llandough near Cowbridge, sold to L. D. Thomas of Porthcawl for £5,500 (as reported).

Proves: In November 1938 a 185-acre Great House Farm at Llandough near Cowbridge was auctioned and reported sold to L. D. Thomas of Porthcawl for £5,500.

Does not prove: Not about Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough-juxta-Penarth; Not evidence of a 1938 Bute-to-WGR transfer of Tŷ Mawr.

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