EV-0022 — Press reports of completion of Bute (Mountjoy) sale of Cardiff ground rents to Western Ground Rents

EV ID	EV-0022
Title	Press reports of completion of Bute (Mountjoy) sale of Cardiff ground rents to Western Ground Rents
Date of document	24 December 1938 (reports); completion 23 December 1938
Type	press
Evidence label	PRESS REPORT
Repository / reference	Western Mail 24 Dec 1938 p.8; Gloucestershire Echo 24 Dec 1938; Trove (NLA) articles 184130218, 285771557, 46287600, 49452751, 243266257; Time, 30 May 1938.
Status	PENDING — Trove articles are free online; Western Mail page image via British Newspaper Archive subscription.
Provenance	Found from Trove full texts and BNA search results.
Claims that rely on this	None linked yet

Proves: Newspapers reported that the sale of the Bute Cardiff estate interests to Western Ground Rents was completed on 23 December 1938.

Does not prove: The reports are general. They do not mention Llandough or Tŷ Mawr, and do not show which parcels were included or on what terms.

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EV-0022 — Press reports of completion of Bute (Mountjoy) sale of Cardiff ground rents to Western Ground Rents
MR-0019 — Western Mail, 24 Dec 1938 — Great House Farm Wiki
1938 · farmbook wall
EV-0257 — Glamorgan Archives D696: Western Ground Rents Ltd records 1938–44 (a syndicate headed by Lord Kennet; Bute urban leaseholds bought from Mountjoy Ltd for £5m in 1938); records donated by Capital Law, Cardiff, April 2010 (custodial history) – Great House Farm Wiki
EV-0262 — TNA LT 13/3048: Western Ground Rents Ltd v the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Cardiff, Lands Tribunal, 1965–67 (compulsory purchase compensation; catalogue entry) – Great House Farm Wiki
Evidence Register – Great House Farm Wiki
Glossary · the words of the Tŷ Mawr story
Pending Evidence – Great House Farm Wiki
Wayback artifact index – Great House Farm Wiki
Western Ground Rents (WGR) · Nomenclature
Western Mail · farmbook

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