Subject: Further to Your Enquiry: Ref: 260812-6561894 Title No: WA231076
From: _Central
Direction: received
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:07 UTC
Institution: HM Land Registry
Refs: N610CGV
Archive id: gm-19ff502babd77740
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Enquiry Reference: 260812-6561894 Title Number: WA231076

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From: Sion Buckler  
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 8:18 AM
To: Wales.OfficeMail  
Subject: Clarification of surviving first-registration documents N610CGV / WA231076 & WA240304





Dear Mr Haste,

Thank you for your letter of 30 July 2026 concerning reference N610CGV and the surviving records relating to the first registration of titles WA231076 and WA240304 at Great House Farm, Llandough.

I am writing to clarify the factual contents of the surviving first-registration records and to identify the appropriate documents for inspection/copying. This is not a request to reopen my previous complaint, nor am I asking HM Land Registry to determine the historical ownership dispute.

I would be grateful if you could clarify the following.

1. The 1971 Abstract of Title

You previously confirmed that a 1971 Abstract of Title was seen in connection with this matter.

Please confirm:

  *   whether it still survives;

  *   which title/file it relates to;

  *   its item or document reference within the surviving records; and

  *   whether it is available for inspection or copying.

2. The “question or doubt” certificate

Please confirm where in the surviving first-registration material the certificate/declaration appears in which the applicant's solicitors stated that they were “not aware of any question or doubt affecting the title.”

In particular, please confirm whether this forms part of the Form 1E dated 30 November 1982, or is a separate surviving document.

3. What the first-registration file records about other interests

Please confirm whether any of the surviving first-registration documents contain any reference to:

  *   Mary Williams;

  *   Fred Buckler;

  *   William (Billy) Buckler;

  *   Great House Farm / Ty Mawr and its farmhouse, garden or curtilage;

  *   any person other than the applicant asserting ownership or another interest in the land;

  *   possession proceedings concerning the farmhouse or land; or

  *   any objection, dispute, question or doubt concerning title.

I am asking this solely as a factual question about the contents of the surviving records.

If no such reference appears in the surviving first-registration material, confirmation of that fact would be sufficient.

4. Identification of the surviving documents

Your 30 July letter identifies, amongst other things, the Form 1E, A13-DL list of documents lodged and correspondence from Linklaters & Paines.

Please identify the specific item numbers I should request by Form OC2 to obtain the fullest available surviving first-registration record, particularly:

  *   the title evidence submitted by the applicant;

  *   the 1971 Abstract of Title, if it survives;

  *   the A13-DL list of documents lodged;

  *   correspondence with Linklaters & Paines;

  *   examiner's notes, requisitions, memoranda or file notes, if any survive; and

  *   any document recording the basis upon which the Registrar accepted the applicant's title.

If any of these categories do not survive, please identify which ones do not.

5. Historic records relevant to identifying the land

I also wish to ensure that the correct physical parcel is being compared with the land registered in 1982–83.

During recent research at the Glamorgan Archives, I have located historic material concerning Great House Farm/Ty Mawr, including:

  *   the 6 November 1877 Bute Estate counterpart lease to John Williams;

  *   the 1872 Llandough Rate Book;

  *   the 1924 and 1938 Great House Farm sale particulars and associated OS parcel references; and

  *   historic plans and notes concerning the farmhouse, gardens and associated boundaries.

These records appear potentially relevant to identifying the historic extent and boundaries of the farmhouse and curtilage.

I am not asking HM Land Registry to determine the legal effect of those documents. I simply wish to establish whether the documents submitted during the 1982/83 first-registration process identify the same physical parcel and, if so, what documentary evidence was relied upon to establish that identity.

6. Subsequent planning record

For completeness, the later planning record also contains a significant contemporaneous document: BP Properties Ltd's Certificate A dated 16 October 1989 in respect of outline application 89/01396/OUT, in which BP certified its position concerning ownership of the application land.

Again, I am not asking HM Land Registry to determine the effect of that document. I mention it only because it makes it particularly important for my research to establish precisely what documentary evidence was actually before the Registrar in 1982–83, several years before that planning certification.

7. Form OC2

I am particularly keen to avoid submitting an unnecessarily broad OC2 request.

If you could therefore identify the specific item numbers from your 30 July schedule which would provide the fullest surviving first-registration record, I can request those documents directly.

In particular, I would appreciate confirmation of the items corresponding to the Form 1E, A13-DL list, title evidence, Linklaters & Paines correspondence, the 1971 Abstract of Title, and any examiner/requisition material that survives.

Thank you for your assistance. I would be grateful for a substantive clarification of the above points so that I can proceed with a properly targeted inspection/copy request.

Regards,

Sion Buckler
Sgt (Ret’d)



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