Subject: RE: Reading Room request From: BP Archive Direction: received Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:06 UTC Institution: BP Refs: none Archive id: gm-1a019b3ae6ab1b95 ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Sion, Thank you for your interest in BP and our archived records. The materials available are from the organisation's early beginnings up to the end of 1954. Unfortunately, due to the increasing complexity, resource implications of reviewing and recording, and dealing with external access requests, access to post-1954 materials held in the BP Archive is not available. Please let me know if you are still interested in accessing any pre-1955 materials for your research. Kind regards, Bethany Jones archive assistant bp archive Tel: [phone redacted] [email redacted]<[email redacted]> BP International Limited. Registered office: Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, [postcode redacted]. Registered in England and Wales, number 542515. The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s) only. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or an action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Within the bounds of the law, electronic transmissions through internal and external networks may be monitored to ensure compliance with internal policies and legitimate business purposes. From: Sion Buckler <[email redacted]> Sent: 15 August 2026 22:03 To: BP Archive <[email redacted]> Subject: Reading Room request You don't often get email from [email redacted]<[email redacted]>. Learn why this is important BP Archive Team, I am writing to enquire about records held within the BP corporate archive relating to the former Great House Farm / Ty Mawr property at Llandough, near Penarth, Glamorgan, South Wales. I am conducting historical and legal research into the property, which was acquired by BP Pension Trust Ltd in December 1969 and subsequently administered by BP Properties Ltd. The property was the subject of extensive litigation, including BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2, followed by the eviction of the occupying family in 1988 and demolition of the farmhouse later that year. Research context The central issue of my research is the identification of the individual parcels comprising the historic property. The evidence currently being examined indicates that the historic complex may have comprised separately identifiable: * a house-and-garden plot; * a western agricultural/farm plot containing the barn, stables and courtyard; and * an eastern cottages plot. Later mapping and Land Registry records appear to have treated some of these areas as a combined property. I am therefore particularly interested in establishing what BP itself understood the boundaries and constituent parcels of the property to be, and when any change or consolidation of those parcels occurred. Records sought I would be grateful if the BP Archive could search its holdings for records concerning: * BP Properties Ltd; * BP Pension Trust Ltd; * British Petroleum and relevant predecessor/subsidiary property records; * Great House Farm / Great House / Ty Mawr, Llandough; * Llandough-juxta-Penarth / Cogan / Penarth; * the Williams and Buckler families; * possession proceedings and enforcement, particularly 1955, 1962 and 1974-1988; * property acquisition, title investigation and disposal; * conveyances, title deeds, abstracts of title and schedules of deeds; * estate-management correspondence; * property, site and boundary plans; * Land Registry correspondence and registration, particularly 1982-1983. The relevant period is approximately 1955-1988, with particular emphasis on 1962-1983. Three priority categories If relevant material survives, I would particularly like to identify the following, in this order: 1. The BP Properties Ltd / BP Pension Trust Ltd property file for Great House Farm / Ty Mawr, Llandough In particular, any acquisition/title file containing the original property description, conveyances, title investigation, schedules of deeds, property plans, boundary plans or correspondence identifying exactly which land and buildings BP considered to form the property. 2. The legal/property file relating to the 1962 possession proceedings and subsequent enforcement/re-entry In particular, any BP legal correspondence, instructions to solicitors, plans, property descriptions or internal documents identifying the land and buildings to which the possession order was understood to apply. 3. The 1982-1983 title/registration/consolidation file In particular, correspondence, plans, conveyances, title investigation and Land Registry material concerning the registration or amalgamation of the relevant parcels, including any documentation showing how the house-and-garden, eastern cottages and western farm/barn/stables/courtyard areas were treated. If these exact files do not survive, I would be very grateful for the nearest surviving files, alternative references or catalogue entries covering the same transactions. Access I would also appreciate advice on: * whether the relevant records are available for public research; * whether they can be viewed in person at the BP Archive at the University of Warwick; * whether advance appointment or reader registration is required; * whether particular records require advance retrieval; * whether copies or digital reproductions can be ordered; and * whether any relevant records are subject to closure or other access restrictions. I am happy to provide further information, including the relevant court case reference, property names, dates and Land Registry title numbers, if this would assist the archivist in identifying the records. Research purpose I am particularly interested in contemporary BP documentation rather than later summaries, because the central research question is what BP itself understood the property's legal identity, boundaries and constituent parcels to be at the relevant dates. Thank you very much for any assistance you can provide. Yours sincerely, Sion Buckler