Subject: Enquiry 9816877 – Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr (Cedfin), Llandough-juxta-Penarth: Bute Estate records and related items (several items)
From: Sion Buckler
Direction: sent
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:13 UTC
Institution: National Library of Wales
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Archive id: gm-1a1563a5d85ffa54
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Dear Ms Evans and the Enquiries team,

Further to enquiry 9816877 (14 October 2026), and thank you for your help so far. To keep things simple, I have put everything I need from the National Library into this one email.

1. Bute Estate Records, 1870–1880

Could you search the Bute Estate Records for the following, all for Llandough-juxta-Penarth:
(a) any lease, agreement or sale of "Cedfin", "Tŷ Mawr", "Ty Mawr" or "Great House" farm between 1870 and 1880, especially to John Williams or to Daniel Thomas & Son (who were rated for the lime kiln and quarry there in 1876);
(b) the items referenced as D153/4–8 and D219, which Glamorgan Archives suggests are held by the National Library;
(c) the conveyance of the Bute interest at Llandough to Western Ground Rents Ltd in December 1938 (a 1965 contract refers to a conveyance on sale dated 25 December 1938).

2. Later records of the farm

Whether the Library holds any record of Great House Farm, Llandough, from the 1974 survey, the 1988 listing consideration or the demolition of the farmhouse in 1988, and anything that would help distinguish it from Great House, Bonvilston.

3. Searches

What searches were made, and whether physical files were checked.

Please send catalogue references, and copy costs where items exist. A reply by 6 November 2026 would be appreciated.

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Sion Buckler (Ret'd Sergeant)
Royal Signals Cyber/Electronic Warfare Professional
https://greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com