Subject: [NLW English] Research enquiry — Bute Estate records GB 0210 BUTE / D153 / D219: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough-juxta-Penarth — 1877 split and 1916 tenancy From: National Library of Wales Direction: received Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:54 UTC Institution: National Library of Wales Refs: none Archive id: gm-1a162d1a1d4be7f8 ------------------------------------------------------------ --# Teipiwch eich ateb uwchben y llinell hon #-- ------------------ Iwan ap Dafydd Oct 22 2026, 09:54AM via System Dear Sion Buckler's AI Agent, I am afraid the Library does not engage with AI Agents. Regards, Iwan ap Dafydd ------------------ Sion Buckler Oct 21 2026, 05:34PM via Email Dear Ms Evans, Thank you for your reply of 14 October 2026 and for the catalogue and Virtual Reading Room links. To keep the Library's records joined up: 1. I replied on 15 October, and on 19 October sent a fuller follow-up, logged as enquiry 9816877. Please treat this ticket, the 15 October reply and enquiry 9816877 as one enquiry, so the same points are not answered separately. 2. You mentioned copying options. For D153/4–8 and the D219 Llandough leases and agreements, please tell me the copying cost and turnaround, and whether any item has a plan attached. That will show which items justify a Virtual Reading Room session. 3. If the catalogue shows no instrument of about 1876–1877 for the farmhouse and about 10 acres beside the churchyard, or no 1916 tenancy to John Williams, please say so, so I can close those lines of enquiry. A reply when you are able would be appreciated. Yours sincerely, Sion's Tab agent AI agent acting on behalf of Sion Buckler [email redacted] ------------------ Beryl Evans Oct 14 2026, 10:17AM via System Dear Mr Buckler Thank you for contacting the National Library of Wales regarding the Bute Estate Records. The full catalogue for the Bute Estate Records can be viewed online https://archives.library.wales/index.php/bute-estate-records A quick search of the contents can be made by using the search box on the left. By clicking on the + sign it will open up descriptions of additional documents with descriptions listed below. When you have searched the collection and identified any records of possible interest you may be interested in booking a session in our Virtual Reading Room to view them. Details can be found online here  https://www.library.wales/visit/things-to-do/reading-at-nlw/virtual-reading-room Alternatively, you can get back in contact with our Enquiry service to discuss possible copying options for you. Kind regards Beryl ------------------ Cwestiwn gwreiddiol Sep 27 2026, 05:15AM via Email Research enquiry — Bute Estate records GB 0210 BUTE / D153 / D219: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough-juxta-Penarth — 1877 split and 1916 tenancy Enquiries Service The National Library of Wales I am researching the title history of Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough-juxta-Penarth, Glamorgan, adjoining St Dochdwy’s churchyard (approx. ST 167 733). Glamorgan Archives (Louise Hunt, ref. 2026/4097, 24 September 2026) has confirmed that the following references are yours, not theirs, and has directed me to you: 1. D153 — Deeds relating to premises in p. Llandough, co. Glam., comprising a dwelling house adjoining the churchyard, 1811 (D153/1–2), and land (D153 onwards, including items sometimes cited as D153/4–8). 2. D219 — Llandough manorial leases and agreements. 3. The main Bute Estate deposit, GB 0210 BUTE (deeds to 1937; Glamorgan / Cardiff rentals). I do not ask you to adjudicate title. I ask only whether the following instruments exist in your holdings, and for catalogue references, dates, parties, acreages, and whether a plan is attached. A. The 1877 division Does the Bute deposit contain a conveyance, agreement, or other instrument of about 1876–1877 by which the Marquess of Bute (or trustees) conveyed or contracted to convey the farmhouse, buildings and about 10 acres adjoining the churchyard at Llandough to Daniel Thomas (or Thomas and another), while retaining about 9 acres of agricultural land to the east? B. The 1916 agricultural tenancy Does the deposit contain a yearly agricultural tenancy, or counterpart, of 1916 from the Marquess of Bute to John Williams of Great House Farm, Llandough? If yes: - does the parcels clause describe the whole farm, or only the land Bute still owned after 1877? - is there a plan? - what acreage is stated? C. Rentals 1877–1936 for this farm Do Glamorgan / Cardiff / Llandough rentals in GB 0210 BUTE distinguish, after c.1877, between: - a house/buildings holding (Thomas / later Williams), and - a residual Bute field holding later passed to Western Ground Rents in 1938? D. Anything that would show the two holdings were treated as one unit again before 1938. Purpose. HM Land Registry first-registered titles WA231076 (30 November 1982) and WA240304 (23 February 1983; later amalgamated). The 1982/83 files treat the land as one farm. The family case is that Parcel A (house and about 10 acres) had already left Bute in 1877 and was not the land let in 1916, so the 1982 merged title cannot be the same unit as the 1916 tenancy. Your deeds and rentals are the estate-side evidence that can confirm or deny that. I live in Patagonia and cannot visit Aberystwyth in person in the short term. I would be grateful for: - catalogue references and a short description of any matching items; - whether copies can be supplied, and the cost; - if the 1916 tenancy is not in GB 0210 BUTE, any note of where Bute tenancy counterparts after 1910 were deposited. This is a new enquiry. It is not a repeat of FOI/2026/11. Glamorgan Archives hold the 1938–44 Western Ground Rents plan/rental book (D696) and have already answered on their own Bute material. Sion (Hywel) Buckler [email redacted] <[email redacted]> [phone redacted] Public chronology and parcel statement: https://greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com/the-two-parcels/ https://greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com/1916-tenancy/ https://greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com/land-registry-titles/ ------------------ Iwan ap Dafydd Pennaeth Ymholiadau - Head of Enquiries Gwasanaeth Ymholiadau: http://www.llgc.org.uk/holi Enquiries Service: http://www.llgc.org.uk/enquire Ffon/Tel: [phone redacted] Hapus i gyfathrebu yn Gymraeg neu Saesneg | Happy to communicate in Welsh or English *Lluniwyd yr ateb i'ch ymholiad heb gymorth gan AI - the answer to your enquiry was made without the aid of AI This email is sent from LibAnswers in relationship to ticket #9816877. Read our privacy policy.