Lease for 89 years, subject to previous Lease (n.d.), for building costs at Cwm Buchan Iron Works, rent 1s. yearly, and £100 for building repairs for 1st 3 years, 24 June 1831; George, earl of Jersey, to Jn. Vigurs of Cwm Avan, tinplate manufacturer; Land (12p.), site of house and garden called Ty dan y Gollen, late in occ. of Jenkin Savours, late used as a school; in Aberavon. Endorsed: original no. 25

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Conveyances And Leases Of Premises In Aberavon ParishDD BF/1/hub

Deeds Of Properties In Baglan ParishDD BF/2/hub

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Conveyance (copy), for £4-775, 5 Mar. 1860; (1) Burgesses of Avon; (2) Rosetta Mantell of Bath (co. Soms.), wid.; (3) Cadogan Morgan Thomas of Neath, gent.; (4) Hen. Hussey Vivian of Parkwern, esq., M.P., and Arthur Pendarves Vivian of Singleton, esq.; Land (928a. 2r. 16p.), with all buildings; in Aberavon and Baglan; and all rights, with rights of way over land N. of canal, sea and harbour of Aberavon and right to build railways to canal. Recites: deeds, 7 Mar. 1859 - 23 Jan. 1860. Appended: schedule of Leases, all 1 Oct. 1853; schedule of deeds 28 Sep. 1853 - 23 Jan. 1860D/D BF 727

Lease & Release (Lease missing), (draft), for £1-296 13s. 4d., (no day or month) 1865; (1) Charles, duke of Richmond, John George Brabazon Ponsonby, earl of Bessborough, Charles Fane of Temple Bar, London, esq., and Henry Spencer, Chichester, baron Templemore; (2) Frederick Hen. Turner of Argyle Street (co. Middx.), esq., and the rev. Geo. Frs. Turner of Exeter, clerk; (3) Georgina Augusta Henrietta Villiers (wid. of the hon. Augustus Jn. Child Villiers); (4) South Wales Mineral Railway Co.; Messuages, tenements and lands; in Llantwit-juxta-Neath and Baglan. Recites: deeds, 21 Apr. 1847 - 18 Jan. 1863, with schedules of deeds, 2 Mar. 1693/4 - 14 July 1857D/D BF 728

Conveyance (copy), for £5-235 9s., subject to Leases dated 1 Apr. 1840 and 28 Jan. 1875; 31 Dec. 1889; Rich. Arkwright of 8 Cadogan Place (co. Middx.), esq., Alfred Walter Thynne of 50 Cadogan Square (co. Middx.), retired col., and the hon. Chas. Cavendish Geo. Byng., lt.-col., by direction of Victor Albert George Child Villiers, earl of Jersey, to the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co.; Land (2a. 2r. 27p.) near Pantdu, part of site of Cwmavon railway, land (3a. 2r. 9p.), part of site of Cwmavon railway, land (20p.), at Ynys, land (18p.) site of Institute Buildings, land (1a. 1r. 10p.), part of site of Cwmavon station, land (13p.), at Pwll y Glaw, land (4a.), at Pontrhydyfen; in Michaelston-super-Avon and Aberavon; Land (8a. 25p.), part of Blaen Gwynfy Farm; in Glyncorrwg. Recites: deeds, 14 Sep. 1866 - 1 Aug. 1868; Will of George, earl of Jersey, 9 Sep. 1848; proved 17 Dec. 1859. Also: schedules of deeds, 2 Aug. 1822 - 1 Dec. 1879; ; schedules of propertyD/D BF 729

Conveyance (copy) for £425, 31 Oct. 1891; Victor Albert George Child Villiers, earl of Jersey, with Alfred Walter Thynne of 50 Cadogan Square (co. Middx.), lieutenant colonel, the hon. Chas. Cavendish Geo. Byng of Edgmead House, Launceston (co. Cornwall), lt. col., to the Port Talbot Railway and Docks Co.; Lands (5a. 36p); in Michaelston-super-Avon, Baglan and Llantwit-juxta-Neath; Land (24p.), at Efailfach, with riparian rights on Pelenna river, with use of bridges and crossing; in Baglan. Recites: deeds, 1 Aug. 1868 - 1 Dec. 1879. Also: schedule of propertyD/D BF 730

Deeds of exchange (copy), 31 July 1899; Victor Albert George Child Villiers, earl of Jersey, with Alfred Walter Thynne of 50 Cadogan Square, London, lieut.-col., retired, the hon. Chas. Cavendish George Byng of Edgmead House, Launceston (co. Cornwall), col., retired and Emily Charlotte Talbot of Margam Park, spr.; Lands part of Margam and Briton Ferry estate, adj. river Avon; in Michaelston (-super-Avon), Margam, Aberavon. Recites: Mortgage, 1 Aug. 1868; deeds, 1 Dec. 1879 - 20 Dec. 1898D/D BF 731-732

Conveyance (copy), for £30-399 18s. 9d., 2 July 1903; Alfred Walter Thynne of 50 Cadogan Square (co. Middx.), col., retired, and the hon. Chas. Cavendish Geo. Byng of Edgmead House, Launceston (co. Cornwall), col., with consent of Victor Albert George, earl of Jersey, to the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co.; Land with houses and buildings (2a. 3r. 25p.); in Baglan and Briton Ferry; Lands (21a. 39p., and 12p.); in Llansamlet and Swansea, with all rights of way. Recites: Will of George, earl of Jersey, 9 Sep. 1848; deeds, 31 Dec. 1817 - 20 Dec. 1898. Also: schedule of deeds and propertyD/D BF 733

Lease (copy) for 99 years for £1-150, 25 July 1822; George, earl of Jersey, to Jn. Vigurs of Threadneedle Street and Leonard Smith of Throgmorton Street, both of the City of London, merchants; Farms called Brynbrythan, part of Cwm Clais, part of Tylar Vedwn, Tyr Canol, Tir Ishaf, part of Nant y Clais, Ynis Avan, part of Ty Maen, Cefnden bach, part of Tyr Edmund, and part of Tewgoed Mawr, near (but not including surface of) Tewgoed Uchaf, Tewgoed Ishaf and Tewgoed Bach; in Michaelston-super-Avon and Baglan, with right of coal, iron and all other minerals. Includes: Schedule of property. Also: copy of scheduleD/D BF 734-735

Lease (Counterpart) for 89 years, rent £56 16s. 8d. yearly, 5s. per weigh of coal as royalty, 24 June 1831; George, earl of Jersey, to Jn. Vigurs of Cwm Avan, tinplate manufacturers; Messuage or tenement and farm called Llwyn Owen (25a. 18p.); in Baglan; Land (60a. 9p.) part of Ty Maen Farm; in Michaelston- super- avon, with mineral and timber rights. Appended: schedule of propertyD/D BF 736

Lease for 89 years, subject to previous Lease (n.d.), for building costs at Cwm Buchan Iron Works, rent 1s. yearly, and £100 for building repairs for 1st 3 years, 24 June 1831; George, earl of Jersey, to Jn. Vigurs of Cwm Avan, tinplate manufacturer; Land (12p.), site of house and garden called Ty dan y Gollen, late in occ. of Jenkin Savours, late used as a school; in Aberavon. Endorsed: original no. 25D/D BF 737

Lease for 99 years, rent (£1,000 and £500 (on furnaces) and royalties, yearly, 1 Apr. 1840; George, earl of Jersey, to Jn. Vigurs of Rosehill, Madron (co. Cornwall), esq.; Land (12p.), site of house and garden called Ty dan y Collen, late in occ. of Jenkin Savours, late a school, now site of Walnut Tree public house; Messuages, tenements and lands (755a. 2r. 1p.), with 2 furnaces with waterwheels, engines and machinery for smelting copper and manufacture of tinplate, water corn grist mill called Velyn Newydd, at Pwll y Glaw, with kiln and land; in Michaelston-super-Avon and Baglan, with right to use as mill, and to use and build water courses, with timber rights, and mining and mineral rights to build new furnaces and buildings, right to build slag heaps, right to transport goods and materials, use of, and right to build canals, right to use weir on river Cummer or Avon Fach to supply waterwheel, right to use road, and right to all tithes on said land, with schedules of property, and plan, coloured. Endorsed: (1) Memorandum that land (31a.) part of Tewgoed Mawr or Tewgoed Ishaf, with minerals, demised under above Lease, was surrendered by governor and company of Copper Mines in England to Victor Albert George Child Villiers, earl of Jersey, by deed, 20 Mar. 1875; (2) Memorandum of Assignment of above term of 99 years, on premises called Lower and Middle Tinplate Works, by Sir Chas. Whetham, Sir Chas. Reed, Jos. Till Christy, and Sir Tho. Chambers, with Jas. Shaw, Jas. Spence and Jn. Dixon, to Elisha Smith, Phil. Wm. Flower, and Rob. Valentine Leach, 4 Aug. 1877D/D BF 738

Lease (copy) for 99 years, rent £463 13s. 8d., £500 and £250 in lieu of royalties on coal, iron stone and fire clay used in furnaces, and other duties, yearly, 1Apr. 1840; George, earl of Jersey, to Jn. Vigurs of Rosenhill, Madron (co. Cornwall), esq.; property (as in D/D BF 738). Appended: computation of total rents of 2-713 13s. 8dD/D BF 738-740

Lease (copy) for 99 years, rent £463 13s. 8d. yearly and £1,000 on coal, £500 on iron furnaces, with 6d. royalty on coal, 1 Apr. 1840; George, earl of Jersey, to Jn. Vigurs of Rosehill, Madron (co. Cornwall), esq.; property (as in D/D BF 738). Also: further copyD/D BF 741-742

Mortgage (by Assignment of Lease for residue of 99 years, subject to Underlease, dated 24 Dec. 1841, for £26, 331 2s., 27 Jan. 1842; Jn. Vigurs of Rosehill, Madron (co. Cornwall), esq., to Abel., Sam. Geo., Geo. Rob. Smith, Oswald Smith and Jn. Abel Smith of Lombard Street, London, bankers (co -partners in Smith, Payne and Smiths); Messuages, tenements and lands (755a. 2r. 1p.), land site of house and garden, called Ty dan y Collen, late in occ. of Jenkin Savours and used as school, then site of Walnut tree public house, 2 iron furnaces with machinery, with mill called Evelyn Newydd on farm called Pwll y Glaw; in Baglan, Michaelston-super-Avon, and Aberavon, with rights to suit of mill, and timber and mining rights. Recites: Lease, 1 Apr. 1840D/D BF 743

Assignment of Mortgage for £26-648, 10s. 11d., and Assignment of term of 99 years, in trust as further security, 29 July 1842; Abel Smith, Sam. Geo. Smith, Geo. Rob. Smith, Oswald Smith and Jn. Abel Smith, all of Lombard Street, London, bankers (co-partners in Smith, Payne and Smith), to Jos. Dyer Simpson of 7 Golden Square (co. Middx.), gent., in trust for Firmin de Taslet and Wm. Revell Vigurs of Alderman's walk, London, merchants (co-partners in Firmin de Taslet and Co.); property (as in D/D BF 738). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 28 Jan. 1842D/D BF 744

Mortgage (by Assignment of term of 99 years), for £35,000, 25 Mar. 1843; (1) Wm. Revell Vigurs of Aldermans Walk, London, merchant; (2) Firmin de Taslet and Wm. Revell Vigurs (co-partners in Firmin de Taslet and Co.) (3) Jn. Vigurs and Louis Vigurs of Harcourt Buildings, Inner Temple, London, esq., Jn. Batten of Penzance (co. Cornwall), banker, Ben. Pidwell Batten of Penzance, merchant, Trevennen James of New Broad Street, London, merchant, and Wm. Gilbertson of Cwm Avon, merchant (co-partners in Vigurs, Batten, James and Co.); (4) Jos. Dyer Simper of 7 Golden Square (co. Middx.), gent.; (5) Tho. Hallifax, Sir Rich. Plumptre Glyn, bart., Chas. Mills, Geo. Carr Glyn, Tho. Hallifax jun., Edw. Wheeler Mills, all of Lombard Street, London, bankers (all co-partners of Glyn, Hallifax and Mills); property (as in D/D BF 738). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 8 July 1842D/D BF 745

Assignment of Lease for residue of term of 99 years, for £75,000, 20 June 1845; Jn. Vigurs of Rosenhill, Madron (co. Cornwall), esq., to governor and company of Copper Mines in England; property (as in D/D BF 738). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 21 Dec. 1841D/D BF 746

Assignment of term of 99 years, for £6, 591 4s. 5d., to free from mortgage charges, 1 July 1845; (1) Tho. Hallifax, Sir Rich. Plumptre Glyn, bart., Chas. Mills, Geo. Carr Glyn, Tho. Hallifax jun. and Edw. Wheeler Mills, all of Lombard Street, London, bankers (all partners in Glyn, Hallifax, Mills and Co.); (2) Wm. Revell Vigurs of Alderman's Walk, London, merchant; (3) Firmin de Taslet of Alderman's Walk and Wm. Revell Vigurs (partners in Firmin de Taslet and Co.); (4) Jn. Vigurs of Rosehill, Madron (co. Cornwall), esq.; (5) Governor and company of Copper Mines in England; (6) Wm. Inglis of Broad Street, London, gent.; property (as in D/D BF 738). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 25 Mar. 1843D/D BF 747

Assignment of Lease for £55,000 for residue of 99 years, 6 July 1877; Jn. Young of Johnhouse Yard, London, esq. (liquidator), by direction of the governor and co. of Copper Mines in England, to Jas. Shaw of 151 Leadenhall Street, London, iron merchant, Jas, Spence of 115 Common Street, London, merchant, and Jn. Dixon of 1 Lawrence Pountney Hill, London, engineer; property (as in D/D BF 731). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 20 Apr. 1877. Endorsed: Assignment for £100 of interest of Jas. Shaw and Jn. Dixon to Jas. Spence, 12 Aug. 1879. Also: CounterpartD/D BF 748-749

Questions submitted to Sir Horace Davey, Mr. Osler and Mr. Bowen concerning Cwm Avon Lease (D/D BF 741), regarding increased charges, and Opinions, 7 July 1877D/D BF 750

Underlease for residue of term of 99 years for £10,000, regarding rent total of £366 plus 1s. yearly, for each cottage, with royalties and wayleaves, 4 Aug. 1877; Sir Chas, Whetham, Sir Chas. Reed, kts., Jos. Fell Christy, merchant, and Sir Tho. Chambers, kt., all of Gracechurch Street, city of London (the mortgagees), by direction of Jas. Shaw of 150 Leadenhall Street, city of London, iron merchant, Jas. Spence of 115 Cannon Street, city of London, merchant, and Jn. Dixon of 1 Lawrence Pountney Hill, city of London, engineer and contractor, to Hen. Nash and Elisha Smith both of 12 and 14 Tower Buildings, Liverpool, merchants, Phil. Wm. Flower of Melyn tinplate works, Neath, merchant, and Rob. Valentine Leach of Devizes Castle, Devizes (co. Wilts.), esq. (for the Copper Miners Tinplate Co.); Land known as Lower Tinplate works (boundaries not extracted); 150 cottages with gardens and yards; use of gardens opposite messuages in London Row, Lower Row and Kendon Row; Land known as Middle Tinplate Works; Three pieces of land known as Upper Tinplate Works; Warehouse near Middle Tinplate Works; Stables adj. Middle Tinplate Works;, with all buildings, machinery and rights; at Cwm Avon (in Michaelston-super-Avon. Recites: Lease, earl of Jersey to Jn. Vigurs, of land of which this form a part, 1 Apr. 1840. Endorsed: Assignment to the Copper Miners Tinplates Co. Ltd., 4 Aug. 1877. Includes: plan. Also: Counterpart and copyD/D BF 751-754

Lease for 61 years for £750, rent 1s. yearly, 26 Nov. 1877; Jas. Shaw, late of 150 Leadenhall Street, London, now of Cwmavon, iron merchant, Jas. Spence of 115 Cannon Street, London, iron merchant, and Jn. Dixon of 1 Lawrence Pountney Hill, London, engineer, to Eliz. Woodward Jones of Aberavon, spr.; Messuage, called the Walnut Tree; in AberavonD/D BF 755

Establishment of Trust to discharge mortgage debts, 31 Jan. 1878; Copper Miners Tinplate Co. Ltd. to Rob. Valentine Leach of the Castle, Devizes, (co. Wilts.), esq., and Jn. Flower of Fairfield Road, Croydon (co. Surrey), esq.; property (as in D/D BF 751). Recites: deeds, 4 Aug. 1877. Endorsed: Reconveyance, 29 May 1885D/D BF 756

Further Mortgage, for £15,000, 1 Mar. 1878; Jas. Shaw of 150 Leadenhall Street, London, iron merchant, Jas. Spence of 115 Cannon Street, London, iron merchant, Jn. Dixon of 1 Lawrence Pountney Hill, engineer, to Sir Chas. Whetham of Gordon Square (co. Middx.), kt., alderman, Sir Chas. Green of Earlesmead Page Green (co. Middx.), kt., Jas. Fell Christy of Greenchurch Street, London, merchant, and Sir Tho. Chambers of Middle Temple, Q.C., kt., M.P.; property (as in D/D BF 741); now with works called Upper, Lower and Middle works. Recites: D/D BF 741; Assignment of Lease, 6 July 1877; Mortgage, 6 July 1877; Assignment of Lease, 4 Aug. 1877, with schedule of propertyD/D BF 757

Discharge of Mortgage for £9-623 3s. 9d., and Surrender of Lease for residue of 99 years, dated 6 July 1877, 11 Aug. 1879; Sir Chas. Whetham of Mansion House, London, kt., alderman and mayor of London, Sir Chas. Reed of Earlesmead Page Green (co. Middx.), kt., Jos. Fell Christy of 35 Gracechurch Street, London, merchant, and Sir Tho. Chambers of Middle Temple, Q.C., M.P., to Jas. Shaw of East India Avenue, London, iron merchant, Jas. Spence of 115 Cannon Street, London, iron merchant, and Jn. Dixon of 1 Lawrence Pountney, London, engineer; property (as in D/D BF 7411). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 1 Mar. 1878. Appended: schedule of deeds, 31 Dec. 1877 - 1 July 1879D/D BF 758

Mortgage for £40,000, 12 Aug. 1879; Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master, iron merchant and colliery owner, with Arthur Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master, to Rob. Lewin Bolton of Aigburth Road, Toxteth, Liverpool, esq.; property (as in D/D BF 757); Land upon which railway runs from Cwm Avon works to Port Talbot harbour; land, from Tewgoed to Walnut Tree, at Aberavon, late site of tramroad from Cwm Avon works; land of Graig y Tewgoed with weirs, watercourses and embankments, for conveying water to Cwm Avon Works, from river Avon; Land, at Pontrhydyfen, on S. side of road from Pontrhydyfen to Neath, site of pillar of aqueduct of co. of Copper Mines in England; land, late in occ. of said co., then of Jas. Shaw, Jas. Spence and Jn. Dixon, site of wharves, other buildings, rail and tramways, at place, late called Dock Llonga; Land (10a.), part of Aberavon mountain, with rights of way and railway rights; land (1r. 17p.), adj. railway late in occ. of said co., land (20p.), adj. N. road from Aberavon to Michaelston (-super-Avon), S. river Avon; cottage late in occ. of Jn. Williams; land N. of river Avon; Farm and land (44a.), called Lleslyn, with mineral rights; land called Mynydd Penrees, with mineral rights; land, late in occ. of Ann Rees, and land part of Tunny Cruit, N. of cut made from river Avon; land at Pontrhydyfen, site of aquaduct, except mineral rights; Land, late bed of river Avon, from S. bank of river to middle of stream, being at E. boundary of Tymaen, in occ. of Wm. Powell, extending along middle of river to W. boundary of Tymaen, except mineral rights; Water rights at farm called Tyr Yon, in occ. of Jn. Bruce Pryce; mineral and mining rights of veins of coal at messuage and land called Forest Nant Herbert; house, built by Lewis Thomas on land site of a public house called the Ancient Briton, and other messuage, late in occ. of Lewis Thomas, with building rights, and right to build tramway; Land (10 yards long, 20 wide), at Graig Rhem y Clawdd; land (1p.), at Graig Rhynnis Clawdd, with public house called Duke of Wellington; land, part of Aberavon mountain, land (43a.), called Cwm Manor, with mining and mineral rights; Land part of Cae Issa, part of farm called Velindre, late in occ. of Rees David; land called Forge field late in occ. of Robert Smith and Co.; Land, adj. W. Road from Cardiff to Avon, late part of messuage called the Plough, with cottage, used as a toll house, with garden; land, late part of land in occ. of Eliz. Richards; land (32a. 2r. 27p.), called Pontddwr, late in occ. of Llewellin and Sons; Mines and veins of coal under land (219a.), called Tyerman Farm, right of way, along part of Cwm Avon railway; land (15a. 3p.), called Graig y Deilead; land (6a. 28p.), called Cae Gwyn; land (2a. 2r. 7p.), called Cae Glwyd, land (1a. 21p.), called Ynisy Clout; land (3r.) adj. W. road from Neath to Llangynwyd; land (4a. 1r. 21p.), called Ynis; land (1a. 3r.) called Caer Pant; land (2a.), between said land and Vedwro ddu wood; Thirty cottages on Graig y Deliad, with other buildings, late in occ. of Reynolds Bros. at Oakwood; cottage at Cwm Efan Bach, with buildings for smelting iron ore. All seams of iron ore on Argoed Farm (96a.), and all iron ore under lands in occ. of Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, with veins and seams of coal, and wharves and buildings on river Avon, at Port Talbot, and wharf called Oakwood wharf and use of canals, with all rights of way and other rights to facilitate smelting, and all other mines and veins of minerals of Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot in said parishes, together with other mineral, mining and appertaining rights; in Michaelston-super-Avon, Baglan, Aberavon, Margam and Llangynwyd. Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 12 Aug. 1879. Appended: schedules of propertyD/D BF 759

Further Mortgage for £5,020, 12 May 1880; Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master, iron merchant and colliery owner, to Rob. Lewin Bolton of Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, esq.; property (as in D/D BF 759). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 12 Aug. 1879. Appended: schedule of deeds, 4 Mar. - 11 May 1880D/D BF 760

Further Mortgage for £12-791 14s. 7d., with covenant to repay previous Mortgage for £5,020 (D/D BF 759), 21 Oct. 1880; Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master, iron merchant and colliery owner, with Arthur Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master, to Rob. Lewin Bolton of Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, esq.; property (as in D/D BF 759). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 12 May 1880. Attached: Certificate of registration of Bill of Sale, Jas. and Arthur Jas. Shaw to Rob. Lewin Bolton, 21 Oct. 1880D/D BF 761-762

Further Mortgage, for £20,000, 30 Apr. 1881; Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master, iron merchant and colliery owner, with Arthur Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master to Rob. Lewin Bolton of Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, esq.; property (as in D/D BF 759). Recites: deeds, 12 Aug. 1879 - 21 Oct. 1880. Attached: certificate of registration of Bill of Sale, 5 May 1881D/D BF 763-764

Memorandum of Further Mortgage, for £1-250, 26 May 1882; (1) Cwm Avon Estate and Works Co. Ltd., (2) Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master, iron merchant, colliery owner, (3) Arthur Jas. Shaw of Cwm Avon, iron master, to ; (4) Rob. Lewis Bolton of Aigburth Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, esq.; All Cwm Avon property, machinery, stock, plant, manufactured produce and effects (as in D/D BF 759); (in Michaelston-super-Avon, Baglan and Aberavon)D/D BF 765

Agreement for sale of separate properties, for £22,000, 21 Mar. 1884; Tho. Frederick Bolton of Dove Nest, Ambleside (co. Westmoreland) esq., and Edw. Ebenezer Price of 3 Lothbury, London, accountant (liquidator of Cwm Avon Estate and Works Co.), with Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co.; Land (6p.), adj. Pant Du Bridge, land (3r. 20p.), adj. and adj. land of Jn. David, and leased to the Co., and land (la. 32p.); in Margam and Aberavon; property (as in D/D BF 759); Lands; in Margam, Michaelston (-super-Avon) and Aberavon; Buildings, railways, railway sidings, level crossings and ways (details not extracted); in Margam, Aberavon and Michaelston-super-Avon, with 4 schedules of property. Also: copyD/D BF 766-767

Extract from Will of Tho. Frederick Bolton of Dove Nest, Windermere, (co. Westmoreland), esq., 13 Dec. 1882; proved 18 Oct. 1884; Devising and bequeathing: to w. Ellen: £500, and shares in order to form a yearly income of £1-500, also all household goods, books, pictures, instruments, wines and liquors, jewels, ornaments and tools; to s. Rob. Herbert Briscoe: residue of estate; Exors. w. Ellen and s. Rob. Herbert BriscoeD/D BF 768

Lease for 21 years, rent £500 yearly for 1st 7 years, £600 yearly for next 7 years and £700 yearly for residue, 21 Mar. 1885; Ellen Bolton, wid., and Herbert Briscoe Bolton, gent., both of Dove Nest, Ambleside (co. Westmoreland), with Sam. Banks of Wellington (co. Salop.), engineer (receiver and admin. of Rob. Lewin Bolton) to Rio Tinto Co. Ltd. of 30 St. Swithins Lane, London; Buildings, sheds, railways, tramways, effects and premises; in Michaelston (-super-Avon), Baglan and Aberavon, with rights of way, water rights, tipping rights, right to use railway siding to Rhondda and Swansea railway, and other railway rights, right to use Toel culvert for colliery ventilation; reseving mineral rights and mining rights, and right to use Cwm Avon Copper brand, with schedule of property and plan, coloured. Also: Lease for 21 years, for surrender of land (H on plan) with railway rights, rent as above, 9 Apr. 1885; Land (green on plan marked C,D,A, and B); in Michaelston-super-Avon, with plan, colouredD/D BF 769

Assignment of interest in term of 99 years, for £145,000, rent £200 yearly, 4 July 1890; Ellen Bolton of Dove Nest, Ambleside (co. Westmoreland), wid., and Rob. Herbert Briscoe Bolton, to Wright Butler and Co.; property (as in D/D BF 769). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 9 Apr. 1888. In margin: plan, coloured, with schedule of deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 22 May 1882D/D BF 770

Statement of claim (amended), in case of Ellen Bolton and Rob. Herbert Briscoe Bolton (ptffs.) v. Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co. (dfts.) regarding encroachments, in Chancery, 9 Mar. 1887D/D BF 771

Memorandum of Agreement to settle action, 4 Dec. 1887; Ellen Bolton, Wid., and Rob. Briscoe Bolton, gent., both of Dove Nest, Ambledon (Ambleside) )co. Westmoreland), with Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co.. Recites: (D/D BF 766). Appended: plan. Also: draftD/D BF 772-773

Conveyance for £22,000, 6 Aug. 1888; Ellen Bolton, wid., and Herbert Briscoe Bolton, gent., both of Dove's Nest, Ambleside (co. Westmoreland), with Arthur Jas. Shaw of 8 Harrison Street, Graig Inn Road (co. Middx.), to Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Co.; property (as in D/D BF 766). Recites: deeds; 4 Aug. 1877 - 21 Mar. 1884. Appended: 2 plans. Also: supplemental Conveyance for £566, of other lands for railway in Michaelson (-super-Avon), of equal dateD/D BF 774-775

Conveyance, for £30-635, 29 Sep. 1892; Ellen Bolton of Dove Nest, Ambleside (co. Westmoreland), wid., and Rob. Herbert Briscoe Bolton of 19 Woburn Square (co. Middx.), gent., to Wright Butler and Co. Ltd., of Gowerton; property (as in D/D BF 759) (except Jersey iron works or Western Mill, and land demised to Rio Tinto Co.). Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 - 4 July 1890, with schedule of propertyD/D BF 776

Trust deed (to secure Mortgage debt of £10,000), 30 May 1885; Copper Miners Tin Plate Co. Ltd. to Rob. Valentine Leach of Devizes Castle, Devizes (co. Wilts.), esq., Wickham Flower of Old Swan House, Chelsea embankment (co. Middx.), esq., and Phil. Wm. Flower of Baglan Lodge, Briton Ferry, esq.; property (as in D/D BF 7511). Recites: deeds, 4 Aug. 1877 - 10 Aug. 1880. Endorsed: declaration by Archibald Bence Bence-Jones of 56 Upper Berkeley Street, London W1, barrister-at-law, (exor. of Wickham Flower, last surviving trustee of above), stating that all principal money has been paid to the Co., 22 July 1834D/D BF 777

Underlease for 21 years, for £300, rent £2, 27 Nov. 1897; Wright, Butler and Co. to Wm. David of Miners Arms Inn, Bwlch, near Cwmavon, innkeeper; Public house with garden, buildings and land, called the Miners Arms, at Bwlch, Cwmavon; in Michaelston-super-Avon, except water, mineral and mining rights. Recites: (D/D BF 7411). Enclosed: (1) Counterpart; (2) statutory declaration by Harold Leslie Roberts of 24 Villiers Street, Briton Ferry, solicitor, that Wm. Leyson David surrendered above Lease, (no day) June 1932, 12 Sep. 1935; (3) letter from Harold Leslie Roberts to Freshfields, Leese and Munns, at New Bank Buildings, 31 Old Jewry, London, E.C.2 regarding above surrender, 12 Sep. 1935D/D BF 778-781

Lease for 41 years, for £115, rent £6, 30 Nov. 1897; Wright and Butler and Co. to Hannah Key of High Street, Cwmavon, wid.; Six houses at nos. 1 to 6 Brynbrythan, in occ. of Jenkin Lewis, Wm. Richards, Morgan Davies, Dav. Stephen and Jos. Rees; Cwmavon, in Michaelston (-super-Avon). Recites: (D/D BF 741). Endorsed: memorandum of Surrender by Martha Eliz. Davies, assignee of Hannah Key, to Baldwins Ltd., successors of Wright, Butler, of nos. 3-4-5-6 above (destroyed by fire) on 25 July 1908, (n.d.). Enclosed: letter from G. K. Davies at 3 Grove Place, Porthcawl to J.B. Williams at Estate office, Briton Ferry, Neath, regarding rents on 5 High Street and 21 Miners Row, Cwmavon, 19 Jan. 1837D/D BF 782-783

Deed of Exchange for allowance of £2 yearly in rent payable by the Copper Miners Tinplate Co., 30 June 1898; Wright, Butler & Co. with the Copper Miners Tinplate Co.; property of Wright, Butler & Co.: Three messuages with gardens being nos. 11, 13 and 15 Somerset Place, and messuage at 1 Tyr Owen Row; in Cwmavon; property of Copper Miners Tinplate Co.: Three messuages with gardens being 5, 6, and 7 Tyr Eglwys Cottages; slip of ground S. of nos. 1 to 7 Tyr Eglwys Cottages; messuage or dwelling house used as a lodge to Coed y Parc; in Cwmavon. Recites: deeds, 1 Apr. 1840 and 4 Aug. 1877. Appended: plan; Schedule of deeds, 12 Aug. 1879 - 26 Sep. 1892. Also: duplicateD/D BF 784-785

Agreement to allow further Leases for building land, 16 Mar. 1899; Victor Albert George Child Villiers, earl of Jersey, and Wright, Butler and Co.; Land (shown green on plan), part of land demised by Lease, 1 Apr. 1840 (D/D BF 741); in Michaelston (-super-Avon). Recites: (D/D BF 741); Annexed: plan, colouredD/D BF 786

Trust deed, to secure Mortgage for £10,000, 6 Apr. 1908; Copper Miners Tinplate Co. Ltd. to Arthur Dugdale of the Manor House, Fifehead Neville, Sturminster Newton (co. Dorset), major, and Ralph Wickham Fl.ower of 6 Wetherby Place, South Kensington, London, solicitor; Land with 150 cottages, called Lower Tinplate Works, with use of gardens opposite, in London road, Lower Row and Kendon Row; land called Middle Tinplate Works; in Michaelston-super-Avon and Baglan, with schedule of propertyD/D BF 787

Surrender of Lease dated 1 Apr. 1840; 27 Oct. 1931; Panteg Collieries and Blaendare Brickworks Co. Ltd., with Baldwins Ltd., to George Francis, earl of Jersey with Walter Fitzuryan, baron Dynevor, and Frederick Wm. Fane of 1 Fleet Street, London, banker; property (as in D/D BF 759). Recites: deeds, 11 Mar. 1929 - 19 Mar. 1931. Endorsed: original no. 175D/D BF 788

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Claish Cottages, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases By Wright, Butler & Co. LtdDD BF/57/hub

Danycoed Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/58/hub

Ebbw Vale Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/59/hub

Engine Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/60/hub

Finers Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/61/hub

Furnace House, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underlease From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/62/hub

Gower Street, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/63/hub

Great Western Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/64/hub

Hazelwood Row, Cwmavon: Leases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/65/hub

Jersey Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/66/hub

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Lower Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From The Copper Miners' Tinplate Company Ltd.DD BF/69/hub

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Miners' Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/71/hub

Merthyr Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler And Co. Ltd.DD BF/72/hub

Michaelstone Terrace, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/73/hub

Old Brickyard Cottages, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underlease From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/74/hub

Old Methodist Chapel, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From The Copper Miners' Tinplate Company Ltd.DD BF/75/hub

Park Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/76/hub

Pelly Street, Cwmavon: Leases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/77/hub

Penycae Cottages, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/78/hub

Post Office Square, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/79/hub

The Slaughter House, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/80/hub

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Tyr Arthur Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/87/hub

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Tyr Owen Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/90/hub

Undeb Row, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From Wright, Butler & Co. Ltd.DD BF/91/hub

Walkers Yard, Otherwise Tymawr Back, Cwmavon: Counterpart Underleases From The Copper Miners' Tinplate Company Ltd.DD BF/92/hub

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