Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1896 for £4 annual rent dated 15 Jan. 1897; (i) Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, to; (ii) Daniel Morgan of Pontarddulais, cabinet maker: Piece of land, part of Bolgoed Isaf farm, with power to build 5 houses there, next to Tanernacle Baptist Chapel; Includes plan

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Dyffryn (Gwyn) Estate PapersD/D SB 4

Section 1: The Abercrâf EstateDD SB 4/1/hub

Section 2: The Blaensawdde EstateDD SB 4/2/hub

Section 3: Deeds Of Properties In BreconshireDD SB 4/3/hub

Section 4: Deeds Of Properties In The Mid-Glamorgan AreaDD SB 4/4/hub

Section 5: Deeds Of Properties In The Town Of NeathDD SB 4/5/hub

Section 6: Deeds Of Properties In Glamorgan Which Formerly Belonged To The Briton Ferry EstateDD SB 4/6/hub

Section 7: Deeds Of Properties In Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath Parish, Formerly Part Of The Neath Abbey And Cwrtrhydhir EstatesDD SB 4/7/hub

Section 8: Papers Relating To The Purchase Of The Dyffryn Estate, And Subsequent MortgagesDD SB 4/8/hub

Section 9: The Glanbrân And Birchgrove EstatesDD SB 4/9/hub

Section 10: The Tithes And Advowson Of Llandeilo Talybont ParishDD SB 4/10/hub

Section 11: Mineral Deeds And LeasesDD SB 4/11/hub

Section 12: Conveyances Of Pieces Of The Gwyn EstatesDD SB 4/12/hub

Section 13: Other Deeds And LeasesDD SB 4/13/hub

Wills And SettlementsDD SB 4/13/1/hub

Abstracts of TitleDD SB 4/13/2/hub

Later Additions To The Gwyn EstatesDD SB 4/13/3/hub

Mortgages, Trust Documents And BondsDD SB 4/13/4/hub

Conveyances And GrantsDD SB 4/13/5/hub

LeasesDD SB 4/13/6/hub

Assignment of lease for £62 dated 9 Feb. 1811; (i) Jenkin Jenkin of Neath, currier, now in the rendezvouz for seamen, to; (ii) Nathaniel Jones of Neath, surgeon: Farm and lands called Cefn Bettingfa Uchaf, in the parish of Llangyfelach, held by a lease from Lord Vernon dated 3 Sept. 1800D/D SB 4/953

Lease for the lives of Margaret Lewis aged 12, Lewis Lewis aged 4 and John Gibbs aged 10, or a term certain of 31 years, for £3 annual rent, dated 23 May 1839; (i) Howel Gwyn of Baglan House, esq., to; (ii) Lewis Lewis of Wernddu, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, farmer: Field called Clyn Defid Issha (Clyn Defaid Isaf), part of Ynysymond farm, with a house which is to be built there, in the parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes plan; Endorsed: note now David Rees, BryncochD/D SB 4/954

Counterpart Lease for the lives of John Thomas the lessee and his sons John and Griffith, for £52 annual rent dated 8 Dec. 1854; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., MP, to; (ii) John Thomas of Ynysymond Uchaf, farmer: Farm house and lands called Ynysymond Uchaf, measuring 103a 1r 10p, in the parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D SB 4/955

Lease for the lives of Mary Martin, Mary Strick and Harriet Strick, for £30 annual rent, dated 9 Dec. 1854; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (ii) Thomas Lott Martin of Gelli Fowy Fawr, farmer: Farm and lands called Alltwen Isaf, in the parish of Cilybebyll, measuring 70a 3r 24p; Includes plan; Endorsed: Memorandum that a portion of the farm was surrendered to the lessor and the annual rent reduced, 29 Sept. 1898D/D SB 4/956

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of the lessees children, William, John and Rachel Lewis, for £46 annual rent, dated 23 Sept. 1861; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., ; (ii) Rees Lewis of Brynmaen, farmer: Farms called Brynmaen and Penyrheol Fawr, in the parish of Llangyfelach; Endorsed: Surrender of the above lease dated 14 Aug. 1912D/D SB 4/957-958

Counterpart Lease for the lives of Jenkin, David and Ann, children of the lessee and his wife Mary, for £10 10s annual rent, dated 5 Aug. 1863; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (ii) John Davies of Llechau, tiler: Farm house and lands called Llechau, in the hamlet of Ynysymond, parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes plan; Endorsed: Deed to vary the above lease, 26 Apr. 1882D/D SB 4/959

Counterpart Lease for 63 years from 25 Mar. 1867 for £2 annual rent dated 1 Aug. 1866; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) Daniel Harris of Cilybebyll, collier: Piece of land and a cottage in the process of being built on the road from Pontardawe to Neath, in the parish of Cilybebyll; Includes planD/D SB 4/960

Counterpart Lease for 60 years for £65 annual rent dated 26 Nov. 1868; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) William Williams of Wernddu, farmer: Farm and lands called Cilhendre Ganol and Cilhendre Fach, in the parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D SB 4/961

Counterpart Lease for 60 years for £13 10s annual rent dated 24 June 1870; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) Lewis Davies of Tir Uchaf, farmer: Piece of land, part of Tir Uchaf Farm, measuring 9a, for building; Includes planD/D SB 4/962

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 70 years from 29 Sept. 1876 for £5 annual rent dated 12 Aug. 1876; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) John Davies of Dulais Glyn Inn, Pontarddulais, victualler: Two pieces of land called Aber Ddylais, in the parish of Llandeilo Talybont, at the junction of the road to Swansea, and Heol y Melin, Pontarddulais; Includes planD/D SB 4/963-964

Counterpart Lease for 80 years from 25 Mar. 1878; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) William Morgan of Llanelli, tailor and draper: Farm and lands called Bolgoed Isaf (corrected in pencil to Ganol), in the parish of Llandeilo Talybont; Includes plan; Endorsed: surrender of the above Lease dated 11 Sept. 1913D/D SB 4/965

Counterpart Lease for 70 years from 25 Mar. 1879 for £30 annual rent dated 25 Apr. 1879; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) Griffith Griffiths of Pontardawe, doctor of medicine: Tynycae House, lands and two cottages, situated at Alltwen in the parish of CilybebyllD/D SB 4/966

Counterpart Lease for 70 years from 25 Mar. 1881 for £24 annual rent dated 21 Dec. 1881; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) David James of Rhydyfro, cattle dealer, and John Gibbs of Alltwen Ganol, farmer: Farm and lands called Alltwen Ganol in the parish of Cilybebyll; Includes plan; Endorsed: pencil note to the effect that the rent was reduced to £20 because of land taken for buildingD/D SB 4/967

Counterpart Lease for 60 years from 29 Sept. 1883 for £10 annual rent dated 16 July 1884; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) David Jones of Landremor Uchaf: Farm and lands called Tir y Gof, in the parish of Llandeilo Talybont; Includes planD/D SB 4/968

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1893 for £2 10s annual rent dated 30 Dec. 1893; (i) Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, to; (ii) John Rees of Old Post Office, Pontardawe, coffee tavern keeper: Piece of land and two cottages in Rhos, in the parish of Cilybebyll, on the road from Neath to Alltwen; Includes planD/D SB 4/969

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1895 for £3 4s annual rent dated 30 Dec. 1895; (i) Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, to; (ii) Benjamin Noah Hopkins of Craigcefnparc, mason: Land on the road to Craigcefnparc, in the parish of Llangyfelach, part of a farm called Ffagwr Wen, with a house built there; Includes plan; Endorsed: Lease of additional adjoining land, dated 23 July 1910, and License to build an additional house, dated 13 May 1911D/D SB 4/970

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1896 for £4 annual rent dated 15 Jan. 1897; (i) Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, to; (ii) Daniel Morgan of Pontarddulais, cabinet maker: Piece of land, part of Bolgoed Isaf farm, with power to build 5 houses there, next to Tanernacle Baptist Chapel; Includes planD/D SB 4/971

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1899 for £4 10s annual rent dated 20 Dec. 1899; (i) Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, to; (ii) Llewellyn John Bevan of : Piece of building land, part of Ffagwr Wen farm, in the parish of Llangyfelach, for building houses at Craigcefnparc; Includes planD/D SB 4/972

Surrender of lease of pieces of land at Pontarddulais, John Davies to Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn (see D/D SB 4/963 above). 15 June 1901D/D SB 4/973

Counterpart Lease for 46 years from 29 Sept. 1901 for £2 11s annual rent dated 7 Nov. 1901; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) Francis Felix Depeaux of Swansea, colliery proprietor: Building land, part of Tymawr Farm, in the parish of Ystradgynlais, not further identified; Includes planD/D SB 4/974

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1903 for £8 18s annual rent dated 26 Feb. 1904; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) Daniel Morgan of Pontarddulais, ironmonger: Piece of building land, part of Bolgoed Farm, in the parish of Llandeilo Talybont, on the road from Pontarddulais to Swansea, near Babel Chapel; Includes planD/D SB 4/975

Counterpart Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar. 1907 for £3 annual rent dated 10 Oct. 1907; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) Lewis William Morgan of Alltwen, mechanic: fields to the east of the road from Glais to Alltwen, part of Cilhendre Fawr Farm; Includes planD/D SB 4/976

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1910 for £3 annual rent dated 30 July 1910; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) David Joseph Davies of Pontarddulais, colliery manager: Piece of land and two houses to the south of the road from Pontarddulais to Swansea, Pontarddulais; Includes planD/D SB 4/977

Counterpart Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar. 1914 for £85 annual rent dated 19 May 1916; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to ; (ii) Messrs. J. E. Nott & Co. Ltd.: Piece of land with the Iron Foundry, houses, shop and stable in the town of Brecon; Includes planD/D SB 4/978

Counterpart Lease for 10 years from 29 Sept. 1916 for £36 17s 6d annual rent dated 17 Sept. 1917; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to ; (ii) Edward Evans of Rhos, David B. Hawkins of Pontardawe, John Hopkin of Alltwen, and David John Williams of Rhos, the Old Primrose Colliery Co.: Pieces of land between the Old Primrose Colliery, the Primrose Colliery and Cefn Celfi Colliery, including Penpound House, and the minerals lying beneath; Includes planD/D SB 4/979

Counterpart Lease for 21 years from 29 Sept. 1918 for £12 annual rent dated 21 Sept. 1918; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) William Henry Lovett of Abercrâf, coal miner: House called Level Yard Cottage in the parish of YstradgynlaisD/D SB 4/980

Counterpart Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar. 1914 for £10 annual rent dated 19 May 1920; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) Elizabeth Bowen of Tynycoedcae, spinster: Farm house and lands called Tynycoedcae in the parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D SB 4/981

Counterpart Underlease for dated 13 Feb. 1920; (i) John Morgan of Llanelli, tailor, to ; (ii) The Graigola Merthyr Co. Ltd.: Lands leased to (i) (see D/D SB 4/965) called Bolgoed Isaf, in the parish of Llandeilo TalybontD/D SB 4/982

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar. 1921 for £21 annual rent dated 31 Dec. 1921; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) The Bryn Rhyg Collieries Ltd: Farm and lands called Bryn Rhyg in the parish of Llangynwyd; Includes planD/D SB 4/983-984

Counterpart Lease for 21 years from 29 Sept. 1922 for £14 annual rent dated 25 Apr. 1923; (i) Joseph Gwyn Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) The trustees of the Rhos and District Welfare Association: Piece of land (6a) in the parish of Cilybebyll, for a football and recreation ground at Rhos; Includes planD/D SB 4/985

Draft Lease of rights over additional land, to the Graigola Merthyr Company Ltd., further to a lease of 4 Sept. 1913 (see D/D Gw 142). - 1927D/D SB 4/986

Draft Lease of rights over additional land, to the Graigola Merthyr Company Ltd., further to a lease of 25 Mar. 1911 (see D/D Gw 130). - 1927D/D SB 4/987

Surrender of Lease of Bryn Rhyg Farm, Llangynwyd parish, the Bryn Rhyg Collieries Co. Ltd. to Joseph Gwyn Moore-Gwyn esq. (see D/D SB 4/983-984). 31 Dec. 1928D/D SB 4/988

Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar. 1929 for £18 annual rent dated 31 May 1929; (i) Joseph Gwyn Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to; (ii) Jenkin Lewis of Maesteg, farmer: Farm house and lands called Bryn Rhyg, in the parish of Llangynwyd; Includes planD/D SB 4/989

Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar. 1958 for annual dead rent of £50 and royalties, dated 20 Aug. 1958; (i) Roy Lorentz Daniell of Abbotswood Speen, Aylesbury, barrister, and Coutts and Company, to; (ii) Philip Llewellyn Michael of Pontardawe, company director: Beds of silica sandstone lying beneath Wernddu Farm, in the parish of Ystradgynlais; Includes planD/D SB 4/990

Road WideningsDD SB 4/13/7/hub

Tenancy Agreements Relating To The Following Properties:DD SB 4/13/8/hub

Wayleave Grants And AgreementsDD SB 4/13/9/hub

Miscellaneous Deeds And Related CorrespondenceDD SB 4/13/10/hub

PassportDD SB 4/13/11/hub

Section 14: Estate ManagementDD SB 4/14/hub