Lease and Counterpart Lease for 20 years for £18 annual rent dated 31 Dec. 1855; George Rice baron Dynevor to Henry Jones of Rockfield House, solicitor: Rockfield House and premises, as in D/D D 1142 above; Enclosed: Surrender of Lease dated 10 Mar. 1871

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Dynevor (Neath Abbey) estate papersD/D D

Section 1: Estate And Family SettlementsDD D/1/hub

Section 2: Neath Abbey Estate LeasesDD D/2/hub

Leases Granted During The 17th CenturyDD D/2/1/hub

Leases Granted By The Lords Of Neath Abbey, 1791-1800DD D/2/2/hub

Leases Granted By The Lords Of Neath Abbey, 1801-1883, 1905 (Including A Few Leases Of Earlier Date, And Surrenders After 1900)DD D/2/3/hub

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 20 years for £24 annual rent dated 1 June 1815; George Talbot Rice Lord Dynevor, Henry Combe Compton and Sarah d'Oyly, widow, to Thomas Walker of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, esq.: Fields (6a 28p) called Cae Tavern, Croft dan tan House, and Morfa Main, beside the turnpike road at the foot of Thomas Walker's lawn, part of lawn beside Thomas Walker's mansion house, formerly in 2 fields called Cae Pen y Wern and Cae Coed (7a 1r 32p) and land (3a) opposite Cadoxton Church, all in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Penalty clause for payment of £40 for every acre converted to tillage; For extracts of these leases see D/D D 1238, 1239D/D D 1096-1097

Lease for 31 years for £63 annual rent and £20 for every acre converted of tillage, dated 6 July 1837; George Talbot Rice Lord Dynevor, his son George Rice Rice Trevor, and Henry Combe Compton, to Evan Thomas of Cadoxton Cottage: Cadoxton House and lands (23a 1r 27p), including a malthouse recently erected by the lessee, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-NeathD/D D 1098

Lease for 3 lives (of Isaac Redwood aged 36, his wife Lydia aged 38 and Edward Boon of Neath, aged 14, for £37 annual rent dated 9 July 1828; George Talbot Rice Lord Dynevor, Henry Combe Compton and the hon. George Rice Rice Trevor, to Isaac Redwood of Neath, carrier: Lands called Croften y Wern (1a 20p) Cefn y Wern (9a. 2r. 16p.), Cae Plumpa and Cae Kennel (12a. 1r. 26p) in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. Penalty clause for payment of £40 per annum for every acre converted to tillage after first 40 years of Lease.D/D D 1099

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 3 lives (of Thomas and Henry Eaton aged 20 and 14 (sons of Robert Eaton of Swansea, banker) and Anna Letitia Waring aged 12 (daughter of Elijah Waring of Neath) for £23 annual rent dated 6 July 1837; Parties as in D/D D 1099: A cottage and garden, and lands (24a. lr. 13p.), all part of Cae Wern and Tyn yr Hoel farms; in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. Reservations and penalty clause as in D/D D 1099.D/D D 1100/1-2

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 60 years for £60 annual rent dated 20 Feb. 1847; Lord Dynevor to Isaac Redwood (both as in D/D D 1099): Cae Wern cottage and lands (47a. 1r. 5p.); in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath (as in D/D D 1099 and 1100)D/D D 1101/1-2

Leases for 51 years and 60 years, for £54 and £16 annual rents, dated 20 Feb. 1847; George Talbot Rice Baron Dynevor, the Hon. George Rice Rice Trevor, the Hon. and Very Rev. Edward Rice Dean of Gloucester, and the Rev. Francis William Rice, to Isaac Redwood: Fields called Wawn yr Canddoissa alias Wain Cantho (5la 16p), Cae Plumpa issa (14a 1r 32p), Cae Garw Mawr (5a 36p), and Car Bont (7a 2r 24p), and marsh called Morfa Rycan (14a 1r 39p) all in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Also: Surrender of leases by executors. of the Will of Isaac Redwood dated 6 Nov. 1883D/D D 1102-1103

Extract of Lease for 99 years for £15 16s 8d annual rent dated 8 Apr. 1756; Hans Stanley, George Rice and Henry Compton (tenants in common), to Thomas Williams: A house and lands called Court Herbert in Cadoxton-juxta-NeathD/D D 1104

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 60 years for £60 annual rent dated 13 July 1842; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor to Thomas Dumayne Place of Cadoxton, esq.: House, outhouses and buildings called Ffrwd Vale, recently built by the lessee, and lands (26a 3r 35p), in Blaenhonddan; Enclosed: surrender of Lease dated 21 June 1899D/D D 1105/1-2

Abstract of title of John H. Rowland to Ffrwd Vale. c. 1879D/D D 1106

Defeasances for reviving conditions of re-entry on Assignment without License, dated 3 May and 23 Nov. 1854; Assignees (Barlow and Paull, and John Rowland) to Baron Dynevor: Property as in D/D D 105 aboveD/D D 1107-1108

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 99 years for £12 annual rent dated 2 Sept. 1905; Walter Fitzuryan Rice to George Thomas Sims of Glyn Derwen, land agent: Glyn Derwen House, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D D 1109/1-2

Covenant to assign Lease, dated 31 Jan. 1843; James Farquhar, Alexander Ross and Alexander Edmond, all of London, to George Talbot Rice Lord Dynevor, sir Horatio Townshend and John Dorrien Magens: House and lands called Glyn Leiros, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Recitals include Lease, 14 May 1824, and assignment of lease, 12 Jan. 1843D/D D 1110

Covenant to assign Lease, dated 1 May 1843; William Henry Buckland of Cadoxton, esq., William Brunton of Eaglesbush, civil engineer, and others, to Lord Dynevor and others, (as in D/D D 1110): Parts of lands called Glyn Leiros, in Cadoxton-juxta-NeathD/D D 111

Assignment of Lease for 99 years for £4 annual rent dated 10 Dec. 1844; Joseph Rusher of Neath, esq., with consent of James Farquhar and others, to George Leeds of Neath, gent.: Part of a field called Caer Gibbs (part of Glyn Leinos), for building a house; Recitals include lease, Dynevor and Compton, to Thomas Dumayne Place, 24 May 1824D/D D 1112

Conveyance for £315, dated 27 Aug. 1846; Joseph Rusher, George Leeds and others, to Griffith Lewis of Neath, linen draper: Leasehold house and land in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath (as in D/D D 1112 above)D/D D 1113

Covenant restricting license to assign, dated 10 Sept. 1850; Rev. David Evans of Swansea to Lord Dynevor and others: Land in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Recitals include Lease for 99 years dated 1 May 1843 and Mortgage dated 25 Oct. 1843D/D D 1114

Conveyance for £400 dated 23 Dec. 1854; Griffith Lewis of Alltycham, Llangiwg, gent., to John Donague of Neath, gent.: Leasehold house, (no. 1) in Dynevor Place, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath (as in D/D D 1112 and 1113)D/D D 1115

License to assign and assignment of Lease fated 10 and 12 Mar. 1869; James Farquhar and Alexander Edmond, with license of Baron Dynevor, to John Donague: Part of Caer Gibbs Field, part of Glynleiros, in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes surrender of Lease dated 24 Mar. 1869, and copy licenseD/D D 1116-1117

Lease for 21 years for £22 5s annual rent dated 15 July 1856; George Rice Baron Dynevor, Christiana Abberley Price of Glenwellyn, Isaac Redwood of Cae Wern, Theodore Fox of Neath Abbey, Alfred Fox of Falmouth, Charles Henry Waring, Henry Habberley Price, Edwin Price and Charles Struve Price of Neath Abbey, coal and iron masters: Part (9a 1r 17p) of Y Marfu or Salt Marsh, and part (1a 3r 3p) of Y Wern, beside the Tennant Canal, in Coedffranc, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes plan; Enclosed: Licenses to assign, dated 28 Sept. 1874D/D D 1118-1120

Lease for 41 years for a peppercorn rent dated 12 Feb. 1704/5; (i) Thomas Mansell of Briton Ferry, esq.,; (ii) Elizabeth Compton of Bisterne, Hampshire, widow, Griffith Rice of Newton, Carmarthenshire, esq., and Catherine his wife, and William Stanley of Poultons, Hampshire, and Anne his wife; (iii) Maud David, widow of Howell Phillip of Llansamlet, yeoman, her son Morgan Howell, and his wife Margaret, to; (iv) William Jones of Coalebrook, Carmarthenshire, gent.: Two thirds of a fen or moor called Gwernevare alias Crymlyn Pool, in the parishes of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Llansamlet and Swansea; Includes detailed provisions for the draining and ditching of the site by the lessee, with penalty of £20 per year if the work ceasesD/D D 1121

Lease for 63 years for a peppercorn rent for the first 7 years, thereafter increasing every 7 years from £83 5s after 14 years to £374 12s 6d at the end of 63 years, dated 12 May 1801; Lord Dynevor, John Compton, Lady Mendip and Sarah d'Oyly, widows, to Richard Mansell Philipps of Coed Gain, Carmarthenshire, esq., and John Philipps of the Inner Temple, London, esq.: Moor or bog called Gwern Vair (166a 2r 19p) in the manor and parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, reserving timber and mineral rights; the land to be drained, cultivated and maintained by the lessees; For abstract of this lease see D/D D 1232D/D D 1122

Lease for 21 years for £50 annual rent and £20 for every acre converted to tillage, dated 26 July 1839; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor, to Sebastian Bond Hosgood of Cadoxton, yeoman: House and farm called Henbark Farm and Tir Hopkin Robert (115a 21p), in Coedffranc, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes correspondence concerning the lessee, who is in debt, 1850D/D D 1123-1124

Lease for 14 years for £45 annual rent for 7 years and £50 thereafter, dated 14 Apr. 1859; Baron Dynevor to James and Alexander Barnett of Neath, yeomen: Henbark Farm (as in D/D D 1123); Includes detailed reservations for husbandryD/D D 1125

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of Benjamin Hopkins aged 25, Thomas Roberts of Neath Abbey aged 15 and Benjamin Evans of Rhydding, aged 4, for £10 annual rent dated 13 July 1842; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor, the Hon. George Rice Rice Trevor, the Hon and Very Rev. Edward Rice dean of Gloucester and the Rev. Francis William Rice, to Benjamin Hopkins of Neath, innkeeper: The Hope and Anchor public house at Neath Abbey, in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes plan, also correspondence 1851-1880 and notice of sale 1877D/D D 1126-1127

Lease for 21 years for 10s annual rent dated 18 May 1855; George Rice baron Dynevor to Morgan Jenkins of Neath, engine fitter: Part of Morfa Field, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, reserving timber and mineral rights; Includes plan in margin, with corrected plan and explanatory note attachedD/D D 1128

Lease for 21 years for £90 annual rent dated 17 Mar. 1791; Right Hon. Welbore Ellis, Christopher d'Oyly, the Hon. George Talbot Rice and John Compton (Lords of the manor of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath) to Humphrey Edwards of Bridge Mill, Cadoxton, miller: Water grist mill celled Bridge Mill, with house and oat kiln, and fields (12a) called the Piscodlin, Ca Cavan, Gwern y March and Gwern Shant y Wern, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; reserving timber and mineral rights. The lessee is to build a granary on a stone wall foundation. The estate will provide the stone, timber and slate.D/D D 1129

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 21 years for £60 annual rent dated 1 May 1815; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, Henry Combe Compton and Sarah d'Oyly, widow, to Joseph Tregelles Price of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, ironmaster: House and water corn grist mill called Neath Bridge Mill, with the mill croft and Cae Piscodline, also use of water conveyed from Clydach brook by floodgates on Pentwyn Farm and liberty to ship goods at docks opposite the mill on the River Neath, all in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves timber and mineral rights; For extracts of this lease see D/D D 1237D/D D 1130/1-2

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 31 years on surrender of former lease, for £69 annual rent, dated 24 July 1833; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, his son George Rice Rice Trevor, and Henry Combe Compton, to Elijah Waring of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, flour merchant: Property as in D/D D 130 above, and land (2r 16p) and buildings, formerly called Little Foundry, recently converted into storerooms and counting house. The lessee reserves timber and mineral rights. The lessee covenants to improve the buildingsD/D D 1131/1-2

Lease for 31 years on surrender of former lease and expenditure of £500 on improvements by the lessee, for £69 annual rent, dated 6 July 1837; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, his son George Rice Rice Trevor, and Henry Combe Compton, to John Rowland of Neath, banker: Mill called Neath Bridge Mill, and field called Cae Piscodlin (10a 3r 39p)D/D D 1132

Surrender of Lease dated 28 June 1855; Sarah Rowland of Glynclydach, near Neath, widow, and John Henry Rowland her son, of Neath, esq., to George baron Dynevor: Lease of property called Neath Bridge Mill and Cae Piscodlin (see D/D D 1132 above), excluding land to be sold to the South Wales Railway Co.; Includes covering letterD/D D 1133

Lease for 90 years for £65 annual rent for the first 12 years and £200 thereafter dated 29 June 1855; George Rice baron Dynevor, to William Weston Young of Neath, corn merchant: Neath Bridge Mill, as in D/D D 1129, with covenant to spend at least £1500 in improvements or rebuilding in the first 7 years; Includes plan; Attached: covering noteD/D D 1134

Memorandum of agreement (and Counterpart) for annual tenancy for £75 annual rent dated 10 Apr. 1861; George Rice baron Dynevor to Joseph Weston Young of Neath: Neath Bridge Mill (excepting steam power and machinery, and adjoining land) as in D/D D 1129; the lessee to insure the property in the name of the lessors; Includes schedule giving details of the mill and the machinery includedD/D D 1135/1-2

Lease for 77 years for £70 annual rent dated 7 Nov. 1870; The Rev. Francis William baron Dynevor, to Joseph Weston Young: Plas y Felin House, with Mill, storerooms, etc., in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D D 1136

Lease for 21 years for £35 annual rent dated 1 May 1795; Lord Dynevor, John Compton, Lord Mendip and his wife Dame Ann, and Sarah d'Oyly, widow, to the Governors Assistants and Societies of the Mines Royal Mineral and Battery Works: Farm and land (77a) called Pal, in the manor and parish of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessees reserve the mineral and timber rights. Includes detailed provisions for husbandryD/D D 1137

Lease for 21 years for £28 annual rent dated 26 Sept. 1857; George Rice baron Dynevor to Pascoe St Leger Grenfell of Maesteg House, esq.: Pant y Sais Farm (48a 1r 3p) in Coedffranc, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes detailed provisions for husbandryD/D D 138

Agreement for the use of water from Pant y Sais Farm for Briton Ferry Hotel, Baron Dynevor to Evan Evans of Neath, brewer. 18 Apr. 1868D/D D 1139

Agreement for yearly tenancy, for annual rent of £5 for cottage and £10 for shooting rights, dated 27 Dec. 1879; Arthur de Cardonnel baron Dynevor to David Bevan of Cadoxton Place, and Frederick W. Aylwin of Llansamlet, esq.: Gamekeeper's Cottage and garden (1r 35p), with shooting rights, in Coedffranc, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes letter concerning tenancy of Pantysais House, 1879D/D D 1140-1141

Assignment of Lease for £10 dated 25 Mar. 1853; South Wales Railway Company to Henry Jones of Neath, gent: Land (4a 1r 36p) with Rockfield House and outbuildings, in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes plan; Recitals include Lease for 57 years, dated 11 Dec. 1797, Lord Dynevor to Trustees for Messrs. Roe and Copper CompanyD/D D 1142

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 20 years for £18 annual rent dated 31 Dec. 1855; George Rice baron Dynevor to Henry Jones of Rockfield House, solicitor: Rockfield House and premises, as in D/D D 1142 above; Enclosed: Surrender of Lease dated 10 Mar. 1871D/D D 1143

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 21 years for 10s annual rent dated 25 Feb. 1857; George Rice baron Dynevor to David Griffiths of Neath, engine fitter: Land (19p) beside a stone quarry near Rockfield House, in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1144/1-2

Lease for 21 years for 20s annual rent dated 2 July 1858; George Rice baron Dynevor to Evan Evans of Neath, colliery agent: Land (41p) beside a stone quarry near Rockfield House, in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1145

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 21 years for 5s annual rent dated 20 Feb. 1847; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor, George Rice Rice Trevor, and the Hon and Very Rev. Edward Rice dean of Gloucester and the Rev. Francis William Rice, to William Harris of Skewen, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath: Land (49p) with cottage, "Near the machine in the Skewin". The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1146/1-2

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 14 years for £3 annual rent dated 20 Apr. 1868; George Rice baron Dynevor to William Harris of Skewen, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath: Land (1r 17p) with cottages, in Skewen, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1147/1-2

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 30 years for £2 annual rent dated 20 Apr. 1868; George Rice baron Dynevor to David Thomas Davies of Skewen, ship broker: Land (40p) at Skewen, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1148/1-2

Mortgage for £90 dated 28 Aug. 1869; David Thomas Davies to Washington Hamilton Brown and Richard Edmund Elkins Davies of Swansea, gents.: Property as in D/D D 1148 above; Endorsed: Re-assignment of Mortgage, 1874; Also: 1) Transfer of Mortgage, 28 May 1875, W. H. Brown and others to Thomas Williams of Neath, timber merchant; 2) Notice to mortgagor to pay the principal and interest, 7 Sept. 1875; 3) Discharge of mortgage and Assignment of Lease, 17 Feb. 1876, Thomas Williams to Evan Roberts of Briton Ferry, mechanical engineer. Endorsed: Surrender of Lease, 20 Apr. 1868D/D D 1149-1152

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 19 years for £33 annual rent dated 1 May 1815; George Talbot Rice de Cardonnel lord Dynevor, Henry Combe Compton and Sarah d'Oyly, widow, to Peter Price of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, ironmaster: Tydraw Farm (47a) in Blaenhonddan and Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes detailed provisions for husbandry; For extract of this lease, see D/D D 1236D/D D 1153/1-2

Lease for 21 years on surrender of former lease for £40 annual rent dated 24 July 1833; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, George Rice Rice Trevor and Henry Combe Compton, to Anna Price of Tydraw, spinster: Tydraw Farm (48a 10p), as in D/D D 1153. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Attached: note of proposed renewal of leaseD/D D 1154

Lease for 21 years for £75 annual rent dated 4 Aug. 1855; George Rice baron Dynevor to Christiana Abberley Price of Tydraw, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, spinster: Tydraw Farm (47a 3r 16p), as above. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights. Includes detailed provisions for husbandry. Rights of access to water supply guaranteed to Neath Abbey Ironworks Company; Includes plan; Enclosed: valuations of dilapidations and repairs, 1879, 1880D/D D 1155-1156

Lease for 21 years for £60 10s annual rent and £20 for every acre converted to tillage, dated 6 July 1837; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, his son George Rice Rice Trevor and Henry Combe Compton (lords of Neath Abbey), to Margaretta Targett of Neath, widow: Ty yn yr Heol Farm (65a 1r 25p), in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.D/D D 1157

Lease for 21 years for £59 10s annual rent and £20 for every acre converted to tillage, dated 22 Feb. 1855; George Rice lord Dynevor to Jenkin Savours of Neath, yeoman: Ty yn yr Heol Farm (61a 1r 25p) as in D/D D 1157, the lessee to drain with stone or pipe all the parts of the farm previously undrained, within 10 years; Includes schedule of propertyD/D D 1158

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 21 years for £14 9s annual rent dated 1 Feb. 1842; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor to John Andrew of Neath Abbey, mineral surveyor: Land called Cae Cunningod (6a 3r 24p) in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights, and a right of way from the turnpike road to Cefn yallor UchaD/D D 1159/1-2

Lease for the lives of John Andrew aged 35, Mary his wife aged 33 and Richard their son aged 10, for 21s annual rent dated 13 July 1842; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor, George Rice Rice Trevor, the Rev. Edward Rice, dean of Gloucester, and the Rev. Francis William Rice, to John Andrew of Neath Abbey, mineral surveyor: Land with a recently built cottage, ?on part of Waun Cairch, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1160

Lease for 13 years for £48 annual rent dated 13 July 1842; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor to William Weston Young of Neath, corn merchant: Fields called Cae Cefn y Wern, Waun Newydd, Car Glo and Cae Fach (26a), in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.D/D D 1161

Lease for 60 years for £58 annual rent dated 13 July 1842; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor, George Rice Rice Trevor, the Rev. Edward Rice dean of Gloucester, and the Rev. Frederick William Rice, to Nathaniel Tregelles of Neath, ironmaster: Two parcels of land called Cefn yallor Ucha and Cefn Yallor Issa (11a 2r 12p), with a recently erected cottage, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights. Right of way to and from Cefn Yallor Ucha included in the leaseD/D D 1162

Lease for 21 years for £34 10s annual rent dated 13 July 1842; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor to James Reynolds of Neath Abbey, gent.: Fields called Erw y Glo (5a 30p), Cae Taffared Fawr (7a 38p) and adjacent land (2r 30p) with 5 cottages, and right of way to Cae Couningod; in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights. ; Includes plan and covering letterD/D D 1163

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 47 years for £120 annual rent dated 20 Feb. 1847; Lessors (as in D/D D 1162 above) to William Weston Young (as in D/D D 1161): House called Wain Curch alias Wern y Crych, and lands (24a 3r 8p) with other lands (as in D/D D 1161), in total 52a 2r 4p, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes recitals of lease of Court Herbert and other properties for 99 years, 8 Apr. 1756 (see D/D D 1104); Lease for 13 years (D/D D 1161)D/D D 1164/1-2

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 21 years for £19 12s annual rent dated 14 Apr. 1859; George Rice baron Dynevor to William Weston Young (as in D/D D 1161): Parts of Cefn Yallor Ucha (5a 2r 5p) and Cefn Yallor Issa (1a 2r 3p) with cottage and buildings, and part of Wern Fach, al in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, with right of way as in D/D D 1162. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1165/1-2

Assignment of residue of terms of 47 years and 21 years for £1010 dated 13 June 1867; Joseph Weston Young and Hamilton Brown to John D. Thomas, all of Swansea, gents.: Wainceirch (as in D/D D 1164), with cottage and lands (as in D/D D 1165), all part of the estate of William Weston Young, deceased; Endorsed: surrender of Leases, dated 31 Mar. 1873, J. D. Thomas to Lord DynevorD/D D 1166

Lease and Counterpart Lease for the lives of William Leyshon aged 14 (son of Robert Leyshon), Leyshon Thomas aged 16 (son of Evan Thomas, deceased) and George Grainger aged 20 (son of John Grainger) for £20 annual rent dated 29 Sept. 1841; George Talbot Rice Lord Dynevor to Thomas Leyson of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, maltster: Lands called Cae Pen Sconnor (8a 4p) and Cae Ton Yorath (7a 3p) and woodland (1r 20p) with house, malthouse and offices recently built by Thomas Leyson, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1167/1-2

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 50 years on surrender of former lease for £27 10s annual rent dated 10 Aug. 1853; George Rice baron Dynevor, to Thomas Leyson (as in D/D D 1167): Land (16a 1r 26p) as in D/D D 1176. The lessee reserves the timber and mineral rights.; Includes plan; Endorsed: Surrender of Lease dated 1 Nov. 1853D/D D 1168/1-2

Deed of exchange, dated 22 June 1832; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor, the Hon. George Rice Trevor and Henry Combe Compton, to Howell Gwyn of Neath: Two parcels of land, each 3r 31p, in Ynysymond, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D D 1169-1170

Cottage Leases Granted By The Lords Of Neath AbbeyDD D/2/4/hub

Leases Of Copperworks And IronworksDD D/2/5/hub

Leases Of CollieriesDD D/2/6/hub

RailwaysDD D/2/7/hub

Extracts From Industrial And Other Leases. Originally Bound Together As A Bundle; 2 Copies Of Each Unless Otherwise StatedDD D/2/8/hub

Leases Granted To National Oil RefineriesDD D/2/9/hub

Building Leases relating to land in Skewen and Neath AbbeyDD D/2/10/hub

Conveyances of parts of the Neath Abbey Estate. A large part of the Neath Abbey Estate was put up for sale in 1946, and the following conveyances result from this. For a sale catalogue and plans of the 1946 sale, see D/D D/E 169/1-3.DD D/2/11/hub

Later conveyancesDD D/2/12/hub

Section 3: Estate ManagementDD D/3/hub

Manorial recordsDD D/4/hub