Lease for the lives of Joseph Tregelles aged 48, Anna Maria Fox (daughter of Robert Were Fox of Falmouth) aged 16, and Henry Habberley Price son of father of the same name, aged 7, for £1 2s 6d annual rent dated 25 Mar. 1831; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, the Hon. George Rice Rice Trevor and Henry Combe Compton (lords of Neath Abbey), to Joseph Tregelles Price of Neath Abbey, steam engine manufacturer: Cottages (nos. 14 and 15) on land (1r 18p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, the lessor reserving the rights of entry and mineral rights

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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

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

Lease for the lives of Evan Jenkin junior aged 20, John son of Thomas Jones, blacksmith, aged 10, and Mary Roberts, daughter of Robert Roberts, and granddaughter of the lessee, aged 7, for £1 5s annual rent dated 6 July 1837; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, the Hon. George Rice Rice Trevor and Henry Combe Compton, lords of Neath Abbey, to Evan Jenkin: Five cottages (nos. 22-26)newly erected by the lessee on 7p of land in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.D/D D 1171

Lease for the lives of William aged 33, James aged 28 and Thomas aged 25 (sons of the lessee), for 5s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey (as in D/D D 1171) to Phillip Jenkins of Blaenhonddan, molder: Land (10p) with cottages (nos. 33-35) and land (2p) with cottages (nos. 27, 28), all in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.D/D D 1172-1173

Lease for 21 years for £6 annual rent dated 23 Feb. 1853; George Rice baron Dynevor to David Davis of Skewen, carpenter: Four cottages near Neath Abbey Ironworks, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.D/D D 1174

Lease for 21 years for £3 3s annual rent dated 2 July 1858; George Rice baron Dynevor to David Davies of Neath Abbey, gent.: Two cottages on part of Court Herbert Field, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1175

Lease for 21 years for £3 3s annual rent dated 14 Apr. 1859; George Rice baron Dynevor to Elizabeth Williams of Blaenhonddan, widow: A cottage on part of Court Herbert Field, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.D/D D 1176

Lease for 21 years for £5 5s annual rent dated 9 June 1865; George Rice baron Dynevor to Ann Andrew of Alltwen, widow: Two parcels of land with a cottage, in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.; Includes plan; Attached: note canceling prohibition of public house in premises, 1865D/D D 1177

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 14 years for £9 9s annual rent dated 27 Aug. 1870; The Rev. Francis William baron Dynevor to David Owens of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, mason: Cottages and gardens between the Smiths Arms and office of the Dynevor Coal Co., in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.; Enclosed: letter and plan, 1879D/D D 1178-1179

Lease for 10 years for £40 annual rent dated 10 Mar. 1875; The Rev. Francis William baron Dynevor, to Margaret Jones of Neath Abbey, widow: The Smiths Arms and 5 houses (1r 7p), in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.; Includes planD/D D 1180

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 9 years for £4 annual rent dated 27 Jan. 1876; The Rev. Francis William baron Dynevor to David Owen (as in D/D D 1178), and Thomas Taylor of Glyn Neath, engine fitter: Land with 2 cottages in Blaenhonddan, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.D/D D 1181/1-2

Lease for 99 years or the lives of Frederick Fredericks of Dyffryn House, aged 25, Maria Catherine his wife aged 30 and David Lloyd son of David Lloyd of Llandeilo, Breconshire, aged 25, for £19 8s annual rent dated 25 May 1824; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, Henry Combe Compton and George Rice Rice Trevor, lords of Neath Abbey, to Jane Magdalen Williams of Dyffryn, spinster: Newly built house called Dyffryn Cottage, and lands called Dyffryn Bach (14a 1r 2p), meadow called Waun Goch (5a 8p) and other land (4a) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.; Recites agreement for Lease for 3 lives, Lord Dynevor and others to John Plumbe of Swansea, esq., 1818, sale of Leasehold interest by John Plumbe to Jane M. Williams; For extract of this lease see D/D D 1242D/D D 1182

Lease for the lives of Joseph Tregelles aged 48, Anna Maria Fox (daughter of Robert Were Fox of Falmouth) aged 16, and Henry Habberley Price son of father of the same name, aged 7, for £1 2s 6d annual rent dated 25 Mar. 1831; George Talbot Rice lord Dynevor, the Hon. George Rice Rice Trevor and Henry Combe Compton (lords of Neath Abbey), to Joseph Tregelles Price of Neath Abbey, steam engine manufacturer: Cottages (nos. 14 and 15) on land (1r 18p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, the lessor reserving the rights of entry and mineral rightsD/D D 1183

Lease for the lives of Richard Andrews aged 31, Mary his wife aged 29, and Evan his brother aged 15, for 10s annual rent dated 24 July 1833; The Lords of Neath Abbey (as in D/D D 1183) to Richard Andrews junior of Dyffryn Clydach, blacksmith: Cottage no. 48 on land (26p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. The lessee reserves the mineral rights.D/D D 1184

Lease for the lives of Morgan Rees aged 47, Thomas Price aged 32 and Morgan Rees aged 27 for 5s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey to Morgan Rees of Dyffryn Clydach, pattern maker: Cottage no. 20 and land (121/2p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-NeathD/D D 1185/1-2

Lease for the lives of Thomas Clement, aged 58, Thomas aged 31 and Margaret aged 25 his children, for 9s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey to Thomas Clement of Dyffryn Clydach, engine boiler maker: Cottage no. 24 and land (23p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath.D/D D 1186

Lease for the lives of Richard Andrews aged 31, Mary his wife aged 29, and Evan his brother aged 15, for 10s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey (as in D/D D 1183) to Richard Andrews junior of Dyffryn Clydach, blacksmith: Cottage no. 48) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath.D/D D 1187

Lease for the lives of Joseph Pollard of Swansea aged 43, his wife Mary aged 42 and son Thomas aged 15, for 10s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey to William Jenkin of Dyffryn Clydach, molder: Cottages nos. 22 and 23 and land (28p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath.D/D D 1188

Lease for the lives of the lessee aged 48, Elizabeth aged 15 and John aged 19 his children, for 9s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey to John Powell of Dyffryn Clydach, engineer: Cottage no. 17 and land (23p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath.D/D D 1189

Lease for the lives of the lessee aged 43, Mary his daughter aged 22 and Rees Price aged 17, for 5s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey to Rees Rees of Dyffryn Clydach, pattern maker: Cottages nos. 18 and 19, and land (121/2p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath.D/D D 1190

Lease for the lives of the lessee aged 52, Ann his wife aged 57 and Elizabeth his daughter aged 21, for 11s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey to James Freeman of Dyffryn Clydach, pattern maker: Cottage no. 16, and land (29p) in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath.D/D D 1191

Lease for the lives of the lessee's children Mary aged 30, Phillip aged 32 and William aged 26 for 5s annual rent dated 25 June 1838; The Lords of Neath Abbey to Phillip Evans of Neath Abbey, collier: Land adjacent to the quarry, with a cottage in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath.D/D D 1192

Lease for the lives of David Andrew aged 21, his sister Ann aged 19 and his brother Evan aged 21 for £1 5s annual rent dated 13 July 1842; George Talbot Rice baron Dynevor, George Rice Rice Trevor and the Reverends Edward Rice dean of Gloucester and Francis William Rice, to David Andrew of Neath Abbey, colliery agent: Land (1a 2r 31p), formerly part of Pen yr Alley and now part of Hill Fields alias Tyn y Wern, with newly built cottage and outbuildings, in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. ; Includes planD/D D 1193

Defeasance to revive condition of re-entry, dated 30 May 1855; James Reynolds of Neath and Thomas Godfrey of Abernant Ironworks, Cadoxton, to Baron Dynevor: Properties described in D/D D 1183; Recitals include Lease for 3 lives, to Joseph Tregelles Price, 25 June 1838, and Agreement to Assign leaseD/D D 1194

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 21 years for 5s annual rent dated 7 July 1862; George Rice baron Dynevor and Henry Compton, to Dinah Davies of Cadoxton, widow: Land (2r 37p) with cottage and other buildings in Dyffryn Clydach, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes plan; Endorsed: Surrenders of land 1875 and 1881D/D D 1195/1-2

Lease for 21 years for £21 annual rent dated 23 July 1853; George Rice lord Dynevor, to John Parsons of Neath, coal master: Cottages and gardens and old engine houses in Dyffryn Clydach, Blaenhonddan and Coedffranc, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes schedule of properties; Attached: statement and letter concerning 3 cottagesD/D D 1196

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