Lease and counterpart lease for 99 years from 25 Mar 1878 for £27 annual rent dated 3 May 1878; Edward Evans of Eaglesbush, esq., to Enoch Rees of Queen Street, Neath, builder: Piece of land (3a 1r 20p) called New Meadows, situate on the parish road from Cimla to Neath, with power to build one or more substantial villas or dwelling houses thereon; Includes plan; Endorsed: "Highfield" in pencil, the name of the house built on the land

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Eaglesbush Estate PapersD/D RE

Section 1: Deeds Of Properties In MonmouthshireDD RE/1/hub

Section 2: Deeds Of Properties In GlamorganDD RE/2/hub

Deeds Of Properties In Baglan ParishDD RE/2/1/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of Cadoxton-Juxta-NeathDD RE/2/2/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of Coity (Tremains Farm)DD RE/2/3/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of Llandeilo TalybontDD RE/2/4/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of LlanrhidianDD RE/2/5/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of LlansamletDD RE/2/6/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of Llantwit-Juxta-NeathDD RE/2/7/hub

Lease for 99 years from 1 Sept 1657 for 4d per weigh of coal transported, dated 1 Sept 1657; William Leyson of Lantwytt by Neath, gent., and Gwenllian his wife, to Richard Seys of Eaglesbush, gent, Katherine his wife and John Evans of Eaglesbush, gent.: Passages and ways to haul and drive coal beneath lands called Kae Gwynycha, Kae Gwynissa, Kae'r Canal Ycha, Kae'r Canal Issa and Kae Bach dan y LanD/D RE 1/72

Assignment of lease dated 3 Jan 1678; Richard Seys of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, esq., to Walter Evans of Llatwit-juxta-Neath, esq.: Leave to mine under lands called Kae Gwyn Ycha, Kae Gwynissa, Kae r Canal ycha, Kae r Canal Issa and Kae Bach dan y Lan in Llantwit-juxta-Neath parish, with wayleave for the workmen across these lands; Recites deed of lease dated 1 Sept 1657D/D RE 1/73

Counterpart lease for 20 years from 31 Aug 1749 for 5s per weigh transported, dated 6 Sept 1749; William Evans of Eaglesbush, gent, to Chauncy Townsend of London, esq.: Coal and culm and messuage or tenement called Eaglesbush Farm, in Danygraig and Cefn y Coed and lands lying between a brook called Eskern to the south, a brook called Crythan to the north and lands of Bussy Mansel to the east and west, with licence to dig for coal thereD/D RE 1/74

Lease for 99 years from 6 Oct 1749 for 3d per weigh of coal, dated 7 Oct 1749; William Evans of Eaglesbush, gent, to Bussy Lord Mansel, Baron of Margam: Liberty to dig for coal beneath lands called Eaglesbush Farm, Danygraig and Cefn y CoedD/D RE 1/75

Lease for 99 years from 6 Oct 1749 for 3d per weigh of coal, dated 7 Oct 1749; Bussy Lord Mansel, Baron of Margam, to William Evans of Eaglesbush, gent.: Liberty to dig for coal beneath lands called Penrhiwting, Penycaira, Melincruthan, Ynismairdy and Cair Ithin; Includes memorandum of agreement, Lord Vernon and Herbert Evans, dated 30 Aug 1799, to acquit each other from all repayments resulting from the above leaseD/D RE 1/76

Conveyance by lease and release (release missing) (copy) dated 24 Mar 1772; Herbert Evans of Swansea, esq., surviving heir of William Evans of Llantwit-juxta-Neath, deceased, who was the nephew and devisee of Edward Evans, to William Rees of Cardiff, gent: Eaglesbush Farm, once the residence of Edward and William Evans, a water corn grist mill called Felin y Cwm with all the water ways and wiers belonging to it, a tucking mill in the occupation of William Pruddew, a farm called Tudan y Graig in the occupation of Jane George, a farm called Kefeny Coed with all the outhouses and stables, all in the parish of Llantwit-juxta-Neath, messuages or farms called Tyr y Sekir Mawr and Tyr y Sekir Bach in the parish of Neath in the tenures of William Hopkin and Richard John Daniel, farm called Tyr y Cimla in the occupation of John Bevan, in the parish of Llantwit-juxta-Neath, a farm called Llanarch Clay dir in the parish of Llansamlet, Bolgoed Farm, in Llandeilo Talybont parish, in the occupation of Rees William, a farm called Pandy Bach in Llandeilo Talybont parish, in the occupation of Griffith William, a farm called Skibor Fach in Llandeilo Talybont in the occupation of David William, a farm called Ynis Lougher in Llandeilo Talybont parish, in the occupation of John Williams, a small messuage in the parish of Baglan measuring 7a in the tenure of Thomas Richard, David Morgan and William Griffith, a piece of meadow called Cae Main Llwyd in the parish of Aberavon measuring 6a, all the houses in the occupations of David Griffith, David Morgan, John Morgan, Jane David, Joseph Woods, Thomas Rogers, David Richard, Richard Bowen, Robert Thomas gent., William Davies clerk, Luce Benbow widow and David Hopkins gent., all in the town of Neath, and all the houses in the occupation of Margaret Thomas, John Leyson, Jenkin James, Walter David, William Thomas, Thomas Jenkin, Mathew Mathew, Richard Smith, John Bowen, Richard John Daniel, Jane Thomas, Margaret John, Lewis Lewis, Lewis Edward, Elizabeth Meredith, Elizabeth Thomas, Job Hycock, William Jenkin, Mary Charles and William Jenkin, all in Melincrythan, Eastland, Tyla Garw and the Merra, a piece of meadow land at Eatland (1a), meadow called Cae Hewl Goidog (4a), customary acre in Cae Streef, all in Neath parish, a wharf called Evans Bank for coal shipping, messuages or houses and gardens in Swansea in the occupation of-Jones widow, Nathaniel Lloyd, Benjamin Oakley, Alice Hughes widow, Edward Edwards and-FruderD/D RE 1/77

Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar 1799 for £1 10s annual rent dated 26 Aug 1799; George Lord Vernon of Briton Ferry, to Alexander Raby of London, merchant: Parcels of land called Caer Pwll, Gwayn Wen, Cae Gwyn, Cae'r Coed, Cae Crwn, all part of Pencayra Farm; Includes planD/D RE 1/78

Counterpart lease for 3 lives for £2 4s annual rent, 1s duties and heriot of 5s, dated 5 Sept 1803; George Venables Lord Vernon Baron of Kinderton, to John Roberts of Neath, carpenter, with Lewis Thomas of Baglan, gent.: Messuage or dwelling house called Croft y Dwywin where Ann Ragg used to live with the cottage erected at the East with the garden (1a)D/D RE 1/79

Lease for 26 years from 25 Mar 1823 for £18 8s for the land and £105 for the mines, dated 4 Jan 1823; Herbert Evans and Herbert Edward Evans both of Llantwit-juxta-Neath, esqs., to John Penrose of Clynybont, Glyncorrwg, gent.: Messuage or dwelling house or counting house near the Eaglesbush Colliery pit, and all the veins or seams of coal called the Two Foot Vein, the Rotten or New Vein and the Eskyn Vein, and any further veins to be discovered beneath land forming part of the Eaglesbush Estate to the SW and S of the Crythan BrookD/D RE 1/80

Conveyance by lease and release (release missing) dated 24 July 1835; John Wormald of Highbury Place, esq., Ralph Addison of Temple Bar, esq., Richard Harrison of Grays Inn, esq., and George, earl of Jersey, to Herbert Edward Evans of Eaglesbush, esq.: Lands and tenements called Pencayra and Melyncrythan farms and Penrhiwting Furnace, with all the appurtenancesD/D RE 1/81

Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar 1840 for £4 4s annual rent dated 11 June 1852; Herbert Edward Evans of Eaglesbush, esq., to Thomas Thomas of Glaish, Llansamlet, farmer: Piece of ground in Llantwit-juxta-Neath parish bounded by the turnpike road from Neath to Briton Ferry on the west, and on the other three sides by land in the occupation of Evan Llewellyn, Mrs Hopkin and Herbert Edward Evans, with six cottages and gardens; Includes planD/D RE 1/82

Conveyance for £200 dated 18 June 1852; Thomas Thomas of Glaish, Llansamlet, farmer, to John Miles of Penrhiewtin, farmer: Leasehold lands comprised in a lease dated 18 June 1852 (see D/D RE 1/82 above)D/D RE 1/83

Draft lease for £7 10s dated Oct 1856 (day left blank); Herbert Edward Evans of Eaglesbush, esq., to Thomas Baron Tyeth and Samuel Picton of Plymouth, merchants: Part of Eaglesbush Marsh or Morva Llwyn Erydd near the north west corner thereof (16p) and a powder magazine called the Plymouth and Dartmoor Powder magazineD/D RE 1/84

Licence to assign leasehold premises, dated 7 Jan 1858; Herbert Edward Evans of Eaglesbush, esq., to Howel Powell of Llantwit-juxta-Neath: Land called Cae Ynis along the turnpike road from Neath to Penrhwting, with a frontage of 17 1/2 feet and a depth of 132 feet, with a cottage or dwelling house erected thereon; Includes rough plan drawn in pencilD/D RE 1/85

Conveyance for £250 dated 12 Mar 1859; Henry John Grant of Gnoll Castle, esq., to David Randall of Neath, gent.: Minerals under lands in the parish of Neath at Westermoor, Tyr Segyr Isha and Tyr Segyr Ycha, beside the Crythan Brook; Includes planD/D RE 1/86

Lease for 21 years from 25 Mar 1863 for £121 10s annual rent dated 6 Feb 1864; Herbert Edward Evans of Eaglesbush, esq., to Richard Hanbury Miers of Eaglesbush Cottage, esq.: Messuage or dwelling house called Eaglesbush Cottage, situated beside the Crythan river, with farm and lands called Cefn Coed, all in the parish of Llantwit-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D RE 1/87

Grant for £18 10s dated 7 May 1873; Victor Albert George earl of Jersey, to John Blandy Hopkins of Kingston, Berks, and Walter Morgan of Pontypridd, surgeon: Commuted tithe rent charge of £1 5s 2d per annum payable on a farm and lands called Pentwyn, in the parish of Resolven, Llantwit-juxta-Neath ; Endorsed: memorandum of conveyance dated 7 May 1900, Sarah Evans, with Pendrill Charles and Walter Rice Evans, to Cory Brothers & Co. Ltd., a piece of land (12a 2r 25p) covered with water, part of Pentwyn Farm, and the right to quarry and mineD/D RE 1/88

Copy counterpart lease for 99 years from 29 Sept 1875 for £1 15s annual rent dated 29 Sept 1875; Edward Evans of Eaglesbush House, esq., to Llewellyn Griffiths of Rock Cottage, Penrhiewtyn, gent.: Triangular piece of land in Llantwit-juxta-Neath parish containing 276 square yards, part of a piece of land on the turnpike road from Neath to Briton Ferry, for building; Includes plan and covering letter giving full authority to build more than two cottages on the landD/D RE 1/89

Lease and counterpart lease for 99 years from 25 Mar 1878 for £27 annual rent dated 3 May 1878; Edward Evans of Eaglesbush, esq., to Enoch Rees of Queen Street, Neath, builder: Piece of land (3a 1r 20p) called New Meadows, situate on the parish road from Cimla to Neath, with power to build one or more substantial villas or dwelling houses thereon; Includes plan; Endorsed: "Highfield" in pencil, the name of the house built on the landD/D RE 1/90

Assignment of leasehold properties for £300 dated 8 Oct 1885; Hannah Miles of Bush Row, Llantwit-juxta-Neath, widow, executrix of the will of John Miles formerly of Mile End Row, farmer, with Edward Evans of Norton Villa, Westcross, Swansea, esq., to William Paddison of Neath, land agent: Houses in Mile End Row, Llantwit-juxta-Neath, in the occupations of John Davies, David Harries and William Dyer, on the turnpike road from Neath to Briton FerryD/D RE 1/91

Assignment of leasehold premises for 5s, dated 3 July 1895; William Paddison of Neath, land agent, to Walter Rice Evans of Eaglesbush, esq.: Land (416 square yards) on the road from Aberavon to Neath for a smithy and farrier's shop, leased by Edward Evans to David Jones dated 27 Nov 1875, land (7a 3r 8p) called Pencaeran with a house and garden, leased by Edward Evans to David Gwillim dated 3 May 1876, and 3 cottages at Mile End Row, and a field called Cae Ynis on the turnpike road from Neath to Penrhiwtyn with all the houses in the process of being built, all in the parish of Llantwit-juxta-NeathD/D RE 1/92

Assignment of leasehold premises for £650 dated 7 Nov 1896; Jane Hallinan wife of Michael Hallinan of Highfield, Llantwit-juxta-Neath, traveller, to Walter Rice-Evans of Eaglesbush, esq.: Land (3a 1r 20p) part of Tir Cimla, called New Meadow, with a house built thereon called Highfield (see D/D RE 1/90 above) demised by a lease dated 3 May 1878, Edward Evans to Enoch Rees, in the parish of Llantwit-juxta-NeathD/D RE 1/93

Assignment of leasehold premises for £1200 dated 7 Nov 1896; Edwin Charles Curtis of Neath, gent., to Walter Rice-Evans of Eaglesbush, gent.: Land (2r 18p) with messuage or dwelling house and garden called Pencaerau in the parish of Llantwit-juxta-NeathD/D RE 1/94

Conveyance for £2200 dated 14 Feb 1898; Robert Charles Lynch Blosse of Stinchcombe, Gloucs., clerk in Holy Orders, with Elizabeth Lewis of Porthcawl, widow, to Walter Rice Evans of Eaglesbush House, esq.: Land, part of the Crythan Park Estate adjoining Mount Pleasant, Edward Street, George Street and Briton Ferry Road; Includes plansD/D RE 1/95

Duplicate grant for £6 dated 18 Nov 1911; (i) Sara Evans of Eaglesbush House, widow, (ii) Jennet Louisa Evans of Eaglesbush Cottage, spinster and Lloyd Bowen Jones of the Friary, Carmarthen, doctor of medicine, (iii) John John of Lonlas near Neath, colliery proprietor, (iv) The Melyn Tin Plate Company Ltd.: Liberty to maintain a weir for the purpose of diverting the Crythan Brook into the pond called Melyn Pond, between Old Road, School Road, Exchange Road and the road from Neath to Briton Ferry, Neath; Includes planD/D RE 1/96

Duplicate conveyance for £330 dated 18 Nov 1911; (i) Sara Evans of Eaglesbush House, widow, (ii) Jennet Louisa Evans of Eaglesbush Cottage, spinster and Lloyd Bowen Jones of the Friary, Carmarthen, doctor of medicine, (iii) John John of Lonlas near Neath, colliery proprietor, (iv) the Melyn Tin Plate Company Ltd.: Piece or parcel of land on the south east side of the turnpike road from Neath to Briton Ferry measuring 74 feet 8 inches by 194 feet 2 inches, including a building, situated at the junction of School Road and the main road from Neath to Briton Ferry; Includes planD/D RE 1/97

Deeds Of Cringallt And Cefncringallt Farms In The Parish Of Llantwit-Juxta-NeathDD RE/2/8/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of Llantwit MajorDD RE/2/9/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of NeathDD RE/2/10/hub

Deeds Of Properties In The Parish Of ReynoldstonDD RE/2/11/hub

Deeds Of Properties In SwanseaDD RE/2/12/hub

Deeds Of Properties In Several Parishes In Date OrderDD RE/2/13/hub

Section 3: Deeds Of Properties In BreconshireDD RE/3/hub

Section 4: Other RecordsDD RE/4/hub