Lease for 50 years from 25 Mar. 1880 for £300 annual rent and royalties, dated 25 Sept. 1880; (i) Henry Habberley Price of Brynglas, Neath, esq.; (ii) John Newall Moore of Longford, Neath, colliery proprietor: The Tir Edmund Vein, lying under parts of the Glanbrane demesne, Glanbrane Fach and Cilfrane Farms; Includes plan and schedule of fields

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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

The Birchgrove EstateDD SB 4/9/1/hub

The Glanbrân EstateDD SB 4/9/2/hub

Deed of gift, dated 27 Apr. 1796; (i) Daniel Jones of Blaenbrân, Llansamlet, esq.; (ii) William Jones of Neath, esq., brother of (i): Farms in the parish of Llansamlet called Blaen Brân Fawr, Tir Milwr, Tir Meurig Fychan, Cilfrân, Blaen Brân Uchaf and Sgubor Wen, and Lletty MaenD/D SB 4/278

Certificate of the contract for the redemption of Land Tax on the Glanbrân Estate, the property of William Jones. 1799D/D SB 4/279

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £200 dated 30 and 31 Dec. 1814; (i) Lewis Price Jones of Carmarthen, esq., son of William Jones; (ii) Helen Jones of Swansea, widow of William Jones; (iii) William Jones of Glanyrannell, army Lieutenant, son of (ii) and brother of (i): Farms in the parish of Llansamlet called Blaen Brân Fawr, Tir Milwr, Tir Meurig Fychan, otherwise Tir Morgan Matthew, Cilfrân, Blaen Brân Uchaf and Sgubor Wen, and Lletty MaenD/D SB 4/280-281

Deed to make a tenant to the Precipe by Lease and Release for the purposes of a Common Recovery dated 2 and 3 Dec. 1816; (i) William Jones of Glanbrân, esq. and Lewis Price Jones of Glanyrannell, esq.; (ii) John James of Swansea, gent.: Farms in the parish of Llansamlet called Blaen Brân Fawr, Tir Milwr, Tir Meurig Fychan, Cilfrân, Blaen Brân Uchaf and Sgubor Wen, and Lletty Maen, and a piece of land called Cwm GlynD/D SB 4/282-283

Conveyance by Lease and Release dated 7 and 8 Apr. 1837; (i) Lewis Price Jones of Glanyrannell, esq.; (ii) John James of Swansea, gent.; (iii) Richard Perkins of London, gent., to; (iv) William Jones of Glanbrân, esq.; (v) John Jenkins of Swansea, gent.: The Glanbrân Estate, consisting of farms in the parish of Llansamlet called Blaen Brân Fawr, Tir y Milwr, Tir Meurig Fychan alias Tir Morgan Mathew, Cilfrân, Blaen Brân Uchaf and Sgubor Wen, and Lletty Maen, and a piece of land called Cwm Glyn; Includes plan and schedule of field names and acreagesD/D SB 4/284-285

Copy Draft Conveyance for £200 dated 1 Jan. 1872; (i) Edwin Newman of London, gent, and The Rev. Arthur Newman of Somerset, clerk; (ii) Emma Maria Alston of Somerset, spinster; (iii) Edwin Newman; (iv) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (v) William Jones of Glanbrân, esq.: Plot of land (1a) at the end of a field called Gwaun Fawr, part of Gellideg FarmD/D SB 4/286

Lease for 60 years from 25 Mar. 1870 for royalties charged instead of annual rent dated 1 Feb. 1872; (i) William Jones of Glanbrân, esq.; (ii) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.: Beds of fireclay lying under Gelli Deg and Tir Morgan Evan farms in the parishes of Llansamlet and Cadoxton-juxta-Neath; Includes planD/D SB 4/287

Draft particulars for the sale of the Glanbrân Estate (surface only), consisting of the mansion, home farm, Gelli Deg, Glanbrân, Lletty Maen and Cilfrân farms, with approximately 100a of woodland, a total of 720a. 13 May 1878D/D SB 4/288

Conveyance for £14000 dated 1 Oct. 1878; (i) Thomas Jones of Llanfair Grange, Carmarthenshire, esq., devisee in trust and executor of the will of the late William Jones esq.; (ii) John Newall Moore of Longford, near Neath, esq., and James Kempthorne of Neath, esq.: The Glanbrân Estate, consisting of Glanbrân Mansion, and farms called Gelli Deg, Tir Morgan Evan, Glanbrân Fach, Cilfrân and Tir y Mynydd, and the Crown Inn, and royalties payable on the minerals under the Birchgrove Estate; Includes plans and schedule of field names and acreagesD/D SB 4/289

Mortgage for £12000 dated 2 Oct. 1878; (i) John Newall Moore of Longford, near Neath, esq. and James Kempthorne of Neath, esq.; (ii) Edward Cock of Kingston-on-Thames, esq.: The Glanbrân Estate, consisting of Glanbrân Mansion, and farms called Gelli Deg, Tir Morgan Evan, Glanbrân Fach, Cilfrân and Tir y Mynydd, and the Crown Inn, and royalties payable on the minerals under the Birchgrove Estate; Includes plans and schedule of field names and acreagesD/D SB 4/290

Mortgage for £2000 dated 19 Nov. 1878; (i) John Newall Moore of Longford, near Neath, esq. and James Kempthorne of Neath, esq.; (ii) Charles Julius Ryland of Bristol, accountant, Joseph Edward Moore (Gwyn) of Dyffryn, esq., and James Herbert Moore of Lonlas, esq.: The Glanbrân Estate, consisting of Glanbrân Mansion, and farms called Gelli Deg, Tir Morgan Evan, Glanbrân Fach, Cilfrân and Tir y Mynydd, and the Crown Inn, and royalties payable on the minerals under the Birchgrove Estate; Includes schedule of field names and acreagesD/D SB 4/291

Release for £250 dated 9 Aug. 1880; (i) James Kempthorne of Neath, esq.; (ii) John Newall Moore of Longford, near Neath, esq.: Half share of (i) in the Glanbrân Estate; Includes plans and schedule of field names and acreagesD/D SB 4/292

Lease for 50 years from 25 Mar. 1880 for £300 annual rent and royalties, dated 25 Sept. 1880; (i) Henry Habberley Price of Brynglas, Neath, esq.; (ii) John Newall Moore of Longford, Neath, colliery proprietor: The Tir Edmund Vein, lying under parts of the Glanbrane demesne, Glanbrane Fach and Cilfrane Farms; Includes plan and schedule of fieldsD/D SB 4/293

Mortgage for £6000 dated 17 Oct. 1883; (i) John Newall Moore of Longford, Neath, colliery proprietor; (ii) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, gent.: Farms and lands called Brithdir and Lonlâs, in the parish of Cadoxton-juxta-NeathD/D SB 4/294

Mortgage for £1455 2s 5d dated 28 Feb. 1884; (i) John Newall Moore of Longford, Neath, colliery proprietor; (ii) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, gent.: The Tir Edmund Vein, lying under parts of the Glanbrane demesne, Glanbrane Fach and Cilfrane FarmsD/D SB 4/295

Mortgage (further charge) for £2500 dated 20 Mar. 1884; (i) John Newall Moore of Longford, Neath, colliery proprietor; (ii) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, gent.: The Tir Edmund Vein, lying under parts of the Glanbrane demesne, Glanbrane Fach and Cilfrane Farms, and the Lonlas and Brithdir EstatesD/D SB 4/296

Conveyance for £1000 dated 20 Dec. 1892; (i) John Newall Moore of Longford near Neath, esq.; (ii) Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow: The Glanbrân Estate, consisting of Glanbrân Mansion, and farms called Gelli Deg, Tir Morgan Evan, Glanbrân Fach, Cilfrân and Tir y Mynydd, and the Crown Inn, and royalties payable on the minerals under the Birchgrove EstateD/D SB 4/297

Transfer of Mortgage for £6000 dated 2 Nov. 1893; (i) Charles Hesse Lock of Barnet, esq., and Henry Grose Smith of London, esq., the executors of the late Edward Cock esq.; (ii) Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow; (iii) William Lane of Bristol, corn merchant: The Glanbrân Estate, consisting of Glanbrân Mansion, and farms called Gelli Deg, Tir Morgan Evan, Glanbrân Fach, Cilfrân and Tir y Mynydd, and the Crown Inn, and royalties payable on the minerals under the Birchgrove EstateD/D SB 4/298

Letter detailing the improvements made to the farms in the Glanbrân Estate. 29 Nov. 1905D/D SB 4/299

Transfer of Mortgage for £5700 dated 31 Dec. 1906; (i) Amelia Anne Lane of Weston-super-Mare, widow, and Samuel Corner Hosgood of Bristol, esq.; (ii) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (iii) William Wilberforce Joce, merchant, James Inskip, solicitor, and Charles Cope Proctor esq. All of Bristol; (iv) George Welchman of Clapham, accountant, Augustine Fielding Woodward, vinegar merchant, and Stephen Tryon, chartered accountant, both of Bristol, and George Frederick Hyde of St Leonards-on-Sea, gent.: The Glanbrân Estate, consisting of Glanbrân Mansion, and farms called Gelli Deg, Tir Morgan Evan, Glanbrân Fach, Cilfrân and Tir y Mynydd, and the Crown Inn, and royalties payable on the minerals under the Birchgrove EstateD/D SB 4/300

Transfer of Mortgage (with copy) for £2000 dated 27 Feb. 1907; (i) Charles Julius Ryland of Bristol, accountant, Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn (formerly Joseph Edward Moore) of Dyffryn, esq. and James Herbert Moore of Neath, esq.; (ii) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn; (iii) James Inskip of Bristol, solicitor: The Glanbrân EstateD/D SB 4/301-302

Mortgage (further charge) (with copy) for £1500 dated 16 July 1907; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (ii) James Inskip of Bristol, solicitor: The Glanbrân EstateD/D SB 4/303-304

Conveyance and Copy Conveyance dated 17 July 1907; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (ii) Herbert Lloyd of Plâs Cilybebyll, esq. and Charles Julius Ryland of Bristol, accountant: The Glanbrân Estate, consisting of Glanbrân Mansion, and farms called Gelli Deg, Tir Morgan Evan, Glanbrân Fach, Cilfrân and Tir y Mynydd, and the Crown Inn, and royalties payable on the minerals under the Birchgrove Estate, subject to several mortgages for £9200D/D SB 4/305-306

Copy Deed of indemnity dated 17 July 1907; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (ii) Joseph Gwyn Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (iii) James Inskip of Bristol, solicitor: (i) and (ii) indemnify (iii) against any future actions and claims relating to the conveyance of the Glanbrân Estate aboveD/D SB 4/307

Covering letter accompanying the two copy deeds above. 31 July 1907D/D SB 4/308

Duplicate schedules of the above deeds, 27 Feb. 1907-17 July 1907. 1907D/D SB 4/309-310

Transfer of Mortgage forf £5700 dated 3 Mar. 1909; (i) William Wilberforce Joce, James Inskip, Stephen Tryon; (ii) Charles William Cope Proctor, Augustine Fielding Woodward, George Frederick Hyde; (iii) William Wilberforce Jose, James Inskip, Stephen Tryon and Charles Cornelius Savile, Cyril Edward Lavrington, Hartland Stuart Wright and Harold Merrett Stock: The Glanbrân estateD/D SB 4/311

Deed increasing rate of interest on the above mortgages of the Glanbrân estate. 2 Feb. 1916D/D SB 4/312

Reconveyance in satisfaction of mortgage, dated 22 Feb. 1918; (i) Charles Cornelius Savile, Stephen Tryon, Cyril Edward Lavington, Hartland Stuart Wright, and Harold Merrett Stock; (ii) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn; (iii) Francis William Gilbertson and John Herbert Purdon Lloyd: The Glanbrân estateD/D SB 4/313

Grant dated 24 Oct. 1927; (i) Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq.; (ii) Edward Rees of Tirmynydd, farmer, and Elizabeth his wife: Water rights relating to Tirmynydd farm and Glanbrân farm, in the parish of Llansamlet; Includes planD/D SB 4/314

Subsidiary Vesting Deed in respect of an easement relating to Glanbrân Fawr farm in the parish of Llansamlet, in the matter of the Dyffryn Estate settled by the will of Howel Gwyn, deceased. 1 June 1928D/D SB 4/315

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

Section 14: Estate ManagementDD SB 4/14/hub