Lease for 13 years from 29 Sept 1858 for £10 annual rent and royalties of 2d per ton, dated 6 Oct 1858; Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to David Griffiths of Pentrecrebath, yeoman: Quarries and strata of limestone under three fields above a road leading from Pontrhydarw to the Gwyn's Arms, part of a farm called Gelly yr Henner, in the parish of Ystradgynlais, with liberty to extract the minerals

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Dyffryn (Gwyn) Estate RecordsD/D Gw

Deeds of Properties In Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath ParishDD Gw/1/hub

Deeds of Properties In Cilybebyll ParishDD Gw/2/hub

Property At Rhos In The Parish CilybebyllDD Gw/3/hub

Deeds of Properties In Llandeilo Talybont ParishDD Gw/4/hub

Papers Relating To The Lease of A Tramway From Birchrock Colliery To The RailwayDD Gw/5/hub

Deeds of A Property In Pontarddulais On The Road From Carmarthen To Swansea Beside The Toll House And The RailwayDD Gw/6/hub

Deeds of Properties In Llangyfelach ParishDD Gw/7/hub

Deeds of Properties In Llangynwyd ParishDD Gw/8/hub

Deeds of Properties In Llansamlet ParishDD Gw/9/hub

Deeds of Properties In NeathDD Gw/10/hub

Deeds of Properties In Brecon Town, BreconshireDD Gw/11/hub

Deeds of Properties In Defynnog Parish, BreconshireDD Gw/12/hub

Deeds of Properties In Llanfihangel-Nant-Bran Parish, BreconshireDD Gw/13/hub

Deeds of Properties In Ystradgynlais, BreconshireDD Gw/14/hub

Deeds of Properties In Llanddeusant Parish, CarmarthenshireDD Gw/15/hub

Deeds of Properties In Llangadog, CarmarthenshireDD Gw/16/hub

Deeds of Properties In DevonDD Gw/17/hub

Deeds of Properties In Several ParishesDD Gw/18/hub

Wills, Probate And Related DeedsDD Gw/19/hub

Marriage SettlementsDD Gw/20/hub

Deeds Relating To BankruptcyDD Gw/21/hub

Transfer of SharesDD Gw/22/hub

Appointment of SurveyorsDD Gw/23/hub

Deeds of Churches And Schools And Related CorrespondenceDD Gw/24/hub

PassportDD Gw/25/hub

Deeds of Minerals In GlamorganDD Gw/26/hub

Minerals Leased To The Western Merthyr And Graigola Merthyr CompaniesDD Gw/27/hub

Minerals And A Railway In Llangynwyd And Bettws ParishesDD Gw/28/hub

Papers Relating To Land And Minerals Leased To The South Wales Primrose Coal Company LtdDD Gw/29/hub

Leases of Minerals In BreconshireDD Gw/30/hub

Lease for 60 years from 1 Jan 1825 for £50 annual rent dated 4 May 1825; William Gwyn of Neath, gent., to Robert Small of Camberwell, Surrey, James Henry Shears of Clapham, Surrey, and John Taylor of Chatham Place, London, esqs.: Mines and quarries of limestone in a hill called Cribarth in the parish of Ystradgynlais, in the tenure of Robert and Joseph Dawson and Mrs Davies, widow, and power to extract the stoneD/D Gw 318

Lease for 60 years from 25 Mar 1825 for £21 annual rent dated 4 May 1825; William Gwyn of Neath, gent., to Robert Small of Camberwell, Surrey, James Henry Shears of Clapham, Surrey, and John Taylor of Chatham Place, London, esqs.: Veins of fire sand and clay under a hill called Cribarth in the parish of Ystradgynlais, in the tenure of Robert and Joseph Dawson and Mrs Davies, widow, and power to extract the mineralsD/D Gw 319

Lease for 60 years from 1 Jan 1825 for £250 annual rent, dated 4 May 1825; William Gwyn of Neath, gent., to Robert Small of Camberwell, Surrey, James Henry Shears of Clapham, Surrey, and John Taylor of Chatham Place, London, esqs.: Veins of ironstone and iron ore under farms and lands called Tyr Mawr, Cae Hopkin and Clyn Ellen in the parish of Ystradgynlais, in the tenure of Thomas Harper, gent. and Elizabeth Harper, widow, executors of the late Daniel Harper, gent.; Includes planD/D Gw 320

Lease for 60 years from for £400 annual rent dated 4 May 1825; William Gwyn of Neath, gent., to Robert Small of Camberwell, Surrey, James Henry Shears of Clapham, Surrey, and John Taylor of Chatham Place, London, esqs.: Veins and mines of Coal and culm underlying farms or tenements called Tyr Mawr, Cae Hopkin and Clyn Ellen, in the parish of Ystradgynlais, in the occupation of Thomas Harper, gent., and Elizabeth Harper, widow, executors of the late Daniel Harper; Includes plan; Endorsed: Agreement dated 20 Oct 1825, parties as above, relating to the size of each hundredweight of coal to be extractedD/D Gw 321

Counterpart lease for 99 years from 29 Sept 1839 for £200 annual rent dated 23 Nov 1839; Howel Gwyn of Baglan House, esq., to Joseph Martin of Swansea, esq.: Tenements or farms called Hendreladis and Penygraig, and half a farm called Tynypant, in the parish of Ystradgynlais, in the occupation of Ann William, Thomas Richard and Thomas Griffith, and lands called Cefn Brinlle Ucha (3a) leased to Thomas Richards, and Cefn Brinlle Issa (3a) leased to Richard Richard, for the purpose of miningD/D Gw 322

Counterpart lease for 91 years from 29 Sept 1847 for £150 annual rent dated 12 Oct 1847; Howel Gwyn of Baglan House, esq., to Joseph Martin of Glyncollen, Llangyfelach, esq., John William Leach of Swansea, merchant, and Frederick Arthur Aylwin of Hendreladis, Ystradgynlais, esq.: Lands called Hendreladis, in the occupation of Llewellyn Williams, with power to mine coal, culm, ironstone, clay and sand; Includes plan; Endorsed: note to the effect that this conveyance was used in the matter of the Companies Acts of 1862 and 1867, and in the matter of the Yniscedwin Iron, Steel and Coal Co. Ltd., in Chancery, 1878D/D Gw 323

Lease for 13 years from 29 Sept 1858 for £10 annual rent and royalties of 2d per ton, dated 6 Oct 1858; Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to David Griffiths of Pentrecrebath, yeoman: Quarries and strata of limestone under three fields above a road leading from Pontrhydarw to the Gwyn's Arms, part of a farm called Gelly yr Henner, in the parish of Ystradgynlais, with liberty to extract the mineralsD/D Gw 324

Agreement for 5s dated 6 Oct 1858; Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to David Griffiths of pentrecrebath, yeoman: Agreement to rent a farm called Gelly Yrhenner if it becomes vacant during the term of 13 years comprised in the lease of the minerals lying underneath it (see D/D Gw 325)D/D Gw 325

Deed of mutual covenants dated 12 Feb 1861; (i) Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., ; (ii) John Taylor of 31 Chester Place, Regents Park, esq., ; (iii) George Clive of Cavendish Square, esq. ; (iv) George Clive and Edmund Round as directors of the New British Iron Company: Covenants as to the paying of rents due on lands comprised in a lease dated 4 May 1825 (see D/D Gw 322)D/D Gw 326

Lease and counterpart lease for 21 years from 25 Mar 1871 for £70 10s annual rent, increasing to £80 after the first three years, dated 21 Sept 1870; Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to William George Baile of Forest Cottage, Defynnog, gent.: Messuage or tenement and farm called Abertrewen in the parish of Defynnog, lately in the occupation of Thomas Price, farmer, with mines and minerals, and the liberty to work the minerals and use the timber; Endorsed: Surrender, dated 10 Feb 1886D/D Gw 327

Lease for 60 years from 25 Mar 1870 for £125 annual rent dated 1870 (day and month left blank); Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., to the Yniscedwyn Iron, Steel and Coal Company Ltd: Messuage, tenement and farm lands called Hendreladis in the parish of Ystradgynlais with all the engine houses, outhouses, stables, furnaces, etc. belonging to it, with liberty to mine for coal, culm, stone, ironstone, iron ore, sand, blackband, shale or clay; Includes plan; Attached: Deed of covenants, dated 17 Aug 1872, parties as above, covenanting to continue the terms of a lease dated 12 Oct 1847D/D Gw 328

Counterpart lease for 14 years from 25 Mar 1893 for £1 annual rent dated 30 Apr 1893; Howel Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., with Lewis Havard of Sunny Cottage, Defynnog, miller, to Adelina Patti of Craigynos Castle: Liberty to divert and use as much water as will pass through a six inch pipe from a water course flowing to Blaina Mill; Endorsed: Further lease of water rights, dated 25 June 1884, parties as above, for a further annual rent of £1D/D Gw 329

Lease and counterpart lease for 60 years form 29 Sept 1886 for annual rent dated 7 July 1888; Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, with Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn Herbert Lloyd of Plas Cilybebyll, esq. and James Inskip of Bristol, gent., to William Morgan of Tymawr Farm, Ystradgynlais, farmer: Farms and lands called Tymawr, Glyn Elyn and Cae Hopkin (223a 3r 22p) in Ystradgynlais parish, with the mines and minerals underlying, with power to extract the minerals; Includes plans; Endorsed: surrender of lease dated 29 Sept 1891D/D Gw 330

Draft lease for 60 years from 24 Dec 1886 for £100 annual rent dated 27 July 1889; Howel Jeffreys of 6 Pump Court Temple, London, barrister, to Enoch Powell and Levi Rees of Quarter Bach, Carmarthen, colliery proprietors and Howell Lewis of Myrtle Hill, Ystradgynlais, colliery proprietor: Mines and minerals including coal, culm, ironstone and fireclay beneath farm and lands called Werngunlais in the parish of YstradgynlaisD/D Gw 331

Counterpart lease for 60 years from 24 Dec 1886 for £100 annual rent dated 27 May 1889; Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, with Herbert Lloyd of Plas Cilybebyll, esq., and Osborne Sheppard of Glynclydach, esq., to Enoch Powell and Levi Rees, both of Quarter Bach, Co. Carm., colliery proprietors, and Howell Lewis of Myrtle Hill, Ystradgynlais, colliery proprietor: Colliery called Hendreladis Colliery at Ystradgynlais, with all the engines and buildings belonging to it, and all mines and seams of coal, culm, ironstone and fireclay under farm and lands called Hendreladis, measuring 53a 1r 32pD/D Gw 332

Lease and counterpart lease for 21 years from 25 Mar 1896 for £50 annual rent dated 12 Feb 1896; Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, with Herbert Lloyd of Plas Cilybebyll, esq. and Osborne Sheppard of Neath, estate agent, to Watkin Watkins senior of Dyfnant Mill, Abercrave, rotten stone merchant, Watkin Watkins junior of Dyfnant, Abercrave, blacksmith, Richard Watkins of Panty Court, Abercrave, blacksmith, and Thomas Watkins of Panty Court, Abercrave, rotten stone worker: Seam or vein of coal called the Brass Seam, with any associated ironstone and fireclay, situated beneath land called Tynypant in the parish of Ystradgynlais, to the south of the railway from Brecon to Swansea; Includes plan; Endorsed: Surrender of lease dated 11 Oct 1900D/D Gw 333

Draft agreement dated July 1898 (day left blank); The Neath and Brecon Railway Company to William Morgan of Abercrave, colliery owner, Richard Phillip Hodgens of Adelaide Chambers, Swansea, colliery owner, and James Davies of Abercrave, colliery owner, acting as the Abercrave Colliery Company: Agreement to grant the right to use water from near to Abercrave Station and to supply it through a one-inch pipeD/D Gw 334

Lease and counterpart lease for 21 years from 24 June 1898 for £10 annual rent dated 15 May 1899; Ellen Elizabeth Gwyn of Dyffryn, widow, to George Marie Stanislaus Hostka Guillaume Joseph Antoine Aloysius Louis Gonzaque de Stacpoole Duke de Stacpoole of 47 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea: Land (2a 1r 5p) in Ystradgynlais Higher containing works, situated on either side of the Swansea to Brecon railway; Includes plan; Endorsed: Surrender of lease, dated 24 June 1915D/D Gw 335

Counterpart lease for 21 years from 29 Sept 1900 for £75 annual rent dated 12 Oct 1900; Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn of Dyffryn, esq., with Herbert Lloyd of Plas Cilybebyll, esq. and Charles Julius Ryland of Bristol, accountant, to Joseph John Tweedy of Pontardawe, colliery proprietor, David Francis of St Mark's View, Newport, colliery proprietor and Gwenllian Jones of Gwyn Street, Alltwen, spinster: Veins and seams of coal, ironstone and fireclay lying under fields, part of Tynypant Farm, Ystradgynlais, measuring 52a 1r 9p, to the south of the Swansea to Brecon railway; Includes planD/D Gw 336

Sales ParticularsDD Gw/31/hub

Notices of SalesDD Gw/32/hub

InventoriesDD Gw/33/hub

Financial FilesDD Gw/34/hub

Correspondence Relating To Leases And PropertiesDD Gw/35/hub

Files Relating To The Assessment of Estate Duty After The Death of Joseph Edward Moore-Gwyn In 1922DD Gw/36/hub

Succession Duty On The Estate of Major Howel J. Moore-Gwyn, 1950DD Gw/37/hub

Correspondence With Outside CompaniesDD Gw/38/hub

Lease of Minerals Under Craig-Y-Perchil Farm, Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath ParishDD Gw/39/hub

Deed Relating To Furniture At Lonlâs HouseDD Gw/40/hub

Estate MapsDD Gw/41/hub

Plans of Houses, Farms And Estate Lands (Undated)DD Gw/42/hub

Plans of Houses, Farms And Estate Lands (Dated)DD Gw/43/hub

Miscellaneous Colliery Plans, 1870-1920DD Gw/44/hub

Plans of Farms And Larger Areas of Land, Mostly Undated, Originally Produced For ConveyancesDD Gw/45/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: AbercraveDD Gw/46/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: AlltwenDD Gw/47/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: BirchgroveDD Gw/48/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: BreconDD Gw/49/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: CilybebyllDD Gw/50/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: LlanddeusantDD Gw/51/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: LlangadogDD Gw/52/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: Llangyfelach ParishDD Gw/53/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: NeathDD Gw/54/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: PontarddulaisDD Gw/55/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: YstradgynlaisDD Gw/56/hub

Plans of Individual Properties: Plans of Individual Properties: Unidentified SitesDD Gw/57/hub

Railway PlansDD Gw/58/hub

Plans of Roads And Road ImprovementsDD Gw/59/hub

Water WorksDD Gw/60/hub

Plans of SchoolsDD Gw/61/hub

Tithe Maps And ApportionmentsDD Gw/62/hub

Plans of Housing Estates And Housing DevelopmentsDD Gw/63/hub

Fishing RightsDD Gw/64/hub

1st Edition O.S. Parish Reference Books, Giving The Area And Land-Use of Each Numbered Plot of Land On The 1st Edition 1:2500 Ordnance Survey MapDD Gw/65/hub

Ordnance Survey MapsDD Gw/66/hub

Maps and plansDD Gw/67/hub