Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1822 for 3s 11d annual rent dated 31 Jan. 1853; (i) The Portreeve, Aldermen and Burgesses of Aberavon; (ii) Sarah Evans of Aberavon, widow: Piece of land, part of Cae Green, in the parish of Aberavon, measuring 14p, with a house and shed built there; Includes plan

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Papers of A. Leslie EvansD/D LE

Section 1: Original And Copy Documents Collected By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/1/hub

Local Authority Records: Borough Of AberavonDD LE/1/1/hub

Local Authority Records: Borough Of KenfigDD LE/1/2/hub

Local Authority Records: Borough Of NeathDD LE/1/3/hub

Local Authority Records: Margam Urban District CouncilDD LE/1/4/hub

Parish Records: Aberavon ParishDD LE/1/5/hub

Parish Records: Baglan ParishDD LE/1/6/hub

Parish Records: Margam ParishDD LE/1/7/hub

School Records: Eastern Boys' School, Taibach, Port TalbotDD LE/1/8/hub

School Records: Eastern Senior Mixed School, Taibach, Port TalbotDD LE/1/9/hub

School Records: Central County Primary School, Port TalbotDD LE/1/10/hub

School Records: Port Talbot Schools Cricket LeagueDD LE/1/11/hub

Deeds And Estate Records Collected By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/1/12/hub

Letters from Robert Hayward and Nicholas Stones to Andrew Clayton, servant to Sir John Moore, Lord Mayor of London, about the price of lead. 1681 and 1682D/D LE/X 1-2

Copy Counterpart Lease for 31 years from 25 Mar. 1818 for a consideration of £400 and £29 15s annual rent, dated 19 June 1823; (i) Michael Hicks Beach and William Hicks Beach, both of Williamstup Park, Gloucestershire, esqs., and The Earl of Ilchester, trustees of the Margam Estate; (ii) The Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England: Lands called Morfa Mawr, Brwyna Halt, the Green, 4 fields near Crosswen Pill, with copper works, houses and outhouses, and houses for forge workers at Graig CraddockD/D LE/X 3

Counterpart Lease for the lives of Griffith John, and his two sons Griffith and John, for £2 4s annual rent dated 16 Mar. 1838; (i) Thomas Richards of Lower Court, Margam, farmer; (ii) Griffith John of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, collier: Piece of land measuring 50 feet by 44 feet, part of a field called the Croft, in Aberavon Parish, for building; Includes planD/D LE/X 4

Assignment and Underlease for £255 dated 23 Oct. 1843; (i) John Jones of Aberavon, blacksmith; (ii) William Davies of Cwmavon, innkeeper: Piece of land in Cwmavon leased by the Earl of Jersey, containing a chapel and cottage, and land adjoining Aberavon Town HallD/D LE/X 5

Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1822 for 3s 11d annual rent dated 31 Jan. 1853; (i) The Portreeve, Aldermen and Burgesses of Aberavon; (ii) Sarah Evans of Aberavon, widow: Piece of land, part of Cae Green, in the parish of Aberavon, measuring 14p, with a house and shed built there; Includes planD/D LE/X 6

Copy Conveyance dated 13 June 1853; (i) The Rev. David Evans, clerk, vicar of Aberavon, with; (ii) The Bishop of Llandaff, with; (iii) Griffith Llewellyn of Baglan Hall, esq., patron of Aberavon Church, to; (iv) The Minister and Churchwardens of Aberavon: Piece of land beside the Vicarage, Aberavon, for the Aberavon National Schools; Includes planD/D LE/X 7

Draft Surrender of Lease dated - 1858; (i) Thomas Chandler and Hugh Thomas Cameron, with; (ii) Charles Lee of London, James Wyld of Charing Cross, gent., Robert Taylor of Lambeth Terrace, gent., Henry Sadler Mitchell of London, gent., James Tressam Barker of London, India rubber manufacturers, and John Maxwell of London, gent., to; (iii) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq., MP: The site of an ancient corn mill called Melin David Gitto in the parish of Margam, since pulled down and a factory built on the siteD/D LE/X 8

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1858 for £1 2s annual rent dated 20 June 1859; (i) Alfred Cox of Bristol, gent., with; (ii) The Portreeve, Aldermen and Burgesses of Aberavon; (iii) David Evans of Aberavon, Collier: Piece of land by the slaughter house in Aberavon, for building; Includes planD/D LE/X 9

Mortgage for £125 dated 19 Sept. 1862; (i) John Thomas of Pantdu, Michaelston-super-Avon, member of the Avon Vale Permanent Benefit Building Society, to; (ii) William Llewellyn Powell, esq., John Vintin provision merchant and John Rees, builder, all of Taibach: A house currently in the process of being built on the mountain, AberavonD/D LE/X 10

Draft agreement to surrender lease dated - 1865; (i) William Augustus Ford of London, esq. and Horace Alfred Ford of Swansea, esq., with; (ii) Samuel Ford of Brighton, esq., to; (iii) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam Park and Penrice Castle, esq.: The Bryndu CollieryD/D LE/X 11

Lease and Counterpart Lease for 999 years for 5s annual rent dated 16 Jan. 1869; (i) The Trustees of the Avon Vale Building Society; (ii) John Thomas of Pantddu, blocklayer; (iii) William Thomas of Pantddu, blocklayer: Piece of land near Pantddu, for a house; Includes planD/D LE/X 12-13

Mortgage for £100 dated 10 July 1869; (i) John Thomas of Pantddu, blocklayer; (ii) Trustees of the Prince of Wales Building Society: Piece of land near Pantddu, for a houseD/D LE/X 14

Mortgage for £60 dated 26 July 1869; (i) William Thomas of Pantddu, blocklayer; (ii) Trustees of the Streams of Love Benefit Society: Piece of land near Pantddu, for a houseD/D LE/X 15

Lease for 99 years from 29 Sept. 1869 for £3 10s annual rent dated 24 Nov. 1869; (i) Benjamin Morgan Davies of Aberavon, gent.; (ii) Frederick Evans of Margam, wheelwright: Piece of land on Wern Street, Aberavon, called Croft-y-Capel, for building; Includes plan; Endorsed: Note by A. Leslie Evans to the effect that this was the site of Caradocs ChapelD/D LE/X 16

Mortgage for £1000 dated 17 Feb. 1876; (i) Mrs A. R. Devoy; (ii) E. W. Stanley: No. 1, Fitzroy Square, Middlesex, and a coachhouse and stable in Grafton Mews, Fitzroy Square; Endorsed: reconveyance in satisfaction of mortgage, dated 18 June 1884D/D LE/X 17

Abstract of title of Mr Frederick Evans to a leasehold house and premises at Croft y Capel, Aberavon. 1870D/D LE/X 18

Probate of the Will of Morgan Evan of Tythegston, yeoman, including bequests to his wife Mary Evan, niece Sarah Hannah Jones, and sister Mary Griffiths. Properties include Colliers Arms, Tythegston, and 2 houses in Pyle. made 5 Oct. 1870, died 5 Jan. 1973, proved 1 Feb. 1873D/D LE/X 19

Account of charges for legal advice etc. due to M. Scale from C. R. M. Talbot, in the matter of C. R. M. Talbot v. Williams. 1875D/D LE/X 20

Draft Lease for 95 years from 25 Mar. 1877 for £10 annual rent dated 1 Apr. 1878; (i) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam Park, esq., MP, to; (ii) Robert Nicholl Byass of Daylesford House, Worcestershire, Arthur Byass of London, esq., Richard Knight Prichard of Craig Avon, esq., Thomas Davies Daniel of Aberavon, gent., Josiah Rees Jenkins of The Grange, Swansea, tinplate manufacturer, John Felton of Pyle Cottage, Pyle, gent., and Marmaduke Tennant of Aberavon, gent.: Piece of rough land to the south of Court Farm in the parish of Margam, for a branch railway and sidings to connect the Mansel Tinplate Works to the Docks; Includes planD/D LE/X 21

Port Talbot Company: schedule of documents handed over by Mr Beattie and sent to Captain Fitzmaurice. after 1879D/D LE/X 22

Draft Lease for 80 years from 24 June 1880 for £100 annual rent dated 19 June 1880; (i) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam Park, esq., to; (ii) Edward Davies of Taibach, tinplate manufacturer: Piece of land, part of Upper Court (Cwrt Uchaf) Farm, for a tinplate works, and to build a railway; Includes planD/D LE/X 23

Draft Lease for 80 years from 25 Mar. 1880 for £152 10s annual rent dated 19 June 1880; (i) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam Park, esq., to ; (ii) David Roderick David of The Groes, Margam, grocer: Piece of land, part of Upper Court (Cwrt Uchaf) farm for a tinplate worksD/D LE/X 24/1

Licence from Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq., MP, to Rees Lewis, son of Thomas Lewis of Taibach, pilot, deceased, to devise half a piece of land at Alma Terrace, Taibach, to Lewis Thomas of Taibach, postmaster. 2 Jan. 1882D/D LE/X 24/2

Lease for 21 years from £600 annual rent dated 5 July 1883; (i) Thomas Frederick Bolton of Ambleside, Westmoreland, esq., ; (ii) Edward Ebenezer Price of London, chartered accountant; (iii) Thomas Davies Daniel of Aberavon, iron master: Premises in Cwmavon called the Rail Mill, Great Western Mill, Ty Isha Row, Merthyr Row, Jersey Row, Undeb Row, (Cwmavon) and a tip; Includes planD/D LE/X 25

Bill of costs for proving the Will of John Jones, ex police constable, the uncle of the Rev. William Jones of Ynys y Gwas, Methodist Minister of Tabernacl Chapel, Cwmavon. 1885D/D LE/X 26

Draft Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1886 for £1 annual rent dated 15 June 1886; (i) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam Park, esq., to; (ii) Sidney Hutchinson Byass of Craig Avon, esq., president of the Aberavon and District Mechanics Institute, Llewelyn Howell of Aberavon, tinplate manufacturer (vice president), and James Maddan of Aberavon, bank manager (secretary): Piece of land (30p), part of Cae Grigos, near Aberavon, in the parish of Margam, next to a Calvinistic Methodist chapel on the road from Aberavon to Taibach, for building a mechanics institute (the Victoria Institute); Includes planD/D LE/X 27

Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1887 for £2 13s annual rent dated 7 June 1887; (i) Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq., ; (ii) John David of 23 Plough Terrace, Port Talbot, superintendent of railway traffic: Piece of land for a house on Cae Owen, in Upper Plough TerraceD/D LE/X 28

Mortgage for £100 dated 13 Jan. 1893; (i) John Jones of Aberavon, fireman; (ii) Trustees of the Loyal Longdon Lodge: House in Water Street, AberavonD/D LE/X 29

Probate of the Will of Hopkin Williams of Stormey, farmer, including bequests to his daughter Mary Alice Jones wife of Henry Jones, his wife, and his brother Rees Williams,. made 11 Feb. 1888, died 11 Mar. 1897, proved 15 May 1897D/D LE/X 30

Report on accounts for the Margam Estate and Margam Home Farm. 1903D/D LE/X 31

License to assign leasehold premises called 6 and 8 Prichard Street, Aberavon, Emily Charlotte Talbot to Daniel Jones of Taibach, blacksmith. 10 Mar. 1904D/D LE/X 32

Counterpart Lease for 99 years from 25 Mar. 1908 for £2 10s annual rent dated 15 Sept. 1908; (i) Miss Emily C. Talbot of Margam, spinster; (ii) Francis William Foley of Water Street, Aberavon, builder: No. 19 Castle Place, now known as 37 Castle Street, Aberavon; Includes planD/D LE/X 33

Will of John Singleton of 63 High Street, Aberavon, boot dealer, including bequests to David Singleton, Evan Lewis Singleton, Edward Singleton and John Singleton his sons. made 1 Nov. 1920D/D LE/X 34

Conveyance for £210 dated 10 Dec. 1920; (i) The Rev. George Ivor Rhys Jones of Talgarth, clerk; (ii) Charlotte Clarke of Charles Street, Aberavon, widow: 14 Charles Street, AberavonD/D LE/X 35

Baglan EstateDD LE/1/13/hub

Margam EstateDD LE/1/14/hub

Port Talbot Harbour RecordsDD LE/1/15/hub

Papers Relating To The Ynysavon CollieryDD LE/1/16/hub

Papers Relating To Vivian And Son's Extraction Of Sand On The Margam EstateDD LE/1/17/hub

The Philanthropic Institution, Afan Lodge, AberavonDD LE/1/18/hub

The Gymdeithas Ddi-GyfrinachDD LE/1/19/hub

Glamorganshire Reformatory SchoolDD LE/1/20/hub

Houses In The Port Talbot AreaDD LE/1/21/hub

Leases Of Chapels In Port Talbot And Kenfig HillDD LE/1/22/hub

Papers Relating To Collieries And MineralsDD LE/1/23/hub

RailwaysDD LE/1/24/hub

Swansea Grammar SchoolDD LE/1/25/hub

Bundle Of Deeds Of Premises In Porthcawl, Bridgend And Aberavon, Collected By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/1/26/hub

PoetryDD LE/1/27/hub

Bundle Of Documents Collected By A. Leslie Evans From William Thomas Of Galltcwm Farm, MargamDD LE/1/28/hub

Photographic Copies Of Documents Held At Other RepositoriesDD LE/1/29/hub

Hand-Written Copies Of Original DocumentsDD LE/1/30/hub

Miscellaneous Original DocumentsDD LE/1/31/hub

Section 2: Notes And Publications By A. Leslie EvansDD LE/2/hub