Lease for 99 years or the lives of the lessees, for 4s annual rent, from (i) William Seys esq., portreeve of Swansea, Abraham Ayres junior and Hopkin Vaughan, corviser, common attorneys, and John Browne, corviser and Edward Henry, two of the burgesses, to (ii) Thomas Walter of Swansea, yeoman, Alice his wife and Mary their daughter, of of a piece of waste ground, 56 yards in length and 14 yards in breadth in the Franchise of Swansea with the lands of John Daniell to the east, Graig Loyd (Graigllwyd) to the southwest and Bwrlais Brooke to the north west. Originally labelled H.

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Swansea Corporation, later Swansea County Borough Council, later Swansea City Council, recordsBA, BE, EA, HE, LE, PL, TC and TR

Borough Architect's DepartmentS/BA/hub

Borough Engineer's DepartmentS/BE/hub

Borough Estate Agent's DepartmentS/EA/hub

Deeds of title of Swansea Corporation property. These documents, which formerly must have been in the possession of the Town Clerk, had been kept for many years in the Borough Estate Agents department prior to accession in December 1976. Although no prior list of the class exists, the documents had been enumerated and ordered on several occasions, the last and only known occasion being 11 April 1952. The class has been broken up at some time. The sub-numbers used in this list follow this numbering system. The deeds in this series were catalogued and described by W. C. Rogers in his Swansea and Glamorgan Calendar, edited by Bernard Morris and published by the West Glamorgan Archive Service 2005 (searchroom library, LOC/SWA 78)S/EA/1/hub

Building lease applicationsS/EA/2/hub

Estate maps and registers of property belonging to Swansea CorporationS/EA/3/hub

Surveys relating to SwanseaS/EA/4/hub

Manorial recordsS/EA/5/hub

Deeds relating to Swansea School Board properties and other deedsS/EA/6/hub

Title deeds and leases relating mainly to properties at Brynmelyn and Greenhill, Swansea, 1630-1750. These deeds were found in two bundles, one containing deeds labelled A, E. K and L, and the other containing the rest. Both included notes by W. C. Rogers, former Estate Agent of Swansea made in 1942. He used them in his Swansea and Glamorgan Calendar (edited by Bernard Morris, and published by West Glamorgan Archive Service under the title Historic Swansea) where he refers to them as the Brynmelyn Deeds.S/EA/7/hub

Title deeds relating to Brynmelyn in the parish of Llangyfelach, granted to Swansea Corporation and the parish of Swansea as a charitable trust, 1637-1708S/EA/7/1/hub

Contents of the second bundle: leases relating to houses built at Crug-glas (Greenhill), Swansea, 1630-1709S/EA/7/2/hub

Lease for 21 years for 20s annual rent to the use of the poor of Swansea, from (i) Michael Rees and William John, common attorneys of Swansea, by the assent of John Bennett, portreeve and the aldermen and burgesses of Swansea, to (ii) Owen William Barker of Swansea, of a close of arable land with a house, courtyard and garden called the Mawdlens at a place called Brynmelyn in the Franchise of Swansea, between the highway leading from Swansea to Millwood on the east, the highway from Swansea to Loughor on the west, and Brynmelyn on the north, and a brook called Nant yglastoore [Nant-y-glasdwr] on the south. Originally labelled J.EA 7/2/1

Lease for the lives of the lessees, for 30s annual rent, from (i) Walter Thomas of Swansea, esq., to (ii) Nicholas Longe the elder of Swansea, carpenter and Marie his wife, and Nicholas Longe the younger their eldest son, of a mansion house with a backside and a garden in the town of Swansea. Originally labelled B.EA 7/2/2

Lease for the lives of Mary, wife of (ii) and Margaret and Edward their children, for 12d annual rent, from (i) Lewis Jones, gent., portreeve of Swansea, and the aldermen, and Thomas David and John Rowland, common attorneys, to (ii) Edward Morgan of Swansea, cordwainer, house and one splote (sic) of waste ground for a garden, at a place called Creeke Clase [Crug-glas] in the franchise of Swansea, bounded by Waun Wen on the north, the quarry on the west and a brook called Nant y glastore (Nant-y-glasdwr) on the east. Originally labelled C.EA 7/2/3

Lease for 99 years or the lives of Jonett, Margaret and Sara, daughters of the lessee, for 4s annual rent, from (i) William Baylie, portreeve of Swansea, the rest of the aldermen, and Thomas John Prichard and Phillipp David, common attorneys, to (ii) Thomas Morgan of Swansea, glover, of a house, recently built, and a piece of waste ground adjoining it, and its garden, situated at a place called Creeke Clase [Crug-glas] in the franchise of Swansea. Originally labelled D.EA 7/2/4

Lease for the lives of the lessee and his daughters Mary (the wife of Morgan Miles) and Elizabeth Morgan, for 18d annual rent, from (i) William Seys esq., portreeve, the aldermen and Edward Mansel, gent., Walter Hughes, gent., Abraham Ayres, merchant, David Jones, shipwright and Robert Whitthear, cordwainer, burgesses of Swansea, and the rest of the burgesses, to (ii) Edward Morgan of Swansea, cordwainer, of messuages or mansion houses and garden within the liberty or franchise of Swansea, at a place called Creekglase [Crug-glas] alias Greenhill, between the lanes called Gwaynwen belonging to the Corporation on the north, the quarry on the west and the brook called Nant y Glastwr (Nant-y-glasdwr) on the east. Originally labelled E.EA 7/2/5

Lease for 33s 4d annual rent, from (i) William Seys esq., portreeve of Swansea, William Herbert esq., Gamaliel Hughes gent., Thomas Phillipps gent. and Owen Rogers, gent., aldermen, and Edward Mansell gent, Walter Hughes, gent. and David Jones, shipwright, burgesses, to (ii) Robert Whitthear the younger of Swansea, cordwainer, of a piece of land called Mauldings with a house, courtyard and garden on it, and a cottage and certain lime pits lately made or erected there by John Daniel deceased, father-in-law of (ii), at Brynmelyn situated between the highway from Swansea to St Johns on the east, the highway from Swansea to Loughor on the west, the enclosed lands of Brynmelyn on the north and the brook called Nantyglastwr [Nant-y-glasdwr] on the south, late in the occupation of Mary Daniel, widow, mother-in-law of (ii). Originally labelled G.EA 7/2/6

Lease for 99 years or the lives of the lessees, for 4s annual rent, from (i) William Seys esq., portreeve of Swansea, Abraham Ayres junior and Hopkin Vaughan, corviser, common attorneys, and John Browne, corviser and Edward Henry, two of the burgesses, to (ii) Thomas Walter of Swansea, yeoman, Alice his wife and Mary their daughter, of of a piece of waste ground, 56 yards in length and 14 yards in breadth in the Franchise of Swansea with the lands of John Daniell to the east, Graig Loyd (Graigllwyd) to the southwest and Bwrlais Brooke to the north west. Originally labelled H.EA 7/2/7

Two deeds attached together: 1. Lease for 99 years or the lives of the lessee and Mary her daughter, for 4s annual rent, from (i) William Seys, portreeve, and the aldermen and burgesses, and David Jones, innkeeper and Robert Whittear, corviser, common attorneys, to (ii) Johan Morgan of the Franchise of Swansea, widow, of a mansion house where (ii) lives and a piece of waste ground adjoining it to the east, and a garden marked out, at a place called Creeke Clase [Crug-glas] in the Franchise of Swansea, dated 29 Sep. 1694; 2. Lease for 99 years or the lives of the lessee, Mary his wife and Samuel their son, for 4s annual rent, from the Portreeve, Aldermen and Burgesses of Swansea, to Ambrose Ambrose of Swansea, blacksmith, of the premises at Crug-glas described in the attached lease dated 1694. Originally labelled MEA 7/2/8

Lease for 21 years for 40s annual rent and a pair of pullets on the first of January, from (i) the burgesses of the Borough of Swansea, to (ii) Hugh Powell of Swansea Borough, gent., a piece of land called The Goose Island on the north west side of the rivulet called the Cadle within the said borough, and all the waste ground on the north west side of the said rivulet which is now under water or otherwise from the rope yard to a certain close or piece of land in the possession of Daniel Vaughan. Originally labelled N.EA 7/2/9

Title deeds relating to Sketty-isaf (later renamed Derwen-fawr), 1723-1750S/EA/7/3/hub

Various deeds and leases of premises in Swansea, Oystermouth and Waunarlwydd, 1763-1944. There is no discernible original order to this series, so they have been arranged in date order.S/EA/8/hub

Pre-registration title deeds of properties in SwanseaS/EA/9/hub

Papers relating to the North Dock Abandonment Act 1928, 1913-1971. Swanseas North Dock was built in the 180s out of a bend in the River Tawe near to the town. The course of the river was straightened by the creation of the New Cut, and its former course turned into the North Dock, which was opened in 1852. By the 1920s, following the opening of larger docks to the east of the River Tawe, the North Dock was largely redundant and the Great Western Railway Company, its owners, proposed to close it. This resulted in the passage of the Great Western Railway (North Dock Abandonment) Act, 1928. The dock closed to shipping in 1930 and the upper part was filled in, leaving the North Dock Basin open until 1969, when it was filled in. New roads were built and the site eventually redeveloped for retail.S/EA/10/hub

Walters Ffynone Estate, 1750-1939S/EA/11/hub

Papers relating to the acquisition and provenance of Swanseas charters and other papers, 1718-1895S/EA/12/hub

Records relating to the collection of rentsS/EA/30-32/hub

Correspondence files, 1930s-1970sS/EA/51/hub

Records relating to Requisitioned propertiesS/EA/60/hub

Records relating to the Redevelopment of SwanseaS/EA/61/hub

Papers from the office of Bernard Morris, former Swansea City Estate Agent, c. 1880-1980. Bernard H. Morris (1932-2012) worked in the Estates Department of Swansea City Council, becoming City Estate Agent later in his career. He was a keen and knowledgeable local historian and long-term member of the Gower Society. These records consist of a miscellany of reports and other items collected by him in the course of his work and transferred to Swansea City Archives in 1989.S/EA/150/hub

Sales catalogues collected by the Estates Department, relating mainly to properties in SwanseaS/EA/180/hub

Market Managers Office RecordsS/EA/200-215/hub

Swansea City Council, Estates Department photographs, slides and negativesS/EA/ES1/hub

Medical Officer of Health's DepartmentS/HE/hub

Swansea City Council: Leisure Services DepartmentS/LE/hub

Swansea City Council: Planning DepartmentS/PL/hub

Town Clerk's DepartmentS/TC/hub

Treasurer's DepartmentS/TR/hub