Feoffment to uses, (i) Hopkin William of the parish of Swansea, yeoman, to (ii) John Morgan of Swansea parish, yeoman. A house and lands called Bryn Melyn in the parish of Llangyfelach, to the use of Hopkin ap Hopkin, second son of (i) for life, thereafter to his children, and in default of children, to John Hopkin, youngest son of (i). Originally bundled with item A.

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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

Bargain and sale with feoffment for £25, Matthew David Morgan of the parish of Llangyfelach, yeoman, and Marie his wife, to Hopkin William of the parish of Swansea, yeoman. A house and lands in the parish of Llangyfelach called Bryn Melyn. Document originally labelled AEA 7/1/1

Bond, Matthew David Morgan of Llangyfelach, yeoman to Hopkin William of Swansea, yeoman, in the sum of 100 marks, to secure the quiet enjoyment of premises conveyed by an indenture of the same date (see previous item). Originally bundled with item A.EA 7/1/2

Feoffment to uses, (i) Hopkin William of the parish of Swansea, yeoman, to (ii) John Morgan of Swansea parish, yeoman. A house and lands called Bryn Melyn in the parish of Llangyfelach, to the use of Hopkin ap Hopkin, second son of (i) for life, thereafter to his children, and in default of children, to John Hopkin, youngest son of (i). Originally bundled with item A.EA 7/1/3

Marriage settlement on the marriage of Hopkin Hopkin and Elizabeth John, daughter of (ii), from (i) Hopkin William of the parish of Swansea, yeoman, and Hopkin ap Hopkin of Swansea, yeoman, to (ii) John Hopkin of Swansea parish, yeoman. A house and lands called Bryn Melin in the parish of Llangyfelach. Originally bundled with item A.EA 7/1/4

File of four deeds, as follows: 1. Bond in £100, Henry Hopkin of Swansea, yeoman to Gamaliel Hughes of Swansea, gent., to secure the quiet enjoyment of premises conveyed in a deed of the same date, dated 29 Sep. 1685; 2 and 3. Conveyance by lease and release for £34, from Henry Hopkin and John Hopkin of Swansea, yeomen, to Gamaliel Hughes of Swansea, a house and lands called Bryn Melyn in the parish of Llangyfelach, dated 28 and 29 Sep. 1685; 4. Deed to lead the uses of a Fine (Bargain and Sale) for £34 of a house and lands called Bryn Melyn in the parish of Llangyfelach, dated 14 Oct. 1685, from Henry Hopkin of Swansea parish, yeoman and John Hopkin of Swansea town, yeoman, to Gamaliel Hughes of Swansea town, gent. Document originally labelled E.EA 7/1/5

Receipt for the purchase money for Brynmelyn, received from Gamaliel HughesEA 7/1/6

Conveyance by Lease and Release for £45, (i) David Thomas of Swansea town, gent., (ii) Lewis Thomas of Gwernllwynchwyth, esq. and Rebecka Meller of Swansea town, widow, (iii) Griffith Phillipps gent., now portreeve of Swansea, and William Phillips and Richard Parry, churchwardens, and Christopher Locke, gent., and Samuel Williams, overseers of the poor of the town of Swansea. House and lands called Brinmelin in the parish of Llangyfelach. Document originally labelled K.EA 7/1/7

Bargain and Sale for (i) Mary Hughes of Swansea town, widow [of Gamaliel Hughes], to (ii) John Hughes of Swansea town, upholsterer, second son of (i), a house and lands called Brynmelyn in the parish of Llangyfelach, in the occupation of John Hugh, a collier. Document originally labelled J, altered to LEA 7/1/8

Articles of agreement between John Hughes of Bristol, upholsterer, and David Thomas of Swansea, gent., for the sale of a house and lands called Brinmelin for a purchase sum of 5s and £39 15s. Document originally bundled with item LEA 7/1/9

File of three deeds relating to Brynmelyn, as follows: 1. Release, from Walter Hughes of Swansea town, gent., eldest son and heir of Gamaliel Hughes, to John Hughes of Swansea, of his title to a house and lands called Brin Melin in the parish of Llangyfelach, dated 30 Dec. 1707; 2. Deed to lead the uses of a Fine, for a consideration of £40, John Hughes of Bristol, upholsterer and Penelope his wife, to David Thomas of Swansea, gent., regarding the title to a house and lands called Brinmelin, in the occupation of John Hugh, a collier, dated 25 Mar. 1708; 3. Conveyance by Lease and Release for £40, (i) Walter Hughes of Swansea town, gent., eldest son and heir of Gamaliel Hughes, gent., deceased, John Hughes of Bristol, upholsterer, youngest son of Gamaliel Hughes, Penelope, wife of John Hughes and Mary Hughes of Swansea town, widow of Gamaliel Hughes and mother of Walter and John Hughes, to (ii) David Thomas of Swansea town, gent., a house and land called Brinmelin in the parish of Llangyfelach, dated 7 Feb. 1708. Deed originally labelled L.EA 7/1/10

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

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