Cover: “Police wait outside the farmhouse”, April 1988 (EV-0086)Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) · Llandough-juxta-Penarth
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Source: Preserved from Facebook, undated (2025–26) · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.
Welsh Histories — Scandal, Fraud & Concealment Uncovered (Llandough Archaeological Landscape) A confirmed Roman villa (2nd–4th century AD) was excavated in the immediate Llandough area in 1979 before modern housing construction The villa was physically destroyed by development (Corinthian Close / Tuscan Close flats) rather than preserved in situ The wider site contains a major early medieval monastic cemetery (1,000+ burials) showing long-term sacred/occupied land use Archaeology Data Service: Excavations show continuous multi-period occupation (Iron Age → Roman → post-Roman → medieval) in the same landscape zone Archaeology Data Service: The monastic settlement is not fully excavated in structural terms (monastic buildings themselves remain unlocated under church/grounds) ResearchGate: Evidence indicates the cemetery and related activity extends beyond excavated boundaries and was truncated by later disturbance Archaeology Data Service: Parts of the site were affected by post-medieval quarrying and levelling that removed archaeological deposits Archaeology Data Service: There is documented re-use and disturbance of earlier remains during later construction and agricultural phases (including graves cut through earlier structures) Archaeology Data Service: The area underwent large-scale 20th-century redevelopment (1960s–1980s housing expansion) over archaeologically sensitive ground Llandough Community Council: Great House Farm itself was demolished in 1988 after a long ownership dispute, removing a key standing historic structure from the landscape Wikipedia: Archaeological records confirm the site had high archaeological potential but was still granted residential development permission in parts of the wider zone Docslib: Excavation history shows rescue archaeology rather than full pre-development excavation of the entire complex Archaeology Data Service: The villa and later monastic complex sit in a zone where continuity of settlement is considered plausible but not fully proven in all phases ResearchGate: The landscape contains known isolated high-status finds (e.g., Roman artefacts in burials and structures) indicating material richness beyond a single excavated focus Archaeology Data Service: The monastic site is historically significant, yet no surviving above-ground monastic structures remain visible today Url: https://greathousefarm.wordpress.com Email: [email removed] Call: 02031377118 (leave voice message) Pull Requests: github.com/unclehowell/datro (bpvsbuckler branch) #WelshHistory #Llandough #RomanBritain #RomanVilla #WelshArchaeology #Archaeology #BritishArchaeology #MedievalHistory #EarlyMedieval #MonasticSite #CemeteryArchaeology #Heritage #HeritageSites #LostHistory #HiddenHistory #ArchaeologicalRecord #LandscapeArchaeology #Excavation #RescueArchaeology #HistoricWales #WalesHistory #SouthWalesHistory #CardiffHistory #ValeOfGlamorgan #RomanWales #PostRomanBritain #IronAgeBritain #CulturalHeritage #DevelopmentVsHeritage #cardiff
Source: Preserved from Facebook, undated (2025–26) · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.
Using A.I I discovered that BP and the British State commited fraud, theft, conspiracy and consealment/ supression of evidence, as well as procedural irregularity, misrepresentation, non-disclosure, and structural unfairness leading to my family being unlawfully, illegally and criminally dispossessed of our 800 year old farmhouse and land of 318 years, which I was born on. They also controlled the media narrative to have us falsely labelled and treated like squatters. Fortunately fraud unravels all. And the limitation clock starts from the date of discovery of the fraud, not occurance of it. So we have the next few months and even years to prep and file our £100Million reparations lawsuit: https://greathousefarm.wordpress.com We are seeking full restoration of our superior manorial land title and estate. Our claim to the land is rightfully what they call in latin; "ab immemorabili" i.e. "Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary". I put the Ministry of Justice UK, BP, Land Registry, CADW and many other parties on notice and gotten replies already and passed this matter to my family lawyer. All those who waged a literal war on our family and home, I now have dead to rights. #BP #UK #Britain #Farming #Farms #Welsh #Indigenous #Ancestral #Rights #Crime #Dispossession #Lawsuit #Law #BPvsBuckler1987 George C. for Llandough Becca Lloyd
Source: Preserved from Facebook, undated (2025–26) · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.
"I have found it best to work only when you blooming well feel like it. When your bellows or your legs arent right they'll tell you. So, then what's the use of fooling yourself and wasting your time? When I need a bit of rest I take it, and when I feel like working I work. When I rest I build up."
- Jim Driscoll
James Driscoll (15 December 1880 – 30 January 1925), commonly known as Peerless Jim, was a Welsh boxer who learned his trade in the boxing ring and used it to fight his way out of poverty. Driscoll was British featherweight champion and won the coveted Lonsdale belt in 1910. He is a member of the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Growing up in poverty, Driscoll took employment while still a boy, becoming a printer's devil for the Evening Express in St. Mary Street in Cardiff.
Featherweight champion Abe Attell faced Driscoll in 1910; the Welshman dominated the fight, but with the "no decision" rule in place, without a KO he couldn't take the crown. Driscoll declined a rematch in order to attend an exhibition match in aid of the orphans of St. Nazareth House: "I never break a promise."
Driscoll never forgot his roots; According to the National Monuments Record for Wales, his first fight was in a barn in Great House Farm, Llandough. He was a faithful supporter of his church, remained close to his community, and had great affection for the Nazareth House Orphanage, for whom he once gave up the chance of becoming Featherweight Champion of the World.
Driscoll's boxing career was interrupted by World War I, where he was recruited as a physical training advisor, enlisting in 1914 in the Welsh Horse Yeomanry. In succeeding years, he continued to box despite failing health, relying on his skills to keep him out of trouble.
When he died in Cardiff of consumption at the age of 44, over 100,000 people lined the streets for his funeral. He is buried at Cathays Cemetery in Cardiff, Wales.
Source: Preserved from Facebook, 27 June 2024 · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.
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Proposed AR Heritage Trail for Church View Close, Llandough, to showcase historic sites including Roman villa, Marconi's radio experiments, and Jim Driscoll's early boxing career
Further to my recent correspondence with the Land Registry, and my family's long-standing position that we are the rightful owners of Church View Close (formerly Great House Farm, Llandough) since 1667, I am proposing an Augmented Reality Heritage Trail for the site to celebrate its archeological and historic significants.
Further to my military career as a decorated cyber and electronic warfare professional and war veteran, leaving my career with full honours, and my last employer of my 22 years in Oath being the Vale of Glamorgan Council until 2024, I feel bona fide and the appropriate person to operate a mobile phone or AR headset-guided tour. Jobs will be created and visitors will be able to roam on my ancestral birthland and see a digital reconstruction of the hidden history beneath our feet, including:
• The Roman villa that once stood on the site.
• Guglielmo Marconi's stay at our farm and the pioneering radio experiments that led to the world's first successful wireless radio transmission in 1897.
• The story of boxing champion Jim Driscoll, whose first fight took place in our barn.
• A 4K HD re-enactment of the 1988 dispossession operation that removed me and my family by force with 30 police officers, BP bailiffs, and possibly SAS personnel. Followed by the destruction of our 800-year-old 10 bedroom manor/ farm and former court house, within 24 hours, while holding my father without charge after he defended us and the property with a chainsaw.
... and much much more
For me, this is about preserving local history, restoring forgotten stories, community and ensuring that future generations can experience the extraordinary heritage of the Great House Farm story through modern technology.
Our history should not be witheld from us, suppresed or concealed. Every detail can now be seen and experienced.
Support: https://bpvsbuckler.datro.xyz
Warm regards,
Williams/ Buckler Family
#Llandough #tour #trail #wales #history #Cymru #roman #technology
Source: Preserved from Facebook, 3 June 2026 · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.
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My nans death was convenient. She challenged BP claiming her land for decades, without fail. Then dies in the 2 week window she had to challenge them registering our land in their names at the land registry.
My dads death was convenient. He challenged BP, as him mum did. Right before his death he appealed the 1987 ruling (dismissed) and submitted an ECHR (dismissed). Home demolished. Then planning permission for homes on our stolen land, gets approved.
No court has ruled we don't own Church View Close, Llandough. No court ruled BP did. They stole possession via fraud, concealment and lawfare. Or more accurately force, stealth/ secrecy and (fraudulent) license. Our family on the otherhand, are in honour i.e. No Force! NO Stealth/ Secrecy. NO LICENSE!
We are the land. (Est. 1667)
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Source: Preserved from Facebook, 24 June 2026 · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.
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I'm researching my birthplace and former family farm, Great House Farm, Llandough (also known as Ty Mawr), which had been our home since 1667. Our family is Buckler (formerly Williams).
If anyone has community stories, memories, photographs, or documents relating to the farm or family, I'd really appreciate hearing from you.
From everything I have been able to uncover, I believe the land is still rightfully ours, despite BP and the British state obtaining possession through the courts in 1987. We were then removed from the property, and our 800-year-old home was demolished within hours. At the time, the press labelled us "squatters being evicted."
CADW failed to list our 10-bedroom former coach/courthouse as Grade II, leaving it without protection from demolition. The Land Registry also registered the land in BP's name in 1983, despite the dispute. I believe this represents a major historical injustice.
Several members of our family died while challenging BP's registration in 1983 and the planning permission granted in 1991. The trauma has left much of my family unable to speak publicly about what happened. My pregnant mother even suffered a dislocated shoulder while serving an injunction in an attempt to stop the demolition of our occupied home, according to declassified ITV footage that remained suppressed for 38 years.
Much of the site's history has also been overlooked or forgotten. A Roman soldier buried in full armour, discovered and reported by our family in 1880; Guglielmo Marconi stayed with us while carrying out his pioneering wireless experiments in 1897; and Peerless Jim Driscoll fought his first bout in our barns.
Archaeologically, the site is extraordinary. A Roman villa was discovered there in 1979, and later excavations identified what has been described as Wales' largest and most significant burial site. There has also been little effort to formally investigate the monastery believed to lie beneath the land.
Today there is not even a plaque or information board explaining the historical and archaeological significance of the site. Church View Close now occupies the land with around 20 characterless houses.
For me, this is not just an injustice to my family, but to the history and heritage of the local community and of Wales itself.
Source: Preserved from Facebook, 28 June 2026 · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.
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Aberpergwm House history and legends in Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot
I was born in Glynneath and after leaving school, moved to Bristol and then Germany. I haven‘t visited the old haunts for around 30 years. Something I‘m hoping to change next year.
Some stories I know, refer to the Aberpergwm House, now saddly destroyed. The daughter of the Family living there became pregnant by a local man, and died giving birth to a daughter. Her grave is in the form of a wedding cake, half on sacred church grounds and half on an ajoining field.
Origins: Built on the site of an older house called Neuadd Pergwm, it came into the possession of the prominent Williams family around 1560. [1] (https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/.../aberpergwym-house.../)English Civil War: Legend says Oliver Cromwell spared the estate from destruction because of a supposed family relation. [1] (https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/.../aberpergwym-house.../)Cultural Significance: The Williams family was notable for remaining faithful to the Welsh language, making the house a historic center for Welsh culture. [1] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed3Gl9a6Fh0&t=1), [2] (https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/.../aberpergwym-house.../)Architecture: The sandstone structure featured a two-story facade with seven bays, later remodelled and expanded in the 18th and 19th centuries. [1] (https://www.thedicamillo.com/house/aberpergwm-house/), [2] (https://aroundus.com/p/12888845-aberpergwm-house), [3] (https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/.../aberpergwym-house.../)Decline: The estate is a Grade II listed building, but it has fallen into a severe state of ruin and decay over the late 20th century. [1] (https://kids.kiddle.co/Aberpergwm_House), [2] (https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300011769-aberpergwm...), [3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberpergwm_House)St. Cadoc's Church: The historic church of St. Cadoc, possibly of late medieval origin, sits directly within the grounds of the house.
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Western Mail, 20 Nov 1958, p.7: "It's a Crichel Down, says woman farmer". Mrs Buckler told the county planning committee that Glamorgan County Council, Penarth Urban Council, Cardiff Rural Council and Western Ground Rents had "walked in and taken" the family's land.
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Hywel's birthday fundraiser for LLANDOUGH AND LECKWITH WAR MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
Fundraiser for LLANDOUGH AND LECKWITH WAR MEMORIAL INSTITUTE by Hywel B.
£0 GBP raised of £150 GBP
Source: Preserved from Facebook, 18 October 2026 · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.
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A 1958 public allegation — “It’s a Crichel Down” (Western Mail, 20 November 1958) Records Mrs Buckler’s public statement to the county planning committee that Glamorgan County Council, Penarth Urban Council, Cardiff Rural Council and Western Ground Rents had “walked in and taken” the family’s land.
So in 1949 an attempt was made to make our occupancy of our woodland appear permissive and 12 years later in 1961 that third of our land parcel was stealthfully registered with a different proprietor/ possessor.
In 1950 our paper title were deeds stolen. 1955 when my nan had her leg amputated, the woodland and green south of my stolen demolished birthome, now Church View Close, was seized from my nan too. The order was also for other land to the east, not our land parcel.
In 1959 another attempt to make our occupancy appear permissive was made, and almost 12 years later in 1970 the now, village green, was stealthfully registered with THE COUNCIL as proprietor/ possessor.
In 1969 another attempt to make our occupancy appear pernissive was, conveyed to BP who in 1983, just after 12 years later, resulted in BP registering as propertor/ possesor of the final third of our land parcel.
In 1974 when trying to exstiguish our ownership claim it was not exstiguished. The court case was ajourned.
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George C. for Llandough #Llandough #leckwith #Wales #ValeofGlamorgan #cardiff
Source: Preserved from Facebook, 19 October 2026 · original link · text copy in the Wayback archive. The words are as posted; they are the family’s own case, not findings.