John Williams (d. 1908)
Tenant farmer at Great House; juror of the Bute court leet. Succeeded his father in the tenancy in 1855 (1904 press report; identification is an inference).
Friends since 1855
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John Williams
Mary (Nancy) Williams’s father; took over both tenancies in 1908; yearly tenant of the whole farm from 1916; tenancy surrendered 1949.
Friends since 1908
familyMary (Nancy) Williams
Lived at the farmhouse; married Frederick Buckler in 1936; pleaded ownership in 1974; witness statement c. 1974; died at the farmhouse 26 March 1983.
Friends since 1936
familyFrederick Buckler
Joined Mary (Nancy) Williams at the farmhouse on their marriage in 1936; ran the farm from 1944; died 1967.
Friends since 1936
familyWilliam (Billy) Buckler
Born at the farm c. 1948–49; inherited in 1983; defendant in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler; died 29 May 1990.
Friends since c. 1948
familyJ B W McDonnell QC and M Jarman
Counsel for William Buckler in the Court of Appeal (published judgment).
Friends since 1987
counselThe Bute Estate (Marquesses of Bute)
Landlord of Tŷ Mawr; 1824 estate survey; 1916 yearly tenancy; reversion conveyed to Western Ground Rents in 1938.
Friends since 1824
landlordRev. H. H. Rickards
Owner of the glebe land rated to John Williams (Llandough poor rate, 1872).
Friends since 1872
landlordDaniel Thomas & Son / Alfred Thomas
Lime kiln and quarry at Llandough; 1877 sale reported in Mary (Nancy) Williams’s statement; final rent c. 1928.
Friends since 1876
landlordLord Colum Crichton-Stuart
Left Leckwith-with-Llandough under the 3rd Marquess of Bute’s will (press reports, 1900).
Friends since 1900
landlordStephenson & Alexander
Auctioneers of the Marquess of Bute’s coppice woods, including Cwm Cydfin Wood (1902).
Friends since 1902
landlordWestern Ground Rents Ltd
Landlord from 1938; 1939 revised tenancy; 1955 and 1962 possession orders; sold to BP Pension Trust 1969.
Friends since 1938
landlordMr Knapp
Landlords’ agent named in Mary (Nancy) Williams’s statement about the missing family papers (1950–52).
Friends since 1950
landlordBP Pension Trust
Bought from Western Ground Rents (31 Dec 1969); conveyed to BP Properties (1975, 1982).
Friends since 1969
landlordBP Properties Ltd
Plaintiff in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler; first registration WA231076 (1982); transferred to Ideal Homes 1993.
Friends since 1975
adversary in the 1987 caseLinklaters & Paines
Solicitors for BP Properties (Court of Appeal report; HM Land Registry letter of 23 Mar 2026).
Friends since 1982
adversary in the 1987 casePaul Morgan (counsel)
Counsel for BP Properties in the Court of Appeal (published judgment).
Friends since 1987
adversary in the 1987 caseDebenham Tewson
Named as “the agents for BP Properties” in Llandough Community Council minutes (1987).
Friends since 1987
for BP PropertiesHigh Court (1955)
Possession order against Frederick Buckler alone, worded for the whole farm, 2 Feb 1955.
Friends since 1955
courtCardiff County Court
1962 order for the farmhouse/buildings/garden group (not enforced).
Friends since 1962
courtHollis J (High Court)
Heard the case at Cardiff on 10 July 1986; judgment for BP on 24 July 1986.
Friends since 1986
courtJudge Norman Francis
Refused to continue the injunction pending the ECHR application, 5 December 1988.
Friends since 1988
courtEuropean Commission of Human Rights
Application of 3 May 1988 declared inadmissible, 14 April 1989.
Friends since 1988
courtCardiff council
Received c. 109 acres of Leckwith Woods from Western Ground Rents (1940–42).
Friends since 1940
authorityThe National Archives
National Farm Survey (MAF 32) and the 1958 inquiry record (BD 28/177).
Friends since 1941
authorityWAEC (War Agricultural Executive Committee)
Dissatisfied with the farm in 1944 (Mary (Nancy) Williams’s statement).
Friends since 1944
authorityGlamorgan County Council
Development Plan (Area No. 2) public inquiry, 1958.
Friends since 1958
authorityGGAT (now Heneb)
Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust: 1982 recommendation, 1990 assessment and field evaluation; 2026 records request to Heneb.
Friends since 1978
authorityTed Rowlands MP
Raised the BP pension fund and Western Ground Rents in the Commons, 22 May 1980.
Friends since 1980
authorityHM Land Registry
First registrations WA231076 (1982) and WA240304 (1983), amalgamated; 2026 complaint, FOI and alteration application.
Friends since 1982
authorityCadw
Inspected the farmhouse for listing, 29 July 1988; declined to list; 2026 ATISN answers.
Friends since 1988
authorityWelsh Office / Welsh Government
Cadw’s parent department; answers access-to-information requests (ATISN 27021, 26-0010, 27589).
Friends since 1988
authorityAlun Michael MP
Asked the Lord Chancellor to look at the case (South Wales Echo, 12 May 1988).
Friends since 1988
authorityVale of Glamorgan Council
Planning 89/01396/OUT (1990) and 92/00671/RES (1992); FOI 00211027 (2026).
Friends since 1989
authorityGlamorgan Archives
Holds the Bute estate survey (DB/E/1) and the 1982 council minutes.
Friends since 2002
authorityHM Land Registry Independent Complaints Reviewer
Complaint ICR/090/26 allocated (2026).
Friends since 2026
authorityStephen Doughty MP
His office forwarded a letter from HM Land Registry’s Chief Executive (2026).
Friends since 2026
authorityCotswold Archaeological Trust
Excavated the early-medieval cemetery (1994).
Friends since 1994
archaeology