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The Bute Estate

The Bute Estate

Body · landlord of Llandough, to 1938 · 2 entries · 5 shared

About

The Marquess of Bute’s estate, landlord of Great House Farm and much of Llandough. Its 1824 survey maps the farm as “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm”, 139a 3r 8p; it leased to John Williams in 1877; it conveyed land at Leckwith to Cardiff Corporation in 1905; and in December 1938 the Bute interest at Llandough passed to Western Ground Rents Ltd. The plan of that 1938 conveyance has not been found.

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Conveyance to Cardiff City Corporation

Conveyance, John Marquis of Bute to Cardiff City Corporation, 23 February 1905, as recorded on HM Land Registry title WA735527 (land lying on the Leckwith side).

Source

HM Land Registry title register WA735527 (Legal Wiki copy).

Title WA735527 (Legal Wiki)

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The Bute interest at Llandough passes to Western Ground Rents Ltd

Conveyance of the Bute interest at Llandough to Western Ground Rents Ltd, dated 25 December 1938 in the 1965 contract for sale (condition F, root of title); the press reported completion on 23 December 1938. The deed’s plan, which would show exactly what land went, has not been found.

Source

1965 contract for sale, condition F (EV-0216); National Library of Wales question ledger NLW-1019-3 (instrument not held).

EV-0216 (Wayback Vault)

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Shared

The Bute Estate shared Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough’s post“Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm”, 139a 3r 8p · 1824The Bute Estate shared Daniel Thomas & Son (Llandough Limeworks)’s postAgreement with the Marquess of Bute over land at Great House Farm · 1877The Bute Estate shared John Williams (d. 1908)’s postLease from the Marquess of Bute to John Williams · 6 November 1877The Bute Estate shared The woodland north of the house’s post“Cwm Cydfin Wood (Leckwith and Llandough)” in the Bute coppice-woods sale · 29 November 1902The Bute Estate shared Cardiff Times’s postThe Bute rent audit · 16 July 1904