Record#
228 items: newspapers, journals, TV, law reports, Hansard, blogs, catalogues and video. Tap a decade, then an item.
1780s 1
1786-1832 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Estate plans, 1786-1832 (Herbert of White Friars / William Hurst estate)
Estate plans 1786–1832 of lands in Cogan, Llandough-juxta-Penarth, Penarth, St Andrews Major and Sully (Percy Randell collection, Hurst/Herbert estate).
Glamorgan Archives DXGL/9-10; Percy Randell; Collection
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, map, title-chain
1820s 1
1824 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Survey of marquis of Bute’s Glamorgan estates, by David Stewart. 1824
Bute estate survey of 1824 whose plan list includes ‘19. Cedfin alias Ty Mawr farm; in Llandough’ and ‘20. Llandough and Cogan Pill farms’.
Glamorgan Archives DB/E/1-2; Bute, Glamorgan Estate
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, great-house, map, title-chain
1840s 3
1842 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Llandough-juxta-Penarth Civil Parish Records, 1842-2000
Civil parish records of Llandough-juxta-Penarth incl. the tithe plan and apportionments of 1842, assistant overseers’ rate books 1872–1895 and parish minutes.
Glamorgan Archives P35
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, title-chain, map
1842 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Llandough, Cogan and Leckwith tithe plan, 1842
Parish copy of the tithe plan for Llandough, Cogan and Leckwith, 1842.
Glamorgan Archives P35/9; Llandough-juxta-Penarth Civil Parish Records
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, map, title-chain, great-house
1841 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Llandough, Cogan and Leckwith tithe apportionment, 1841
Parish copy of the tithe apportionment for Llandough, Cogan and Leckwith, 1841 (owners, occupiers and field schedule).
Glamorgan Archives P35/10; Llandough-juxta-Penarth Civil Parish Records
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, title-chain, great-house
1860s 1
1864-12-30 Cardiff Times Newspaper Cardiff Times and Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, 30 Dec 1864: death of Amy, “relict of the late Mr. John Williams, Great House farm”
Cardiff Times and Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian, 30 Dec 1864: death of Amy, “relict of the late Mr. John Williams, Great House farm”
Cardiff Times, 30 Dec 1864, p.5 (
Access: open · family-history
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0001
1870s 3
1875 University of Leicester Special Collections – Historical Directories directory Worrall’s Directory of South Wales, 1875 - Page 324
Penarth section of Worrall’s 1875 directory; under ‘In Llandough Parish’ farmers it lists a Williams entry at ‘Great house’ alongside a Rees entry at Llandough.
Worrall’s Directory of South Wales, 1875 - Page 324
Access: open · family-history, great-house, title-chain
1872-01-01 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Conveyance of glebe land in the parish of Llandough as a site for a school, 1 Jan 1872
Conveyance of Llandough glebe land as a school site, 1 Jan 1872.
Glamorgan Archives P35CW/9; Llandough-juxta-Penarth with Leckwith Ecclesiastical Parish Records
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, title-chain
1878 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Ordnance Survey plans, 1878 (Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council)
Council-held Ordnance Survey large-scale plans of 1878, sheets XLVII/2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, showing Llandough-juxta-Penarth, Penarth, Dinas Powys and Roath Docks.
Glamorgan Archives DCVG/PL/1; Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council, Planning and Environmental Services Department
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, map, great-house
1880s 4
1889-08-16 Barry Dock News Newspaper Barry Dock News, 16 Aug 1889, p.2: apples taken from “the orchard of Great House Farm … the property of John Williams”; orchard reached “over the hedge from the railway”
Barry Dock News, 16 Aug 1889, p.2: apples taken from “the orchard of Great House Farm … the property of John Williams”; orchard reached “over the hedge from the railway”
Welsh Newspapers Online: Barry Dock News, 16 Aug 1889, p.2
Access: open · family-history
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0002
1885 National Library of Scotland – Ordnance Survey Six-inch England and Wales map View map: Ordnance Survey, Glamorgan XLVII (includes: Cardiff; Penarth; St Andrews Major.)
NLS scan of the first-edition OS six-inch Glamorgan sheet XLVII (Cardiff, Penarth area), surveyed 1878–79, published 1885.
Glamorgan Sheet XLVII, surveyed 1878–1879, published 1885 (first edition six-inch); Llandough’s position on the sheet not visually checked
Access: open · heritage, map, great-house
1887 University of Leicester Special Collections – Historical Directories directory Owen & Co.’s Cardiff Directory, 1887 - Page 209
Owen’s 1887 Cardiff Directory (incl. Penarth) lists a Williams at Great House farm, Llandough, Penarth.
Owen & Co.’s Cardiff Directory, 1887 (5th ed.), p.209
Access: open · family-history, great-house, title-chain
1883 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Col. Hen. Herbert Lee, RE, to land in St. Andrews [major] and Llandough [-juxta-Penarth], 1837-1877, compiled 1883, 1837-1877
Abstract of title (compiled 1883) for land in St Andrews Major and Llandough-juxta-Penarth, 1837–1877, in the Vaughan and Roche solicitors’ collection; which Llandough land is covered is not stated in the catalogue line.
Glamorgan Archives DNLE/34/2; Messrs. Vaughan and Roche Collection (Abstracts of Title)
Access: catalogue-only · title-chain
1890s 9
1891-11-11 newspaper cutting (title not printed) Newspaper Newspaper report: reported theft of geese from Great House Farm, Llandough (1891)
Newspaper report: reported theft of geese from Great House Farm, Llandough (1891)
British Newspaper Archive clipping (title not shown); Image file 2026-02-07_consortium-formal_notice_bpvsbuckler__en_v0-0-1_008.png; Datro repository, pinned commit 2e514c59; Buckler family evidence repository.
Access: catalogue-only · family-history
1892-06-07 South Wales Echo Newspaper ALLEGED THEFT OF GEESE AT LLANDOUGH
Court report: three geese taken on 11 Nov 1891 from John Williams of Great House Farm, Llandough; police evidence heard.
South Wales Echo, Tuesday, 7 June 1892, p.2 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · family-history
1892-06-08 South Wales Daily News Newspaper ALLEGED THEFT OF GEESE AT LLANDOUGH
Same court case reported in the South Wales Daily News: geese of John Williams, Great House Farm.
South Wales Daily News, Wednesday, 8 June 1892, p.6 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · family-history
1892-06-10 South Wales Star Newspaper LLANDOUGH.
Penarth magistrates hearing on the geese taken from John Williams, Great House Farm, Llandough, in Nov 1891.
South Wales Star, Friday, 10 June 1892, p.8 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · family-history
1894-08-03 Barry Dock News Newspaper Barry Dock News and Glamorgan Gazette, 3 Aug 1894: swine fever; five pigs of “Mr Williams, Great House” slaughtered
Barry Dock News and Glamorgan Gazette, 3 Aug 1894: swine fever; five pigs of “Mr Williams, Great House” slaughtered
Barry Dock News, 3 Aug 1894, p.5 (
Access: open · family-history
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0007
1896-11-26 industrialgwent Blog / web Llandough Lime Works and the brickworks next door: “owned in 1871 by D Thomas and Son”; brickworks “opened next door by 1899”, J. E. Billups, “Llandough Brick Co by 1923”, “disused” by 1947…
Llandough Lime Works and the brickworks next door: “owned in 1871 by D Thomas and Son”; brickworks “opened next door by 1899”, J. E. Billups, “Llandough Brick Co by 1923”, “disused” by 1947 (secondary); J. E. Billups’s death, South Wales Daily News, 26 Nov 1896
industrialgwent.co.uk, “The Brickworks of Wales — South Glamorgan”, entry “Llandough – ST 1666 7362”
Access: open · family-history
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0008
1897-05-15 Evening Express Newspaper Wireless Telegraphy. Marconi Invention Tested at Lavernock
Press cutting: “Wireless Telegraphy. Marconi Invention Tested at Lavernock”
Identified 19 Oct 2026 (Tab, Welsh Newspapers Online search): Evening Express, 15 May 1897, p.4 (
Access: open · wider-area
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0009
1897-07-23 Evening Express Newspaper Marconi in Wales, April–July 1897: the contemporary Welsh press record (Lavernock, Flat Holm, Brean Down)
Marconi in Wales, April–July 1897: the contemporary Welsh press record (Lavernock, Flat Holm, Brean Down)
Evening Express, 26 Apr 1897, p.2: Marconi to come to Cardiff “in a few weeks” (
Access: open · wider-area
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0010
1891 University of Leicester Special Collections – Historical Directories directory Owen & Co.’s Cardiff Directory, 1891 - Page 237
Owen’s 1891 Cardiff Directory lists Williams, overseer, Great House farm, Llandough.
Owen & Co.’s Cardiff Directory, 1891 - Page 237
Access: open · family-history, great-house, title-chain
1900s 8
1900-10-20 London Evening Standard Newspaper Press reports: Bute’s will left Leckwith-with-Llandough to Colum Crichton-Stuart
Press reports: Bute’s will left Leckwith-with-Llandough to Colum Crichton-Stuart
London Evening Standard, The Tablet, Scotsman, Elgin Courant, Rothesay Chronicle (18–20 Oct 1900, pp.4/28/5/6/3; British Newspaper Archive); Will: probate registry.
Access: paywalled · wider-estate
1904-07-16 Cardiff Times Newspaper Cardiff Times, 16 Jul 1904: John Williams “of Llandough Farm” at the Bute rent audit, occupier since 1855 (match to Great House Farm is an inference)
Cardiff Times, 16 Jul 1904: John Williams “of Llandough Farm” at the Bute rent audit, occupier since 1855 (match to Great House Farm is an inference)
Cardiff Times, 16 July 1904, p.1. Welsh Newspapers Online (National Library of Wales):
Access: open · wider-estate
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0012
1904-10 Barry Dock News Newspaper Bute Court Leet at Llandough, press reports 1904–1917: “John Williams” on the 1910 grand jury; “no presentments … of the deaths of freeholders, or encroachments”; “Jenkin M. Williams” constable for Ll
Bute Court Leet at Llandough, press reports 1904–1917: “John Williams” on the 1910 grand jury; “no presentments … of the deaths of freeholders, or encroachments”; “Jenkin M. Williams” constable for Llandough (1913, 1917)
Barry Dock News 14 Oct 1904 p.8
Access: open · wider-estate
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0013
1907-04-02 Evening Express Newspaper Evening Express, 27 Mar and 2 Apr 1907 (air-rifle meeting “at Great House Farm, Llandough”) and 10 Jan 1908 (“poaching on Great House Farm, Llandough”)
Evening Express, 27 Mar and 2 Apr 1907 (air-rifle meeting “at Great House Farm, Llandough”) and 10 Jan 1908 (“poaching on Great House Farm, Llandough”)
Evening Express 27 Mar 1907 p.3
Access: open · family-history
1908-10-23 Barry Dock News Newspaper Barry Dock News, 23 Oct 1908, p.3, “Court Leet at Llandough”: vote of sympathy for the family of the late John Williams, Great House
Barry Dock News, 23 Oct 1908, p.3, “Court Leet at Llandough”: vote of sympathy for the family of the late John Williams, Great House
Barry Dock News, 23 Oct 1908, p.3. Welsh Newspapers Online (National Library of Wales):
Access: open · family-history
1900 Llandough Community Council (map scan) map Llandough 1900 (map)
Scan of a 1900 large-scale map of Llandough (Llandoche) labelling ‘Ty-mawr’ east of St Dochdwy’s Church, with Llandough Farm, the School, Llandough Quarry and the Penarth railway.
1900 large-scale map scan (edition/sheet not printed on the scan)
Access: open · heritage, great-house, map, title-chain
1901 University of Leicester Special Collections – Historical Directories directory Cardiff Directory, 1901 - Page 309
1901 Cardiff Directory lists Williams at Great House farm, Llandough.
Cardiff Directory, 1901 - Page 309
Access: open · family-history, great-house, title-chain
1905 British History Online (Cardiff Records vol. 5, 1905) Catalogue Schedule of place names: G - M | British History Online
Place-name schedule entry for Llandough (Llandoch): village, parish and manor in the Hundred of Dinas Powys, 2½ miles west of Cardiff on the Leckwith hills, ‘often called Llandough-juxta-Penarth, to distinguish it from Llandough near Cowbridge’.
Cardiff Records vol. 5, pp.369-394, entry LLANDOUGH
Access: open · heritage
1910s 1
1917-03-01 South Wales Daily News Newspaper LLANDOUGH.
Penarth court: a neighbour summoned over a dangerous dog; John Williams of Great House Farm gave evidence that it entered his sheepfold.
South Wales Daily News, Thursday, 1 March 1917, p.6 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · family-history
1920s 2
1925-03-26 Western Mail Newspaper Western Mail 1925–1939 naming Great House Farm, Llandough: John Williams’s sheep-worrying assertion (26 Mar 1925), pony for sale “near Penarth” (8–9 Jun 1937), gun lost “—Williams, Llandough” (6 Feb 1
Western Mail 1925–1939 naming Great House Farm, Llandough: John Williams’s sheep-worrying assertion (26 Mar 1925), pony for sale “near Penarth” (8–9 Jun 1937), gun lost “—Williams, Llandough” (6 Feb 1939)
British Newspaper Archive, free search results: Western Mail 26 Mar 1925 p.4; 8 Jun 1937 p.3; 9 Jun 1937 p.3; 6 Feb 1939 p.2 (search “great house farm” llandough, 1920–1939)
Access: paywalled · family-history
1922 National Library of Scotland – Ordnance Survey Six-inch England and Wales map View map: Ordnance Survey, Glamorgan XLVII.NW (includes: Lecwith; Michaelston Le Pit; Penarth; St Andrews Major; Wenvoe.)
NLS scan of OS six-inch Glamorgan sheet XLVII.NW (Leckwith, Michaelston-le-Pit, Penarth), revised 1915, published 1922.
Glamorgan Sheet XLVII.NW, revised 1915, published 1922; Llandough’s position on the sheet not visually checked
Access: open · heritage, map, great-house
1930s 3
1936-08-05 Western Mail Newspaper “Llandough Bride”, wedding of Fred Buckler and Mary Doreen (Nancy) Williams of Great House Farm (snippet only)
Western Mail, 5 Aug 1936, p.10: “Llandough Bride”, wedding of Fred Buckler and Mary Doreen (Nancy) Williams of Great House Farm (snippet only)
Western Mail, Wednesday 5 Aug 1936, p.10 (British Newspaper Archive).
Access: paywalled · family-history
1938-12-24 Western Mail Newspaper Press reports of completion of Bute (Mountjoy) sale of Cardiff ground rents to Western Ground Rents
Press reports of completion of Bute (Mountjoy) sale of Cardiff ground rents to Western Ground Rents
Western Mail 24 Dec 1938 p.8; Gloucestershire Echo 24 Dec 1938; Trove (NLA) articles 184130218, 285771557, 46287600, 49452751, 243266257; Time, 30 May 1938.
Access: paywalled · wider-estate
1939-02-06 Western Mail Newspaper LOST AND FOUND
Classified notice: a twelve-bore gun lost from Great House Farm (Williams, Llandough).
Western Mail, Monday, 6 February 1939, p.2 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · family-history
1940s 1
1942-11-17 Western Mail Newspaper Western Mail, 17 Nov 1942, p.2: “IMPORTANT SALE OF LIVE AND DEAD FARMING STOCK. GREAT HOUSE FARM, LLANDOUGH” (which Llandough not verified)
Western Mail, 17 Nov 1942, p.2: “IMPORTANT SALE OF LIVE AND DEAD FARMING STOCK. GREAT HOUSE FARM, LLANDOUGH” (which Llandough not verified)
British Newspaper Archive, free search results: Western Mail, 17 Nov 1942, p.2 (search “great house farm” llandough, 1940–1949)
Access: paywalled · great-house-farm
1950s 7
1955-03-18 Western Mail Newspaper Cardiff held a 176-acre Leckwith Woods “bought … for a nominal sum in 1942” and leased 106 acres to the Forestry Commission for 999 years; measured against today’s boundaries, Leckwith Woods lies whol
Western Mail, 18 March and 28 October 1955: Cardiff held a 176-acre Leckwith Woods “bought … for a nominal sum in 1942” and leased 106 acres to the Forestry Commission for 999 years; measured against today’s boundaries, Leckwith Woods lies wholly outside Llandough
Western Mail 18 Mar 1955 p.5; 28 Oct 1955 pp.25, 32 (British Newspaper Archive); ONS Parishes May 2024 boundaries; OpenStreetMap relation 19390228; HMLR INSPIRE polygons (Vale)
Access: paywalled · wider-estate
1957-10-09 Western Mail Newspaper Western Mail, 9 Oct 1957, p.6, “Mrs. M. D. BUCKLER … Llandough” (content unknown)
Western Mail, 9 Oct 1957, p.6, “Mrs. M. D. BUCKLER … Llandough” (content unknown)
Western Mail, 9 Oct 1957, p.6 (British Newspaper Archive; search-result OCR only).
Access: paywalled · 1955-62-possession
1958-05-07 Western Mail Newspaper “City wants common for play-field” — Leckwith Common inquiry (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler)
Western Mail: “City wants common for play-field” — Leckwith Common inquiry (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler)
Western Mail, Wednesday 7 May 1958, p.7 (British Newspaper Archive). Related file: TNA BD 11/3775.
Access: paywalled · wider-estate
1958-09-24 Western Mail Newspaper Glamorgan County Council acquisition near Cogan Pill (WGR listed as owner)
Western Mail legal notice: Glamorgan County Council acquisition near Cogan Pill (WGR listed as owner)
Western Mail 24 Sep 1958 p.9 (British Newspaper Archive).
Access: paywalled · wider-estate
1958-10-27 London Gazette Other London Gazette, 31 Oct 1958, p.6652: “the City of Cardiff (Leckwith Common) Compulsory Purchase Order, 1957, confirmed … on the 8th September 1958, under section 5 of the Physical Training and…
London Gazette, 31 Oct 1958, p.6652: “the City of Cardiff (Leckwith Common) Compulsory Purchase Order, 1957, confirmed … on the 8th September 1958, under section 5 of the Physical Training and Recreation Act, 1937”
London Gazette 41537, p.6652
Access: open · wider-estate
1958-11-20 Western Mail Newspaper It’s a Crichel Down, says woman farmer
Western Mail: “It’s a Crichel Down, states woman farmer” (Mrs M. D. Buckler)
Western Mail, Thursday 20 Nov 1958, p.7 (British Newspaper Archive).
Access: paywalled · 1955-62-possession
1958-11-25 Commons Journal Hansard Hansard / Commons Journal: no petition presented against Leckwith Common order
Hansard / Commons Journal: no petition presented against Leckwith Common order
House of Commons proceedings, 25 Nov 1958 (Commons Journal, as catalogued: YHC/CL/JO/10/748/63 and related); TNA BD 11/3775, BD 28/479, BD 11/3777; MAF 235/241, /242, /257, /272.
Access: open · wider-estate
1960s 4
1960-03-04 London Gazette Other London Gazette, HM Land Registry “about to be registered” notices for Llandough land, 1960–1972 (whether farm land: not yet confirmed)
London Gazette, HM Land Registry “about to be registered” notices for Llandough land, 1960–1972 (whether farm land: not yet confirmed)
The London Gazette, pages linked below.
Access: open · 1955-62-possession
1962-12-07 Hansard (House of Commons) Hansard Leasehold Bill: Llandough Estate in Penarth
Commons debate on leasehold: ground rents on the Llandough Estate in Penarth (350–400 new houses) raised by two Members.
HC Deb 7 Dec 1962 (Leasehold Bill)
Access: open · wider-estate
1963-02-05 Hansard Hansard Hansard, 29 January and 5 February 1963 (with 14 November 1946): Western Ground Rents Ltd and ministers: a WGR director sent correspondence to the Lord Chancellor (11 July 1961) and to the Minister…
Hansard, 29 January and 5 February 1963 (with 14 November 1946): Western Ground Rents Ltd and ministers: a WGR director sent correspondence to the Lord Chancellor (11 July 1961) and to the Minister (3 December 1962) (context only)
HC Deb 29 Jan 1963 vol 670 cc738–40
Access: open · wider-estate
1968-11-19 Daily Express Newspaper Press on the 1968–69 takeover battle for Western Ground Rents Ltd, ended by British Petroleum’s agreed bid of 15 Feb 1969 to take WGR’s properties “for their pension fund”
press on the 1968–69 takeover battle for Western Ground Rents Ltd, ended by British Petroleum’s agreed bid of 15 Feb 1969 to take WGR’s properties “for their pension fund”
British Newspaper Archive free search results: The Scotsman 19 Nov 1968 p.3, 4 Jan 1969 p.3, 15 Feb 1969 p.3; Dundee Courier 4 Jan 1969 p.2, 7 Jan 1969 p.4, 15 Feb 1969 p.2, 18 Feb 1969 p.10; Newcastle Journal 8 Feb 1969 p.4; Daily Express 15 Feb 1969 p.13 (search “western ground rents” llandough, 1
Access: paywalled · wider-estate
1970s 1
1974-04-16 Daily Telegraph Newspaper Daily Telegraph report: ‘Open day’ to save ancient Welsh house (Ty Mawr, Llandough)
Daily Telegraph report: ‘Open day’ to save ancient Welsh house (Ty Mawr, Llandough)
Buckler family evidence repository; Images Drive 1546141_10201438100374529…jpg; Repository 2026-02-16_consortium-newspaper, 2026-02-04_consortium-evidence_002; Scrapbook page bears RCAHMW NMR stamp (compare NMR 6048944)
Access: paywalled · great-house-farm
1980s 50
1980-04-17 Neath Guardian Newspaper Roman villa remains at Llandough
Neath Guardian, 17 April 1980: “Roman villa remains at Llandough” (cutting image)
Wiki media library item 2594.
Access: paywalled · great-house-farm
1980-05-22 Hansard Hansard Hansard: Ted Rowlands MP criticises Western Ground Rents and BP pension fund
Hansard: Ted Rowlands MP criticises Western Ground Rents and BP pension fund
UK Parliament, Hansard: HC Deb 22 May 1980, vol. 985, “Amendments of Leasehold Reform Act 1967 etc.”
Access: open · wider-estate
1981-02-07 South Wales Echo Newspaper BP Pension Trust in South Wales, 1981–83: sale of its residential ground rents (Feb 1981) and a plan to build a house at Penlan Road, Llandough (South Wales Echo, 29 Jul 1983)
BP Pension Trust in South Wales, 1981–83: sale of its residential ground rents (Feb 1981) and a plan to build a house at Penlan Road, Llandough (South Wales Echo, 29 Jul 1983)
British Newspaper Archive free search results: Sheffield Daily Telegraph 7 Feb 1981 p.6; Belfast News-Letter 7 Feb 1981 p.6; South Wales Echo 29 Jul 1983 p.21 (search “bp pension” llandough, 1980–1989)
Access: paywalled · wider-estate
1983-03-18 South Wales Echo Newspaper Warehouse fire destroys Glamorgan/Gwent Trust finds (1983)
South Wales Echo: warehouse fire destroys Glamorgan/Gwent Trust finds (1983)
South Wales Echo, 18 March 1983; British Newspaper Archive (per Findmypast); WordPress Media Library item 1199; Email attachment 3290.jpg (family, 24 September 2026).
Access: paywalled · great-house-farm
1983-10-26 South Wales Echo Newspaper Great House Farm noted in conservation reports (Community Council and Vale planners)
South Wales Echo: Great House Farm noted in conservation reports (Community Council and Vale planners)
South Wales Echo 26 Oct 1983 p.9 (British Newspaper Archive).
Access: paywalled · great-house-farm
1986-07-25 South Wales Echo Newspaper High Court judgment for BP (Hollis J, 24 July 1986)
South Wales Echo: High Court judgment for BP (Hollis J, 24 July 1986)
South Wales Echo 25 Jul 1986 p.3 (British Newspaper Archive).
Access: paywalled · 1987-case
1987 Estates Gazette Law report BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (Estates Gazette legal archive)
Estates Gazette law report page; the judgment was reported at (1987) 284 EG 375 and [1987] 2 EGLR 168.
Access: paywalled · 1987-case
1987-05-06 South Wales Echo Newspaper South Wales Echo front-page report between trial and appeal
South Wales Echo front-page report between trial and appeal
South Wales Echo 6 May 1987 p.1 (British Newspaper Archive).
Access: paywalled · 1987-case
1987-07-31 BAILII Law report BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (31 July 1987)
Full text of the Court of Appeal judgment; also cited as (1987) 284 EG 375 and (1988) 55 P & CR 337.
Access: open · 1987-case
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0043
1987-07-31 CaseMine Law report BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (CaseMine judgment page)
Commercial case-law database copy of the 1987 judgment (login/captcha wall).
Access: paywalled · 1987-case
1987-07-31 vLex Law report B.P. Properties Ltd v Mr W. Buckler (vLex)
Subscription law database entry for the 1987 judgment.
Access: paywalled · 1987-case
1988 ITV TV ITV/HTV Wales TV News: Great House Farm Eviction and Injunction Against BP
ITV/HTV Wales TV News: Great House Farm Eviction and Injunction Against BP
ITV Wales/ITV Archive; Wales Broadcast Archive, National Library of Wales; NLW Watch and Listen item 507738, ‘Eviction News Material, 30 November 1988’ (HTV Wales videocassette); YouTube 4GXmR7mAas0 (secondary host).
Access: catalogue-only · 1988-demolition
1988-04 newspaper cutting (title not printed) Newspaper Police wait outside the farmhouse
Newspaper photograph captioned “Police wait outside the farmhouse”
Buckler family evidence repository (custodian copy, uploaded source object); Associated with GHF-E090-N07 article “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on”.
Access: catalogue-only · 1988-demolition
1988-04-29 South Wales Echo Newspaper Background to Buckler family dispute
South Wales Echo, 29 April 1988: background to Buckler family dispute
British Newspaper Archive: South Wales Echo, 29 April 1988 (Glamorgan, Wales), no page/article reference given. Screenshot held in family Google Drive (Screenshot_20250617 series) and datro repository.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-04-30 South Wales Echo Newspaper Mr Buckler refuses to leave farm for medical attention, fearing bailiffs
South Wales Echo: Mr Buckler refuses to leave farm for medical attention, fearing bailiffs
British Newspaper Archive (BNA), South Wales Echo, Saturday 30 April 1988 (County: Glamorgan, Wales); Google Drive (Screenshot_20250617 series); Datro repository; Buckler family evidence repository.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-04-30 newspaper cutting (title not printed) Newspaper Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on
Press cutting: “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” (Andrew Penman), eviction attempt
Buckler family evidence repository; Datro repository, pinned commit 2e514c59; Wayback images 2026-02-09_consortium-newspaper_bpvsbuckler__en_v0-0-1_001.jpg and …_005.jpg; Transcribed Press Archive transcripts page (N07).
Access: catalogue-only · 1988-demolition
1988-05-12 South Wales Echo Newspaper Alun Michael MP asks Lord Chancellor to look at Bill Buckler case
South Wales Echo: Alun Michael MP asks Lord Chancellor to look at Bill Buckler case
British Newspaper Archive (BNA), South Wales Echo, 12 May 1988. Screenshot held in family Google Drive (Screenshot_20250617 series) and datro repository. Custodian: Buckler family evidence repository. Wiki ref GHF-E090-N15-03.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-07-09 Estates Gazette Newspaper Estates Gazette: “BP signal Welsh sales” (Ropemaker Properties; Debenham Tewson as agents)
Estates Gazette: “BP signal Welsh sales” (Ropemaker Properties; Debenham Tewson as agents)
Estates Gazette, 9 July 1988, online article.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-10 South Wales Echo Newspaper Press set, 1988–1995: BP Pension Fund sold about 1,300 acres of Welsh land to Intercontinental Land & Development (Cardiff) Ltd for £29,375,400 (Oct 1988); the Land Authority for Wales bought plots at
Press set, 1988–1995: BP Pension Fund sold about 1,300 acres of Welsh land to Intercontinental Land & Development (Cardiff) Ltd for £29,375,400 (Oct 1988); the Land Authority for Wales bought plots at Llandough (Nov 1988), later passing Leckwith/Llandough woods to South Glamorgan County Council (199
South Wales Echo 5 Apr 1988 p.6; 7 Oct 1988 p.1; 1 Nov 1988 p.2; 11 Nov 1988 p.19; Daily Express 6 Oct 1988 p.41; South Wales Echo 9 Nov 1989 p.9; 26 Jun 1990 p.3; 11 Sep 1990 p.9; 20 Apr 1992 p.5; 18 Feb 1993 p.13; 14 Jul 1993 p.15; 31 Mar 1994; 1 Aug 1994 p.14; 7 Nov 1994 p.11; 21 Jun 1995 p.19; C
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition, wider-estate
1988-11-30 South Wales Echo Newspaper Forced entry at Great House Farm, outbuilding roof removed
South Wales Echo: forced entry at Great House Farm, outbuilding roof removed
British Newspaper Archive (South Wales Echo, 30 November 1988, Glamorgan, Wales); Screenshot held in family’s Google Drive (Screenshot_20250617 series) and datro repository.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-11-30 South Wales Echo Newspaper South Wales Echo inside page on Great House Farm eviction items
South Wales Echo inside page on Great House Farm eviction items
South Wales Echo (publisher). Held in the Buckler family evidence repository, Drive file “Screenshot_20250617-170535 (2).jpg”; No British Newspaper Archive reference number given.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-02 South Wales Echo Newspaper Summons against BP and Mrs Buckler’s access to collect belongings
South Wales Echo, 2 Dec 1988: summons against BP and Mrs Buckler’s access to collect belongings
British Newspaper Archive (Findmypast), South Wales Echo 1983–2005; Screenshot in Buckler family evidence repository, N15 image group, datro files …_002.png–…_006.png (commit 2e514c59); Specific image unmatched.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-03 South Wales Echo Newspaper Evicted farmer taken from hospital bed to face assault charges
South Wales Echo search extract: evicted farmer taken from hospital bed to face assault charges
South Wales Echo, held by the British Newspaper Archive (title held 1983 to 2005). Image file not yet matched within N15 group, datro repository files …_002.png to …_006.png (pinned commit 2e514c59).
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-03 South Wales Echo Newspaper South Wales Echo report on residents evicted from Great House Farm
South Wales Echo report on residents evicted from Great House Farm
Cutting image held in Buckler family’s Google Drive (file 1551682_10201438154295877…jpg), Buckler family evidence repository (bucklerfamily.estate). Original: South Wales Echo, 3 December 1988, page 2.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-03 South Wales Echo Newspaper History fight to save farm
South Wales Echo report “History fight to save farm” (catalogue note)
No repository or reference given; Cutting and transcription held on GHF-E090-N08.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-03 South Wales Echo Newspaper “History fight to save farm”: South Wales Echo report on Cadw inspection and spot-listing
“History fight to save farm”: South Wales Echo report on Cadw inspection and spot-listing
South Wales Echo, 3 December 1988, report by Peter Bibby. Original page number and full issue not verified.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-06 South Wales Echo Newspaper South Wales Echo, 6 Dec 1988 — Llandough ownership fight ends in Cardiff High Court
South Wales Echo, 6 Dec 1988 — Llandough ownership fight ends in Cardiff High Court
South Wales Echo, held by the British Newspaper Archive (title held 1983–2005); N15 image group, Buckler family evidence repository: datro files …_002.png–_006.png (commit 2e514c59); Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx–172337 series. Image unmatched.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-06 Western Mail Newspaper Farmer fails in final eviction hearing
Western Mail report: “Farmer fails in final eviction hearing”
Buckler family evidence repository; WordPress Media Library item 1329; Google Drive file 1478915_10201438082894092…jpg. Western Mail, 6 December 1988. No archive link verified. Cross-reference GHF-E027-07 (historical research only).
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-07 South Wales Echo Newspaper Councillor calls demolition decision ‘disgusting’
South Wales Echo (1988): councillor calls demolition decision ‘disgusting’
South Wales Echo, 7 Dec 1988 (byline Peter Collins); British Newspaper Archive/Findmypast (1983–2005). Screenshot: N15 image group, datro commit 2e514c59; Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx–172337.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-07 newspaper cutting (title not printed) Newspaper Tears flow as 800 year-old farm house is razed at last
Press cutting: “Tears flow as 800 year-old farm house is razed at last”
Buckler family evidence repository: file 2026-02-07_consortium-formal_notice_bpvsbuckler__en_v0-0-1_002.jpeg (datro repository, pinned commit 2e514c59); Second copy Google Drive file 1185106_10201435169861268…jpg; Catalogue placeholder GHF-E027-08.
Access: catalogue-only · 1988-demolition
1988-12-09 South Wales Echo Newspaper Villagers’ anger at BP demolition of Llandough farmhouse
South Wales Echo search extract: villagers’ anger at BP demolition of Llandough farmhouse
British Newspaper Archive (Findmypast); South Wales Echo 1983–2005. N15 image group: datro files …_002.png–…_006.png (commit 2e514c59); Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx–172337. Custodian: Buckler family evidence repository.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-10 South Wales Echo Newspaper Mr Buckler freed on bail after farm demolished
South Wales Echo search extract: Mr Buckler freed on bail after farm demolished
British Newspaper Archive holds South Wales Echo 1983–2005. Buckler family evidence repository custodian. N15 image group: datro files 002–006 (commit 2e514c59); Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx–172337. Image unmatched.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-13 South Wales Echo Newspaper Mr Buckler on eviction by BP Properties and demolition
South Wales Echo search extract: Mr Buckler on eviction by BP Properties and demolition
South Wales Echo, held by the British Newspaper Archive (1983–2005, via Findmypast). N15 image group: datro files …_002.png–…_006.png (commit 2e514c59); Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx–172337. Catalogue ref GHF-E090-N15-11.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-17 South Wales Echo Newspaper Postbag: reader letter on the Buckler eviction coverage
Reader letter in the Echo postbag thanking the paper for its coverage of the events at Llandough. Free text from the archive preview: “THANK you for your coverage … unacceptable face of capitalism exposed”
South Wales Echo, Saturday 17 December 1988, p.12 (Postbag)
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1988-12-21 South Wales Echo Newspaper Bulldozed Before Breakfast
South Wales Echo reader’s letter responding to “Bulldozed Before Breakfast” report
South Wales Echo, 21 December 1988; British Newspaper Archive (Findmypast), holds title 1983-2005; Image N15 group, datro repository files …_002.png to …_006.png (pinned commit 2e514c59)
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989 South Wales Echo Newspaper “From farm to a bus”: South Wales Echo feature by Peter Collins on Billy Buckler
“From farm to a bus”: South Wales Echo feature by Peter Collins on Billy Buckler
South Wales Echo, 1989 (date undetermined); British Newspaper Archive holds title 1983–2005. Copies: datro repository file 2026-02-04_consortium-evidence_bpvsbuckler__en_v0-0-1.jpg (commit 2e514c59); Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-171533; Family archive copy 2026-02-04_image_bpvsbuckler_evidence_e
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989-01 newspaper cutting (title not printed) Newspaper Press cutting: Charge against evicted farmer dropped (Barry magistrates court report)
Press cutting: Charge against evicted farmer dropped (Barry magistrates court report)
Buckler family evidence repository (cutting); Datro repository image 2026-02-09_consortium-newspaper_bpvsbuckler__en_v0-0-1.png, pinned commit 2e514c59; Google Drive copy Screenshot_20250617-171926; Transcript on Press Archive page N12.
Access: catalogue-only · 1988-demolition
1989-01-06 South Wales Echo Newspaper Bail change for evicted farmer
South Wales Echo search extract: “Bail change for evicted farmer”
South Wales Echo, Friday 6 January 1989, held by the British Newspaper Archive; N15 image group, datro files …_002.png to …_006.png (commit 2e514c59); Image unmatched.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989-01-21 South Wales Echo Newspaper South Wales Echo, Saturday 21 January 1989, p.2: court report on William (Billy) Buckler
A public-order charge against William (Billy) Buckler was withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service at Barry magistrates’ court; a bail condition on the remaining charges kept him half a mile from the Great House Farm site. Free text from the archive preview: “Buckler who lived at Great House Farm Llandough until it was demolished by the owners BP Properties in November last year … has been ordered by the court not to go within half a mile of the Great House Farm site”
South Wales Echo, Saturday, 21 January 1989, p.2 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989-02-11 South Wales Echo Newspaper Vale councillors authorise legal action against BP Properties over demolition
South Wales Echo: Vale councillors authorise legal action against BP Properties over demolition
South Wales Echo 11 Feb 1989 p.2, filed in Heneb HER (Archwilio) record GGAT02038s, source-file document 301368875.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989-03-04 South Wales Echo Newspaper Protest man to stand trial
William (Billy) Buckler, formerly of Great House Farm, Llandough, was committed by Barry magistrates for trial at Cardiff Crown Court on charges arising from events at the farm on 1 November 1988. Free text from the archive preview: “Great House Farm was demolished by BP Properties in December last year following a long running dispute over ownership between the company and Buckler”
South Wales Echo, Saturday, 4 March 1989, p.8 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989-03-20 South Wales Echo Newspaper BP Properties site operation after legal battle
South Wales Echo, 20 March 1989: BP Properties site operation after legal battle
South Wales Echo, held by British Newspaper Archive (1983–2005, Findmypast). Screenshot: Buckler family evidence repository, N15 image group; Candidate files datro …_002.png–_006.png (commit 2e514c59); Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx–172337; Specific image unmatched.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989-03-23 South Wales Echo Newspaper Evicted farmer freed after pleading guilty
South Wales Echo search extract: “Evicted farmer freed after pleading guilty”
South Wales Echo, held by British Newspaper Archive (1983–2005; Findmypast). Screenshot: Buckler family evidence repository, N15 image group, files …_002.png–…_006.png, commit 2e514c59; Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx–172337 series.
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989-03-24 South Wales Echo Newspaper ‘farmer freed’, Buckler vows to ‘fight on to the death’
South Wales Echo search extract: ‘farmer freed’, Buckler vows to ‘fight on to the death’
South Wales Echo, held by the British Newspaper Archive. Catalogue no. GHF-E090-N15-16, part of N15; Datro repository files …_002.png–…_006.png (commit 2e514c59).
Access: paywalled · 1988-demolition
1989-06-04 Cadw (Full Report for Listed Buildings) Catalogue Church of St Dochdwy
Cadw Grade II listing of St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough (community Llandough, E316808 N173273), at the junction of Llandough Hill, Penlan Road and Leckwith Road; listed as a prominent Gothic Revival church on an important Early Christian site.
Cadw listed building 13432; Grade II; designated 1989-06-04
Access: open · heritage, church
1989-04-06 Cadw (Full Report for Listed Buildings) Catalogue Former National School and School-house
Cadw Grade II listing of the former National School and school-house, Llandough: a rare early 19th-century Glamorgan school building.
Cadw listed building 13431; Grade II; designated 1989-04-06
Access: open · heritage
1989-04-06 Cadw (Full Report for Listed Buildings) Catalogue Pound Cottage
Cadw Grade II listing of Pound Cottage, opposite St Dochdwy’s Church and the village green, Llandough: the last thatched cottage in the village.
Cadw listed building 13430; Grade II; designated 1989-04-06
Access: open · heritage
1980-02-18 Cadw (Full Report for Listed Buildings) Catalogue Barons Court PH
Cadw Grade II listing of Barons Court, Cogan Pill, Llandough community: late-medieval hall-house remodelled in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Cadw listed building 15765; Grade II; designated 1980-02-18
Access: open · heritage
1982-2000 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Community Council minutes, 1982-2000
Llandough Community Council minute books 1982–2000, one item per year (e.g. P35/16 1987, P35/17 1988, P35/23–25 1992–1994), covering the years of the possession case, eviction, demolition, excavation and housing development.
Glamorgan Archives P35/11-29; Llandough-juxta-Penarth Civil Parish Records
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, 1987-case, 1994-excavation, title-chain
1988 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Plan of new rectory, 1988
Plan of a new rectory for Llandough-juxta-Penarth with Leckwith parish, 1988.
Glamorgan Archives P35CW/5/1; Llandough-juxta-Penarth with Leckwith Ecclesiastical Parish Records
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, church
1990s 26
1990-02-23 South Wales Echo Newspaper “company chiefs are bidding [to] build homes” on the Great House Farm land; Llandough Community Council made no objection but wanted the land registered as village green (snippet)
South Wales Echo, 23 February 1990, p.1: “company chiefs are bidding [to] build homes” on the Great House Farm land; Llandough Community Council made no objection but wanted the land registered as village green (snippet)
South Wales Echo, 23 Feb 1990, p.1 (
Access: paywalled · vg41
1990-06-02 South Wales Echo Newspaper South Wales Echo, 2 Jun 1990, p.2: “Billy died suddenly this week”; he “made a detour around Llandough so never had to pass the site of Great House Farm”
South Wales Echo, 2 Jun 1990, p.2: “Billy died suddenly this week”; he “made a detour around Llandough so never had to pass the site of Great House Farm”
British Newspaper Archive free search result: South Wales Echo, 2 June 1990, p.2 (search “great house farm” llandough, 1990–1999)
Access: paywalled · great-house-farm
1990-10-30 London Gazette Other London Gazette, 30 October 1990, 22 October 1991 and 20 June 1997: Welsh Office proposals to stop up parts of Old Barry Road, Llandough under s.247 TCPA 1990 for residential development (refs ZC…
London Gazette, 30 October 1990, 22 October 1991 and 20 June 1997: Welsh Office proposals to stop up parts of Old Barry Road, Llandough under s.247 TCPA 1990 for residential development (refs ZC 510-5-7-10 and ZC510-5-72-2)
LG 52318, pp.16829–30
Access: open · great-house-farm
1992-03-18 London Gazette Other London Gazette, 18 March 1992 (Issue 52866, p. 4842): Secretary of State for Wales made the Stopping-up of Highways (Old
London Gazette, 18 March 1992 (Issue 52866, p. 4842): Secretary of State for Wales made the Stopping-up of Highways (Old
The London Gazette, Issue 52866, page 4842 (“Y Swyddfa Gymreig”):
Access: open · great-house-farm
1993-08-26 South Wales Echo Newspaper South Wales Echo feature on Roman occupation (Llandough villa)
Feature on 400 years of Roman occupation in the area, citing the excavation of a substantial Roman villa at Llandough.
South Wales Echo, Thursday 26 August 1993, p.15
Access: paywalled · roman-villa
1994-04-29 South Wales Echo Newspaper Burial ground find sparks Romans or Dark Ages conflict
News report: an extensive burial ground found in trial excavations at Llandough, on land bought for a luxury housing development; archaeologists had uncovered 30 skeletons with traces of Roman timber buildings and fragments of Roman pottery in a 10-week dig by the Cotswold Archaeological Trust; the find “could prove to be one of the most important in… Free text from the archive preview: “The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust is urging the council to order a halt to work on site. It’s believed the remains of up to 300 bodies buried between the 5th and 11th century lie beneath the now-demolished Great House Farm”
South Wales Echo, Friday 29 April 1994, Local News p.5 (British Newspaper Archive; OCR windows read: “+llandough +burials”, “+llandough +skeletons”, “llandough” on that date)
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation, redevelopment
1994-09-15 Cardiff Post Newspaper Church View Close: first three homes released
Property feature: Ideal Homes (Wales) released the first three homes at the new Church View Close development on the brow of Llandough Hill, the former farm site. Free text from the archive preview: “FOLLOWING A flurry of interest at the new Church View Close development on the brow of Lland-ough Hill the first three homes have been released for sale ahead of schedule Ideal Homes (Wales) Ltd — a Trafalgar House company — are delighted with enquiries for their planned select development of only 20 four-bedroom detached homes”
Cardiff Post, Thursday, 15 September 1994, p.35 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · redevelopment, 1994-excavation
1994-10-12 South Wales Echo Newspaper WHEN OLD LEGAL DOCUMENTS WERE FOUND TIPPED BY THE ROADSIDE
Comment piece: pre-1976 files of a Cardiff law firm (Leo Abse and Cohen) found dumped in a layby on Leckwith Road near Llandough. Free text from the archive preview: “Criminal briefs ledgers filled with private details of divorce petitions insurance premiums and house transactions were abandoned in a layby on Leckwith Road near Llandough The papers which date back to before 1976 came from a leading firm of Cardiff solicitors”
South Wales Echo, Wednesday, 12 October 1994, p.6 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · lead
1994-10-12 South Wales Echo Newspaper Leo Abse and Cohen files found in layby near Llandough (p.5 news report)
News report (p.5): files and receipt books of the Cardiff law firm Leo Abse and Cohen, all dated before 1976, found by passers-by on Leckwith Road near Llandough.
South Wales Echo, Wednesday, 12 October 1994, p.6 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · lead
1994-10-27 Cardiff Post Newspaper Ideal Homes Wales’ latest location Churchview Close
Property feature on Churchview Close: four-bedroom detached houses on the brow of Llandough Hill, three house styles. Free text from the archive preview: “THIS month saw the opening of the executive show-home at Ideal Homes Wales’ latest location Churchview Close The of four-bedroom detached properties sits neatly on the brow of Llandough Hill”
Cardiff Post, Thursday, 27 October 1994, p.37 (BNA search-result OCR window)
Access: paywalled · redevelopment, 1994-excavation
1995-02-03 Daily Express Newspaper LLANDOUGH, Church View Close. 4 bed houses
Classified advertisement for Ideal Homes four-bedroom houses at Church View Close, Llandough.
Daily Express 3 Feb 1995 p.55
Access: paywalled · redevelopment
1995-03-16 South Wales Echo Newspaper LLANDOUGH IDEAL: A third of the Church View Close development has been sold
Property column: a third of Church View Close sold by March 1995.
South Wales Echo 16 Mar 1995 p.83
Access: paywalled · redevelopment
1995-10-05 South Wales Echo Newspaper Jenny has the right idea
Property feature: Ideal Homes development next to St Dochdwy’s Church; the name Church View Close chosen by a local Sunday School child.
South Wales Echo 5 Oct 1995 p.79
Access: paywalled · redevelopment, vg41
1996-06-26 London Gazette Other London Gazette, 3 July 1996 (p.8990) and 18 April 1997 (p.4683): Western Ground Rents Ltd’s members’ voluntary winding-up: notice to creditors (“All known Creditors have been or will be paid in…
London Gazette, 3 July 1996 (p.8990) and 18 April 1997 (p.4683): Western Ground Rents Ltd’s members’ voluntary winding-up: notice to creditors (“All known Creditors have been or will be paid in full”) and final meetings on 16 May 1997 to lay an account of how “the property of the Companies have been
LG 54455, p.8990
Access: open · wider-estate
1996-07-03 London Gazette Other London Gazette, 3 July 1996 (Issue 54455, p. 8982): Western Ground Rents Ltd (no. 342092) placed in members’ voluntary l
London Gazette, 3 July 1996 (Issue 54455, p. 8982): Western Ground Rents Ltd (no. 342092) placed in members’ voluntary l
The London Gazette, Issue 54455, page 8982:
Access: open · wider-estate
1996-09 South Wales Echo Newspaper Press set, 1994–1996: Ideal Homes (Wales) built “Churchview Close”, Llandough (first buyers by January 1995); Persimmon bought Ideal Homes in early 1996 and sold the last house there by September 1996
Press set, 1994–1996: Ideal Homes (Wales) built “Churchview Close”, Llandough (first buyers by January 1995); Persimmon bought Ideal Homes in early 1996 and sold the last house there by September 1996 (snippets)
Cardiff Post 5 Jan 1995 p.30; South Wales Echo 20 Apr 1995 p.85; 22 Apr 1995 p.12; 26 Sep 1996 p.79 (British Newspaper Archive);
Access: paywalled · redevelopment
1996-09-26 South Wales Echo Newspaper Ideal Homes’ select Churchview Close development in Llandough (property feature)
Property feature: Churchview Close beside St Dochdwy’s, Llandough; building began in 1994 and the four-bedroom houses drew steady interest.
South Wales Echo, Thursday 26 September 1996, p.79 (Property)
Access: paywalled · redevelopment
1994 Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Collections Online Catalogue Early Medieval human remains
Museum record of an early medieval skeleton from the 1994 excavation, filed under site name ‘Great House Farm, Llandough’ (ST 1681 7331); one of the accession 95.56H human remains held by the Museum.
Item Number 95.56H/1.688; site ‘Great House Farm, Llandough’, ST 1681 7331, excavation 1994 (accession 95.56H)
Access: open · heritage, cemetery, 1994-excavation, great-house
1990 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Llandough-juxta-Penarth: Llandocha Local History Society calendar, 1990
Local history society calendar of 1990 with historic views of Llandough: Lewis Road, Baptist church, school group 1896, Llandough farm, general village view.
Glamorgan Archives DX647
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, social
1996 Current Archaeology Journal Llandough (Current Archaeology 146, pp. 73-77)
1996 Current Archaeology article on Llandough church and the 1994 cemetery excavation by the excavation directors; cited only, article itself not read.
Current Archaeology 146 (1996) pp.73-77; known from the citation in the LCC St Dochdwy’s Church sheet
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, cemetery, 1994-excavation, press
1994-04-29 Halifax Evening Courier Newspaper Halifax Evening Courier, 29 Apr 1994, p.32: report on the Llandough burial ground find (wire copy)
Wire-copy report of the 1994 find: about 30 skeletons believed to date from the Dark Ages dug up on the site of a luxury housing development near Cardiff, with room for the remains of some 300 bodies.
Halifax Evening Courier, 29 Apr 1994, p.32 (British Newspaper Archive free search-result text)
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation, wire-copy
1994-04-30 Halifax Evening Courier Newspaper Halifax Evening Courier, 30 Apr 1994, p.1: report on the Llandough burial ground find (wire copy)
Wire-copy report of the 1994 find: about 30 skeletons believed to date from the Dark Ages dug up on the site of a luxury housing development near Cardiff, with room for the remains of some 300 bodies.
Halifax Evening Courier, 30 Apr 1994, p.1 (British Newspaper Archive free search-result text)
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation, wire-copy
1994-04-30 Dundee Evening Telegraph Newspaper Dundee Evening Telegraph, 30 Apr 1994, p.5: report on the Llandough burial ground find (wire copy)
Wire-copy report of the 1994 find: about 30 skeletons believed to date from the Dark Ages dug up on the site of a luxury housing development near Cardiff, with room for the remains of some 300 bodies.
Dundee Evening Telegraph, 30 Apr 1994, p.5 (British Newspaper Archive free search-result text)
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation, wire-copy
1994-04-30 Evening Herald (Dublin) Newspaper Evening Herald (Dublin), 30 Apr 1994, p.4: report on the Llandough burial ground find (wire copy)
Wire-copy report of the 1994 find: about 30 skeletons believed to date from the Dark Ages dug up on the site of a luxury housing development near Cardiff, with room for the remains of some 300 bodies.
Evening Herald (Dublin), 30 Apr 1994, p.4 (British Newspaper Archive free search-result text)
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation, wire-copy
1994-04-30 Wolverhampton Express and Star Newspaper Skeletons found on building site
Wire-copy report of the 1994 find: about 30 skeletons believed to date from the Dark Ages dug up on the site of a luxury housing development near Cardiff, with room for the remains of some 300 bodies.
Wolverhampton Express and Star, 30 Apr 1994, pp.4–5 (British Newspaper Archive free search-result text)
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation, wire-copy
1994-05-02 Leicester Daily Mercury Newspaper Bones find
Wire-copy report of the 1994 find: about 30 skeletons believed to date from the Dark Ages dug up on the site of a luxury housing development near Cardiff, with room for the remains of some 300 bodies.
Leicester Daily Mercury, 2 May 1994, p.31 (British Newspaper Archive free search-result text)
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation, wire-copy
2000s 5
2005 Medieval Archaeology 49 Journal An Early-medieval Monastic Cemetery at Llandough, Glamorgan: Excavations in 1994
Holbrook & Thomas, Medieval Archaeology 49 (2005) 1–92: the 1994 excavation of 1,026 burials.
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation
2005 Cotswold Archaeology (eprint) Journal An Early-medieval Monastic Cemetery at Llandough, Glamorgan: Excavations in 1994 (eprint)
Free eprint of the 2005 excavation report from the excavating unit.
Access: open · 1994-excavation
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0097
2005 Medieval Archaeology 49 Journal From Villa to Monastery: Llandough in Context
Medieval Archaeology 49 (2005): discussion of the villa and monastery sequence at Llandough.
Access: paywalled · 1994-excavation
2007-05-02 Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales blog Blog / web The suffering of burial 631
Amgueddfa Cymru blog on one skeleton from the 1994 Llandough excavation.
Access: open · 1994-excavation
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0099
2007 Vale of Glamorgan Council (hosted by Llandough Community Council) Other Llandough County Treasures Report
Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures survey of locally important buildings in Llandough (near Penarth); Great House / Ty Mawr does not appear in the text.
County Treasures: Llandough (near Penarth) [2007]
Access: open · heritage
2010s 9
2011-10-12 HK Land Law blog Blog / web Unilateral licence can stop time running for adverse possession
Hong Kong land-law blog post discussing the case.
Access: open · 1987-case
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0100
2012-08-29 unitedtechnocracy (Blogspot) Blog / web The Great House Farm Story
Blog post: historical, archaeological and family record of Great House Farm.
Access: open · great-house-farm, 1987-case · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0101
2014-06-09 Coflein (RCAHMW) Catalogue Coflein NPRN 802090: Llandough early medieval cemetery
RCAHMW site record for the cemetery excavated in 1994 (project archive CA017).
Access: open · 1994-excavation
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0102
2017 PMC (open access) Journal A multi-isotope investigation of diet and subsistence amongst island and mainland populations from early medieval western Britain
Open-access journal article that includes isotope data from the Llandough cemetery.
Access: open · 1994-excavation
2018-08-20 People’s Collection Wales Catalogue Great House Farm, Llandough. (entrance gate)
People’s Collection Wales: colour photograph of the farm’s entrance gate.
Access: open · great-house-farm
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0104
2018-08-20 People’s Collection Wales Catalogue Great House Farm, Llandough. (chapel Sale of Work)
People’s Collection Wales: black-and-white photograph of the farm with the barn behind.
Access: open · great-house-farm
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0105
2018-08-20 Wikimedia Commons Other File:Great House Farm, Llandough.jpg
Commons copy of a People’s Collection Wales colour photograph of the entrance gate to Great House Farm, Llandough (dated 20 Aug 2018 on Commons).
Access: open · heritage, great-house
2015 Research Frameworks for the Archaeology of Wales Journal EARLY MEDIEVAL WALES (research framework bibliography/review)
Wales archaeology research framework document whose bibliography cites the 1994 unpublished Cotswold Archaeological Trust preliminary report ‘Excavations at Great House Farm, Llandough’.
cites: Thomas, A and Holbrook, N, 1994, Excavations at Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, a preliminary report, Cotswold Archaeological Trust (unpublished)
Access: open · heritage, cemetery, 1994-excavation
2011-11-17 Penarth Times (letters) Newspaper History of St Mary’s
Reader’s letter on Penarth history: pilgrims crossing to the monastery at Llandough; Fitzhamon c.1106 gave lands including Llandough to Tewkesbury Abbey, making the prior of St Mary’s lord of the manor of Llandough.
Access: open · press, heritage, title-chain
2020s 54
2020-07-08 YouTube — Justice Lawyer YouTube [Case Law Land] [‘factual possession’] BP Properties v Buckler (1987) 55 P & CR 337 CA
Video: [Case Law Land] [‘factual possession’] BP Properties v Buckler (1987) 55 P & CR 337 CA
video id kn4yVOuVkgg; duration 442 s; views 154
Access: open · 1987-case
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0106
2025-04-07 Heirs and Successes Blog / web Possession, Permission, and Prevarication: A Cautionary Case on Adverse Possession
Practitioner blog post that discusses the case.
Access: open · 1987-case
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0107
2025-05-14 Barry & District News Newspaper The early medieval monument at Llandough, near Cardiff
Barry & District News heritage piece on the early medieval monument at Llandough.
Access: open · heritage
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0108
2026 WhatDoTheyKnow Other 1988 Dispossession of Great House Farm, Llandough from the Williams/ Buckler Family
Public information request about 1988 records.
Access: open · 1988-demolition · family-published
2026 WhatDoTheyKnow Other Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff (BP vs Buckler 1987)
Public information request to The National Archives.
Access: open · 1987-case · family-published
2026 WhatDoTheyKnow Other BP vs Buckler 1987
Public information request.
Access: open · 1987-case · family-published
2026 Great House Farm Wiki (WordPress) Blog / web Great House Farm Wiki
Public documentary archive of the farm, the case and the evidence register.
Access: open · great-house-farm, 1987-case, parcel-a · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0112
2026 bpvsbuckler.bucklerfamily.estate Blog / web Tŷ Mawr — The Great House Farm Story
Story site with timeline and media catalogue.
Access: open · great-house-farm, 1987-case · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0113
2026 research.bucklerfamily.estate Blog / web Start Here — Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr)
Research mirror of the wiki.
Access: open · great-house-farm, parcel-a · family-published
2026 Facebook group: Glamorgan history Other Glamorgan History Group post: researching Great House Farm, Llandough
Family post asking the history group for memories and records of the farm.
Access: open · great-house-farm · family-published
2026 Facebook group: Vale of Glamorgan HUB Other Vale of Glamorgan HUB post: Great House Farm (Ty Mawr), Cedwyn Estate
Family post in the Vale community group.
Access: open · great-house-farm, cedwyn-estate · family-published
2026 Facebook page: Great House Farm II Other Great House Farm II (Facebook page)
Family Facebook page for the farm story.
Access: open · great-house-farm · family-published
2026 YouTube — family channel YouTube Family YouTube channel
Family YouTube channel (videos below listed separately).
Access: open · great-house-farm · family-published
2026 YouTube — family channel YouTube Great House Farm, Llandough, Wales [Update]
Family video: Great House Farm, Llandough, Wales [Update] (not playable on 23 Oct 2026)
video id XuArB_vYWWA; duration 2800 s; views 60
Access: catalogue-only · great-house-farm · family-published
2026 YouTube — family channel YouTube Great House Farm (Ty Mawr/ Cedfin/ Cedwyn) and St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough
Family video: Great House Farm (Ty Mawr/ Cedfin/ Cedwyn) and St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough (not playable on 23 Oct 2026)
video id J8Dt2UBuHt0; duration 21 s; views 14
Access: catalogue-only · cedwyn-estate · family-published
2026 YouTube — family channel YouTube Great House Farm, Llandough - Lawfare
Family video: Great House Farm, Llandough - Lawfare (not playable on 23 Oct 2026)
video id GesJfW_yECQ; duration 333 s; views 6
Access: catalogue-only · great-house-farm · family-published
2026 YouTube — family channel YouTube BP vs Buckler 1987. Church View Close, Llandough. Formerly Great House Farm.
Family video: BP vs Buckler 1987. Church View Close, Llandough. Formerly Great House Farm. (not playable on 23 Oct 2026)
video id 0eXOoj7eUCo; duration 88 s; views 18
Access: catalogue-only · 1987-case, redevelopment · family-published
2026 YouTube — family channel YouTube BP vs Buckler 1987
Family video: BP vs Buckler 1987 (not playable on 23 Oct 2026)
video id ADs8MemYWYw; duration 3453 s; views 25
Access: catalogue-only · 1987-case · family-published
2026 YouTube — family channel YouTube BP vs Buckler 1987
Family video: BP vs Buckler 1987 (not playable on 23 Oct 2026)
video id 4GXmR7mAas0; duration 96 s; views 77
Access: catalogue-only · 1987-case · family-published
2026-02-15 YouTube — family channel YouTube BP Vs Buckler 1987
Family video: BP Vs Buckler 1987
video id hzbCZg_3V9k; duration 81 s; views 39
Access: open · 1987-case · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0125
2026-04-05 Ipsa Loquitur Blog / web BP Properties Ltd v Buckler – Case Summary
Student case summary of the adverse-possession and unilateral-licence points.
Access: open · 1987-case
2026-06 Welsh Government (FOI release ATISN 27021) Other Great House Farm, Llandough (ATISN 27021)
Welsh Government / Cadw information-request disclosure about records of Great House Farm.
Access: open · great-house-farm
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0127
2026-06-04 YouTube — family channel YouTube BP vs Buckler 1987 (2026 Update) #news #british #bp #crime #law #britishchambers #wales
Family video: BP vs Buckler 1987 (2026 Update) #news #british #bp #crime #law #britishchambers #wales
video id SNUY-XFAjyE; duration 150 s; views 157
Access: open · 1987-case · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0128
2026-07-02 YouTube — family channel YouTube Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff in Wales & Great House Farm II Museum/ Open House in Patagonia
Family video: Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff in Wales & Great House Farm II Museum/ Open House in Patagonia
video id aazpNjlzRtQ; duration 60 s; views 27
Access: open · wider-area · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0129
2026-07-03 YouTube — family channel YouTube BP vs Buckler 1987 || GREAT HOUSE 2, Patagonia, Argentina 🏴🇦🇷
Family video: BP vs Buckler 1987 || GREAT HOUSE 2, Patagonia, Argentina 🏴🇦🇷
video id Yv7q1POk550; duration 96 s; views 9
Access: open · 1987-case, wider-area · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0130
2026-07-09 YouTube — family channel YouTube Great House Farm II, Tre Llandough, Patagonia
Family video: Great House Farm II, Tre Llandough, Patagonia
video id 05_Ei82HSeE; duration 96 s; views 19
Access: open · great-house-farm · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0131
2026-07-13 YouTube — family channel YouTube Great House Farm II
Family video: Great House Farm II
video id baMrjvG6hl8; duration 99 s; views 9
Access: open · great-house-farm · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0132
2026-07-31 YouTube — family channel YouTube Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff, Wales
Family video: Great House Farm, Llandough, Cardiff, Wales
video id -c0UvjM-lwA; duration 60 s; views 38
Access: open · wider-area · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0133
2026-10-22 YouTube — family channel YouTube Tŷ Mawr, the Great House of Llandough: the story on the map (1547–2026)
Family video: Tŷ Mawr, the Great House of Llandough: the story on the map (1547–2026)
video id duISt8CMOfM; duration 814 s; views 4
Access: open · great-house-farm · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0134
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube Highlight Report HR-06 · 19–23 Oct 2026 · Great House Farm #Shorts
Family video: Highlight Report HR-06 · 19–23 Oct 2026 · Great House Farm #Shorts
video id vnhbyahwQWk; duration 40 s; views 0
Access: open · redevelopment · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0135
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube 30 skeletons beneath a demolished Welsh farm (Llandough, 1994) #Shorts
Family video: 30 skeletons beneath a demolished Welsh farm (Llandough, 1994) #Shorts
video id p7xEURn9kb8; duration 31 s; views 2
Access: open · 1994-excavation · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0136
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube 22 May 1980: a name from the farm’s records in Parliament #Shorts
Family video: 22 May 1980: a name from the farm’s records in Parliament #Shorts
video id dnQ0gFhcbEA; duration 30 s; views 8
Access: open · 1987-case, wider-estate · family-published
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube 1,026 burials under one Welsh farmyard #Shorts
Family video: 1,026 burials under one Welsh farmyard #Shorts
video id 6o07JL4ZoGY; duration 30 s; views 6
Access: open · 1994-excavation · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0138
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube How to read an 1841 farm record in 3 steps #Shorts
Family video: How to read an 1841 farm record in 3 steps #Shorts
video id Z1GRL_h31Y8; duration 30 s; views 2
Access: open · wider-estate · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0139
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube Open day to save a Welsh farmhouse, April 1974 #Shorts
Family video: Open day to save a Welsh farmhouse, April 1974 #Shorts
video id 5wCBtClDkyQ; duration 30 s; views 99
Access: open · great-house-farm · family-published
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube Today at Tŷ Mawr · highlight report · 22 Oct 2026 #Shorts
Family video: Today at Tŷ Mawr · highlight report · 22 Oct 2026 #Shorts
video id HcZzIyEhhO8; duration 54 s; views 0
Access: open · great-house-farm · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0141
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube 1916: “the whole of the farm” · Great House Farm Ep 7 #Shorts
Family video: 1916: “the whole of the farm” · Great House Farm Ep 7 #Shorts
video id aRRvkt3ryXg; duration 30 s; views 17
Access: open · wider-estate · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0142
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube 1900 and 1905: the paper trail · Great House Farm Ep 6 #Shorts
Family video: 1900 and 1905: the paper trail · Great House Farm Ep 6 #Shorts
video id XPM6vi1R7VA; duration 30 s; views 3
Access: open · wider-estate · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0143
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube BP Properties v Buckler (1987): the land-law case students still read #Shorts
Family video: BP Properties v Buckler (1987): the land-law case students still read #Shorts
video id nYxHueeoLmc; duration 42 s; views 0
Access: open · 1987-case, 1987-case · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0144
2026-10-23 YouTube — family channel YouTube Marconi at Lavernock, May 1897: radio crossed the sea here #Shorts
Family video: Marconi at Lavernock, May 1897: radio crossed the sea here #Shorts
video id hS4aN9dBr4I; duration 50 s; views 89
Access: open · wider-area · family-published
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0145
2020-04-05 sconzani (blog) Blog / web sconzani: Llandough : the Irbic cross
Local-history blog post on the Irbic cross in St Dochdwy’s churchyard, Llandough near Cardiff: Sutton stone pillar-cross, c.10th–11th century, IRBICI inscription.
Access: open · heritage, church, irbic-cross, social
2020-04 sconzani (blog) Blog / web sconzani: Llandough : St Dochdwy’s Church
Local-history blog post on St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough: earlier c.1820 church moved stone by stone to Leckwith; present church consecrated 1866, designed by a Bristol architect, built by a Penarth contractor; cites the Coflein entry.
Access: open · heritage, church, social
2023-11-17 Heneb Historic Environment Record (Archwilio) Catalogue Heneb Historic Environment Record: GGAT00768s
HER record ‘Llandough Roman Villa’ (ST168732): Iron Age farmstead, Roman villa in two phases (3rd–4th c.), early medieval burial, medieval grange; excavation event ‘Llandough Farm’ 1978–9; related to the Early Christian Cemetery, Great House Farm record 02272s.
PRN 00768s; NGR ST168732; NPRN 400051; read via Wayback snapshot 20261023112320 (live site 522)
Access: open · heritage, villa
2026-10-22 Instagram — family account social One Welsh farm on four maps, 1824–1939. Swipe through.
Family carousel post: four plans of the farm 1824 (Bute estate survey, ‘Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm’, Glamorgan Archives DB/E/1), c.1841 tithe map, 1877 Bute agreement plan, May 1939 agreement plan (Glamorgan Archives DBDT123/7).
Access: open · social, title-chain, map, family-history · family-published
2026-10-22 Instagram — family account social How to read an 1841 farm record in 3 steps.
Family reel explaining the c.1841 tithe apportionment for Landough, Cogan and Leckwith: landowner the Marquess of Bute, occupier John Williams, 36 parcels of about 119 acres incl. no. 209 ‘Courtyard &c’.
Access: open · social, title-chain, family-history · family-published
2023-01-26 YouTube (Bob’s Rail Relics) YouTube Penarth Dock, the staion and the strange halt at Llandough
Rail-heritage video on the disused Penarth Dock station and the short-lived halt at Llandough.
Access: open · heritage, railway
2020-11-12 YouTube (Penarth Parish) YouTube About the Parish of Penarth & Llandough
Parish of Penarth & Llandough introductory video presentation about the parish (incl. St Dochdwy’s, Llandough).
Access: open · heritage, church
2020-11-24 YouTube (local councillor’s channel) YouTube Llandough Hill development
Local councillor’s video on proposals for 130 dwellings on land at the bottom of Llandough Hill, announcing a public online meeting on 3 Dec 2020.
Access: open · social, planning, wider-area
2023 YouTube comments (Bob’s Rail Relics video) social Comment thread: Penarth Dock, the staion and the strange halt at Llandough
Public viewer comments (c.2023–2025) recalling Llandough sidings still busy in 1963 with a pilot locomotive, the halt predating Llandough Hospital, and GWR benches in a garden opposite St Dochdwy’s Church.
Access: open · social, railway, heritage
2026-10-22 Instagram — family account social What’s in the archive? 6 kinds of record behind one Welsh farm’s story, 1881 to 1992. Swipe through.
Family carousel listing six record types: 1881 census (RG 11/5288), Daily Telegraph 16 Apr 1974, Hansard HC Deb 22 May 1980 vol 985 col 737, April 1988 press photographs, a GGAT letter to the Vale of Glamorgan of 27 Jul 1992 (ref S387/CH/PMJ) and the 1987 law report.
Access: open · social, family-history, 1987-case, heritage · family-published
2021-04-15 Penarth Nub News Newspaper ‘Romans in South Wales’ - An excerpt from Karl-James Langford’s new book
Local news site excerpt from a book on Roman South Wales: Llandough (ST16 73) villa with bath block, extensively excavated in 1979 ahead of development, built c.120–130s CE on an Iron Age site, abandoned mid-300s CE.
Access: open · heritage, villa, press
2026-10-19 Facebook group: Vale of Glamorgan HUB (family post) social Vale of Glamorgan HUB: family video post linking the dartboard timeline
Family video post (5:33) in the public Vale of Glamorgan HUB group linking the family dartboard timeline, citing a Western Mail item of 20 Nov 1958 (‘It’s a Crichel Down’) and a 1974 adjourned court case; tags the local councillor’s page.
Access: open · social, 1987-case, family-history · family-published
2020-11-27 Penarth Times Newspaper Concern over proposed big housing development near Penarth
Residents’ reaction to a proposal for about 136 homes on land south of Llandough Hill and Penarth Road, allocated in the Vale of Glamorgan Local Development Plan; traffic concerns on Penarth Road.
Access: open · press, planning, wider-area
2023-04-01 Penarth Times (Local Democracy Reporter) Newspaper Plans for 133 new homes in Llandough approved
Vale of Glamorgan Council planning committee grants outline permission for 133 flats and houses on land south of Llandough Hill and Penarth Road despite flooding concerns.
Access: open · press, planning, wider-area
Undated 35
undated CaseMine commentary Blog / web Termination of Adverse Possession Through Unilateral Licenses: Insights from BP Properties Ltd v. Buckler ([1987] EWCA Civ 2)
Generated case commentary on the unilateral-licence point.
Access: open · 1987-case
undated Legal Studies (Cambridge) Journal Unilateral permission and prescriptive acquisition: a Scottish perspective
Legal Studies article that cites Dillon LJ in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (1988) 55 P & CR 337 at 346.
Access: paywalled · 1987-case
undated LawExplores (textbook extract) Other Adverse Possession (LawExplores textbook extract)
Textbook-style extract using BP Properties v Buckler [1987] 2 EGLR 168 as a precedent on permission.
Access: open · 1987-case
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0148
undated Oxford University Press — Land Law Directions (8e) resources Other Land Law Directions (8e), Chapter 6 answers
Oxford University Press textbook resource discussing the unilateral licence in BP Properties v Buckler.
Access: open · 1987-case
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0149
undated Coflein (RCAHMW) Catalogue Coflein NPRN 20182: Great House, Llandough
RCAHMW site record for Great House (Tŷ Mawr).
Access: open · great-house-farm
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0150
undated Coflein (RCAHMW) Catalogue Coflein NPRN 400051: Llandough Roman villa
RCAHMW site record for the Roman villa south of the church (excavated 1979).
Access: open · roman-villa
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0151
undated Heneb HER (Archwilio) Catalogue Heneb HER GGAT02272s: Llandough early medieval cemetery
Historic Environment Record entry for the cemetery (site timed out 23 Oct; recorded in earlier passes).
Access: catalogue-only · 1994-excavation
undated Heneb HER (Archwilio) Catalogue Heneb HER GGAT02038s: Great House, Llandough
Historic Environment Record entry for Great House, including the 1989 SMR card and the Echo cutting of 11 Feb 1989.
Access: catalogue-only · great-house-farm, 1988-demolition
undated Wikipedia Other Llandough, Penarth (Wikipedia)
Encyclopaedia article with a section on Great House Farm, the Roman villa and the monastery.
Access: open · great-house-farm, heritage
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0154
undated Wikipedia Other St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough (Wikipedia)
Encyclopaedia article on the church beside the farm site.
Access: open · heritage
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0155
undated Historic Place Names of Wales Catalogue Ty Mawr — recorded name, Historic Place Names of Wales
Place-name record from the OS 2nd edition (1898–1908) at ST 16842 73326.
Access: open · great-house-farm
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0156
undated Tirlun (Facebook video) Other Where does the name for Llandough / Llandochau come from?
Short local-history video by Tirlun on the place-name (about 9.3K views).
Access: open · heritage
SourceArchived copyCatalogue entry MR-0158
undated Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Collections Online Catalogue ECM: Llandough; Irbic Cross (replica)
Museum collection record of the replica of the Llandough Irbic pillar-cross: composite moulded cross of four members with carved panels, head missing.
Access: open · heritage, church, irbic-cross
undated Llandough Community Council Other About Us - Llandough Community Council
Community council history page: Roman villa found during excavations of a neighbouring farm in the 1990s; 1994 excavation revealed over 800 burials of the 4th–12th centuries; St Dochdwy’s monastery; church rebuilt mid-19th century.
Access: open · heritage, villa, cemetery, 1994-excavation, church
undated Wikipedia Other List of Roman villas in Wales
Wikipedia list of Roman villas in Wales; entry for Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan at ST168733, referenced to Coflein NPRN 400051 (Roman Villa Site, Llandough).
Access: open · heritage, villa
undated Coflein (RCAHMW National Monuments Record of Wales) Catalogue Llandough
Coflein village record for Llandough (ST1600073000), includes the church NPRN 227363; RCAHMW aerial photographs.
NPRN 731; grid ST1600073000
Access: open · heritage
undated Coflein (RCAHMW National Monuments Record of Wales) Catalogue St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough
Coflein record: church on an important early Christian site; present church built by a Penarth contractor to a Bristol architect’s design, consecrated 1866; rebuilt twice in the 19th century; pre-Conquest cross shaft to the south-west.
NPRN 227363; grid ST1680073270
Access: open · heritage, church
undated Coflein (RCAHMW National Monuments Record of Wales) Catalogue Pillar-Cross, St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough
Coflein record of the composite pillar cross (Irbic cross) in St Dochdwy’s churchyard, 2.97 m high, head missing, late 10th–early 11th century.
NPRN 301373; grid ST1679073250
Access: open · heritage, church, irbic-cross
undated Coflein (RCAHMW National Monuments Record of Wales) Catalogue Llandough Mill
Coflein record of Llandough Mill, post-medieval corn mill at ST1689073170 beside the Great House Farm grid square; no description.
NPRN 24941; grid ST1689073170
Access: open · heritage, mill
undated Coflein (RCAHMW National Monuments Record of Wales) Catalogue Llandough Grange
Coflein record of Llandough Grange, post-medieval dwelling at ST1685073130; no description.
NPRN 19159; grid ST1685073130
Access: open · heritage
undated Coflein (RCAHMW National Monuments Record of Wales) Catalogue National School, Llandough
Coflein record of the former National School, Llandough, Penlan Road / Lewis Road, built c.1821, Cadw-listed as a rare surviving early 19th-century school building.
NPRN 31824; grid ST1674073140
Access: open · heritage
undated Coflein (RCAHMW National Monuments Record of Wales) Catalogue University Hospital Llandough;Ysbyty Llandochau
Coflein record of Llandough Hospital (opened 1933, renamed University Hospital Llandough 2008), aerial photography 29 July 2010.
NPRN 414922; grid ST1648072970
Access: open · heritage
undated Llandough Community Council Other Stories from the Past & Great Community Walks - Llandough Community Council
Community council heritage page linking the County Treasures report, a 1900 map of Llandough, a Medieval Archaeology study and a plan of the Late Iron Age, Romano-British and medieval settlement.
Access: open · heritage, villa, cemetery, map
undated Llandough Community Council (plan scan) map The Late Iron Age, Romano-British & Medieval Settlement at Llandough
Scanned excavation plan (Fig. 8) of the Llandough villa site: Iron Age round house and palisade trench, Romano-British bath complex and south block, medieval monastic barn, columbarium.
Fig. 8 (excavation plan; source publication not named on the scan)
Access: open · heritage, villa
undated Llandough Community Council Other St Dochdwy’s Church (Buildings of Significance in our Community)
Community council building sheet: church consecrated July 1866 at a cost of £2,600; 12th-century first church; c.1820 church moved to Leckwith; Irbic cross; cites Current Archaeology 146 (1996) article on the church and cemetery.
Access: open · heritage, church, irbic-cross
undated British Listed Buildings Other Listed Buildings in Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan
Index of the four Grade II listed buildings in Llandough community (Penarth side): Barons Court, St Dochdwy’s Church, former National School, Pound Cottage.
Access: open · heritage, church
undated Facebook group: Llandough Community ❤ (family post) social Llandough Community group: family post on correspondence with HM Land Registry over Church View Close
Family post in the public Llandough Community group about correspondence with HM Land Registry over Church View Close (formerly Great House Farm, Llandough).
Access: open · social, title-chain · family-published
undated Zoopla (HM Land Registry price-paid data) Other Sold house prices in Church View Close, Llandough, Penarth CF64 - Zoopla
Price-paid listing for Church View Close, Llandough (CF64 2NN), the housing built on the farm site: earliest recorded sales Jul 1995 (No. 6), Nov 1995 (No. 14), Dec 1995 (No. 20).
Access: open · title-chain, 1994-excavation
undated Wikishire Other Llandough juxta Cardiff - Wikishire
Gazetteer page for Llandough juxta Cardiff/Penarth (post town Penarth, CF64), with a hatnote separating it from Llandough juxta Cowbridge; St Dochdwy’s monastery history.
Access: open · heritage
c.1800 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Plan of Ty Mawr farm, Llandough, c. 1800
Estate plan of Ty Mawr farm, Llandough, c.1800, in the Corbett family of Cogan Pill papers (plans of Cogan, Leckwith and Llandough).
Glamorgan Archives DXJF/61/12; Corbett Family of Cogan Pill Papers
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, great-house, map, title-chain
late 18th century Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Plan of Ty Mawr farm, Llandough, late 18th century
Late 18th-century estate plan of Ty Mawr farm, Llandough [Gedrych property] (photocopy), in the Mathew family of Radyr and Llandaff papers.
Glamorgan Archives DMAT/279; Mathew Family of Radyr and Llandaff, Papers (estate plans)
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, great-house, map, title-chain
c.1968 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Excavations of the Roman settlement at Llandough-juxta-Penarth, c1968
Item in the Alan Roy Thorne of Penarth collection recording excavations of the Roman settlement at Llandough-juxta-Penarth, c.1968.
Glamorgan Archives D1230/7; Alan Roy Thorne of Penarth Collection
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, villa
c.1960 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Notes on history of parish of Llandough-Juxta-Penarth by A.S. Corbett, n.d. [c. 1960]
Mid-20th-century notes on the history of Llandough-juxta-Penarth parish in the Corbett of Cogan Pill papers.
Glamorgan Archives DXJF/64/41; Corbett Family of Cogan Pill Papers
Access: catalogue-only · heritage
c.1890 Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Llandough [juxta-Penarth] St Dochdwy, with national school playground in foreground, [c. 1890]
Photograph of St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough with the National School playground in front, c.1890.
Glamorgan Archives DXJF/64/5; Corbett Family of Cogan Pill Papers
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, church
undated Glamorgan Archives (Canfod catalogue) Catalogue Llandough-juxta-Penarth with Leckwith Ecclesiastical Parish Records, 1755-2010
Ecclesiastical parish records of Llandough-juxta-Penarth with Leckwith, 1755–2010.
Glamorgan Archives P35CW
Access: catalogue-only · heritage, church
Machine-readable: register.json · register.csv · Access: open, paywalled, catalogue-only. Snapshots: Internet Archive (web.archive.org).