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'Mr Chambers's letter to his tenants...for improving the present system of farming', Llanelli, 1850 [image 1 of 11]
  • This volume provides supporting data for David Stewart's survey of the Marquess of Bute's estate in Glamorgan. It includes additional information relating to the tenants on his land, and the rents they paid. All non-blank pages in this volume were scanned as double-page spreads.
Land use survey (terrier) of the Glamorgan estates of the Marquess of Bute, 1824: cover [image 1 of 79]
Plan of Troedyrhiw Farm, showing field names and coal veins, 1789: view of whole plan [image 1 of 5]
Map of land and furnace in Merthyr Tydfil belonging to Alice, Lady Viscountess Dowager Windsor, 1763
  • During the late 18th and early 19th centuries the extent of the Marquess of Bute's lands in Glamorgan remained ill-defined and open to disputes between tenants. This survey by David Stuart, completed in 1824, represents the first attempt to closely define the estate by its extent, field names, land use and acreages. As such, this volume is pivotal to our understanding of the evolution of Cardiff. The resulting volume contains 75 maps with accompanying tables of information. In addition, there is a second volume (terrier) that provides additional details on tenants, leases and land value. Further information: H. Thomas, 'A catalogue of Glamorgan Estate Maps' (Cardiff, Glamorgan Record Office, 1992).
Map and land use survey of the Glamorgan estates of the Marquess of Bute, 1824: dust cover [image 1 of 93]
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles. In September 1952, members of the Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire Country Landowners' Association visited Dewisbren Farm, Dolgellau, and Buchesydd Farm, Rhyd-y-main, to explore the developments in land use and agricultural facilities.
Members of the Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire Country Landowners' Association visiting farms in the Dolgellau area, 26 September 1952