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Every square of the board in time order, era by era. Black: actions, legal framings and omissions against Williams/Buckler ownership. White: evidence of ownership, occupation, heritage and the trees. 525 black and 283 white squares. Built 20 Oct 2026 14:07 UTC.

Origins before 1800 · 2 black · 24 white

White · Heritage c. 100 BC
Iron Age to medieval sites south of church
GGAT recorded an Iron Age farmstead, Roman occupation, a medieval monastic grange, a late medieval site and farm, and a Norman earthwork castle south of St Dochdwy’s church.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Heritage c. 650
St Dochdwy's: possible early monastery, c.650
St Dochdwy's church beside the farm is thought to have been an early monastery around 650 (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
White · Heritage c. 650
St Dochdwy’s churchyard may date to 7th century
GGAT recorded that the church of St Dochdwy and its surroundings are of considerable archaeological interest, the churchyard likely on the site of an earlier foundation perhaps dating to the seventh century AD (Davies 1978).
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1106
Llandough confirmed to Tewkesbury Abbey, c.1106
About 1106 the Llandough settlement was confirmed to Tewkesbury Abbey; a grange was later established at Llandough (1994 excavation report).
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · on the board
White · Heritage 13th–14th c.
Medieval timber building beside St Dochdwy's
Heneb record GGAT03583s records postholes of a possible medieval timber building immediately north of St Dochdwy's, in the Great House Farm excavation area, with 12th–14th-century pottery; the excavators describe a rectangular building of possible 13th- or 14th-century date.
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · on the board
White · Heritage 1392
1392: Cwm-Cedwyn in Llandough boundary records
A medieval reference of 1392 to Cwm-Cedwyn is recorded in Llandough boundary records. (source pending)
Legal Wiki: GHF-E173 — Cedwyn / Cwm-Cedwyn: complete reference index · Legal Wiki: GHF-E177 — 1392: Cwm-Cedwyn in Llandough boundary records · on the board
White · Heritage 1392
Cwm-Cedwyn in Llandough boundary records, 1392
Llandough boundary records of 1392 refer to Cwm-Cedwyn (EV-0001; primary document not yet held).
EV-0001 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 1535
Manor of Llandough East held by Tewkesbury, 1535
In 1535 the manor of Llandough East belonged to the Abbot of Tewkesbury and had free and villein tenants paying rents of assize (Cardiff Records).
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · on the board
White · Heritage 1543–45
Llandough manor passes to the Herberts, 1543–45
Henry VIII granted Llandough manor in 1543 to Lord Clynton and Say and Robert Turwitt; by 1545 Sir George Herbert held it, as a rent-roll shows, and he appears to have conveyed it to his grandson Sir William Herbert (Cardiff Records).
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · on the board
White · Heritage 1547
1547: Herbert’s 1,000-year Cydwin lease to Vaughan
A 1547 lease of Cydwin for 1,000 years by Sir George Herbert to Vaughan is recorded as an evidence lead; the exact land is not yet identified. (source pending)
Legal Wiki: GHF-E173 — Cedwyn / Cwm-Cedwyn: complete reference index · Legal Wiki: GHF-E178 — 1547: Sir George Herbert grants Vaughan a 1,000-year lease of Cydwin · on the board
White · Heritage 1547
Herbert grants Vaughan 1,000-year lease of Cydwin
In 1547 Sir George Herbert granted Vaughan a 1,000-year lease of Cydwin (EV-0002; primary document not yet held).
EV-0002 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 1550
The chief freehold farm of the parish
'Great House was the chief freehold farm of the parish and was occupied by the Vaughan's, a minor gentry family, from the mid C16 until the latter part of the C18.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
HER GGAT02038s, as quoted by RCAHMW · on the board
White · Heritage 1552–1824
Bute records name Cedfin, Cydfin, Tŷ Mawr Farm
Bute Estate records from 1552 to 1824 name the farm Cedfin, Cydfin, Ken fin Farm or Ty Mawr Farm (GHF-E179); the identity of each entry with the farm is a research lead.
Legal Wiki: Bute Estate — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E179 — 1552–1824: Bute records call it Cedfin/Cydfin/Ken fin Farm or Ty Mawr Farm · on the board
White · Heritage 1552–1824
Cedfin, Cydfin or Ty Mawr in Bute records
Bute Estate records of 1552–1824 refer to the holding as “Cedfin/Cydfin/Ken fin Farm or Ty Mawr Farm”. The original entries and their dates are still to be checked. (source pending)
Legal Wiki: GHF-E173 — Cedwyn / Cwm-Cedwyn: complete reference index · Legal Wiki: GHF-E179 — 1552–1824: Bute records call it Cedfin/Cydfin/Ken fin Farm or Ty Mawr Farm · on the board
White · Heritage 1552–1824
Leases of “Cydfin or Ty Mawr Farm”, 1552–1824
National Library of Wales Bute Estate Records D 219, Llandough manorial leases 1552–1829, include leases of “Cydfin Farm or Ty Mawr Farm, (107 a.)” in the parish of Llandough, dating from 1552 to 1824 (D219/1, D219/4–5, D219/8 onward).
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · on the board
White · Heritage 1552–1824
NLW leases of Cydfin or Ty Mawr Farm
The National Library of Wales holds D219 leases of “Cydfin Farm or Ty Mawr Farm”, a 107-acre holding, 1552–1824. NLW noted Ty Mawr translates as Large House or Great House; the identity with this farm is not yet shown.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=1103 · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1552
The farm framed as a manorial leasehold
NLW D219, 'Llandough manorial leases and agreements, 1552–1829', lists leases of 'Cydfin Farm or Ty Mawr Farm, (107 a.)'. Leases place a manorial lord above the occupier.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
NLW D219 catalogue, quoted on · on the board
White · Heritage 1596
Llandough with free tenants and copyholds, 1596
In 1596 Landoche-juxta-Cardif was recorded as having free tenants, demesnes and copyholds (Cardiff Records).
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · on the board
White · Heritage 17th c.
Farmhouse largely 17th-century with earlier fabric
The 1994 excavation report records that the farmhouse, largely 17th-century but possibly incorporating earlier fabric, and its outbuildings stood on the site until demolition in 1988; it associates 19th-century work on the house with the Bute Estate.
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm — The Farm / Whole Farm Nomenclature · on the board
White · Heritage 17th century
Farmhouse may have held 17th-century fabric
GGAT recorded the farmhouse as of considerable archaeological interest; though structural and documentary evidence was incomplete, it may have contained parts of a seventeenth-century building. The report notes an ownership dispute and the 1988 demolition.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Heritage 1667
Farm dated 1667, about 45 acres
Mary's statement records the date 1667 for the farm and a holding of about 45 acres reaching across Leckwith Road, of which about 10 acres around the farmhouse remained by c.1974.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · on the board
White · Heritage 1667
Occupation of the house dated to 1667
The record dates Williams occupation of the house to 1667 and shows the Williams as tenants of the Bute Estate by the nineteenth century.
Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · Legal Wiki: The Bute Estate · on the board
White · Heritage 1667
Williams connection to the house since 1667
Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) stood beside St Dochdwy’s Church, Llandough-juxta-Penarth. Mary (Nancy) Williams’s c.1974 statement traces the family’s connection to the home to at least 1667.
Legal Wiki: Great House Farm: Case Overview and Key Records · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · on the board
White · Heritage 1722-06-02
Vaughan memorials in Llandough churchyard
Edward Vaughan 'of this parish, gent.' died 2 June 1722 aged 79; Edmond Vaughan, gent., died 1770 aged 79; 'Ricardus Vaughan, armiger' died at Cardiff in 1835 aged 56.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Cardiff Records vol. 3 (1901) pp.580–583 · on the board
Black · Action 1793
Llandough manor sold to Bute
Llandough manor was sold to the Bute estate in 1793 for £19,000 (reported; NLW D95/32–6 not yet inspected). A manor sale carries the lordship and the lands its deed lists.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Theory review, 20 Oct 2026 · on the board
White · Heritage 1767–1793
Llandough manor to Bute line, 1767–1793
In 1767 the manors of Dinas Powis, Landough East and Cogan were held by William Hurst and Calvert Richard Jones; Llandough followed Cogan, bought by the Earl of Bute in 1793. This does not show Great House Farm passed in the same instrument.
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · on the board

Bute tenancy 1800–1876 · 9 black · 27 white

Black · Legal framing 1800
'The freehold was acquired by the Bute Estate'
The HER states that in the early 19th century 'the freehold was acquired by the Bute Estate'. No deed is cited for the acquisition.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
HER GGAT02038s, as quoted by RCAHMW · on the board
White · Heritage 1800
Manorial courts held in Great House
'…the manorial courts for Llandough and Leckwith were held in Great House.' The house was the manorial court-house of two parishes.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
HER GGAT02038s, as quoted by RCAHMW · on the board
White · Heritage early 1800s
Manorial courts held at Great House
In the early nineteenth century the Bute Estate acquired the freehold of Great House, previously the Vaughan family’s chief freehold farm; the manorial courts for Llandough and Leckwith were held in the house (HER GGAT02038s). How Bute acquired it is unresolved.
Legal Wiki: The Bute Estate · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) · archwilio.org.uk · Legal Wiki: Research Leads from the bpvsbuckler Archive · on the board
White · Heritage 1811
Bute deeds: dwelling by churchyard, 1811
The NLW Bute title-deeds list describes D153/1–8 as deeds for premises in Llandough parish, 1811–1912, including a dwelling house adjoining the churchyard in 1811 (D153/1–2).
Legal Wiki: Llandough Limeworks · archives.library.wales · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1824
1824 Bute survey: Cedfin or Ty Mawr tenanted
David Stewart’s 1824 survey of the Bute Glamorgan estates (Glamorgan Archives DB/E/1) recorded plan 19, “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm”, Llandough: 139a 3r 8p including about 20 acres of wood, let to “John Gedrick Tent.”, with land of the “Late Thos. Williams” added. The tenant’s name reading needs the archive image.
EV-0211 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 1824
1824 survey: “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm”
Stewart's 1824 survey of the Bute estates, plan 19, records “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm”: 139a 3r 8p including 20a 2r 35p of wood; tenant read as John Gedrick; 10a 3r 39p of “late Thos. Williams” land added (Glamorgan Archives DB/E/1; EV-0211).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0211 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage 1824
1824 survey: “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm”
The 1824 survey plan DB/E/1 plan 19 lists “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm” at 139a 3r 8p including woodland (transcription provisional).
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
White · Evidence 1824
H-E: manor title versus parcel freeholds
Bute bought the manor in 1793 and is recorded as freeholder from the early 1800s, but no deed shows each of the 32–36 parcels reaching Bute. Test: NLW D219, D95/32–6, DB/E/1.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
theory.md H-E · on the board
White · Heritage 1824
Map of Tŷ Mawr dated 1824
An image titled “1824 map of Ty Mawr” is held. It shows Tŷ Mawr as a named holding in the early nineteenth century; its creator, series and scale are still to be confirmed from the original (source pending).
Legal Wiki: GHF-E166 — Map of Ty Mawr dated 1824 (image upload) · on the board
White · Heritage 1824
Map of Tŷ Mawr dated 1824
A map of Ty Mawr dated 1824 is held (EV-0004); whether 1824 is the map date or an associated reference is not yet established.
EV-0004 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1841
Historical map labelled “1841-map”
A historical map labelled “1841-map”, likely linked to the tithe survey, is held. It can help reconstruct the field names and the boundaries of the Great House Farm parcels; its exact title and archive reference are still to be confirmed (source pending).
Legal Wiki: GHF-E165 — Historical map labelled “1841-map” (original image upload) · on the board
White · Heritage 1841
Historical map labelled “1841-map”
A historical map labelled “1841-map” is held (EV-0005); its survey or edition date is not yet established.
EV-0005 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Evidence 1841
John Williams occupies 36 parcels in two parishes
c.1841 John Williams occupied 36 parcels, 119a 2r 30p, in Llandough and Leckwith, including no. 209 'Courtyard &c'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0215 · on the board
White · Evidence 1841
The glebe cottage
John Williams also occupied three glebe parcels from the rector, including no. 196 'Cottage & garden'. In 1872 he was rated for glebe land of the Rev. H.H. Rickards.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0215 EV-0212 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
Black · Cuts against c. 1841
c.1841 tithe: Williams occupier of Bute parcels
The c.1841 tithe apportionment for Landough, Cogan and Leckwith lists John Williams as occupier of 36 parcels, about 119½ acres: 33 owned by “Bute the Marquess of” and 3 glebe parcels of the Revd James Evans. No lease, term or rent is recorded.
EV-0215 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Trees and land c. 1841
c.1841: orchard, meadows and wood farmed
The c.1841 tithe apportionment for Landough, Cogan and Leckwith lists “Williams John” as occupier of 36 parcels, about 119½ acres, among them an orchard (no. 211, 1a 3r 19p), meadows and a wood (no. 219, 1a 3r 38p). The landowner listed for 33 of the parcels is the Marquess of Bute.
EV-0215 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · National Library of Wales tithe maps · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1850
19th-century Bute estate work on Great House
The archaeological report associates 19th-century work on Great House with the Bute Estate; H. S. Corbett, a Bute-associated agent, remodelled Baron's Court around 1850. His role at Great House is not established.
Legal Wiki: Llandough (Penarth) — Cydfin / Tŷ Mawr and Pre-1877 Manorial Evidence · on the board
White · Heritage 1851
Thomas limeworks at Llandough from 1851
People’s Collection Wales records that Daniel Thomas started the limeworks at Llandough in 1851 and that Alfred Thomas continued them; limeworks operated on part of the farm by 1876.
Legal Wiki: Daniel Thomas and Alfred Thomas · peoplescollection.wales · Legal Wiki: Llandough Limeworks · on the board
White · Heritage 1855
John Williams succeeds father in tenancy, 1855
The Cardiff Times (16 July 1904) reported that John Williams “succeeded his father in the tenancy of the farm in 1855”, calling him “of Llandough Farm”; identification with Great House is an inference (EV-0224).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · newspapers.library.wales · EV-0224 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage 1858
Medieval rowel spur found at Llandough, 1858
Museum Wales object 63.24/1, a 14th–15th-century iron rowel spur, was found in 1858 at Llandough Church Farm with six male skeletons during building work. It was displayed in the Museum’s “Origins” gallery until 2014. The record was released with the Museum’s FOI reply on 5 October 2026.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33-A2 — Museum Wales collections record 63.24/1: medieval iron rowel spur, Llandough Church Farm, 1858 · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1858
Medieval spearhead and spur found at Llandough, c.1858
A letter headed Cogan Pill, 22 Nov 1931 (museum file 63.24), records that a spearhead, possibly 15th-century, and a rowel spur “was found a[t] Llandough Church Farm when digging foundations for some new buildings about 1858”, with about six skeletons. Whether Church Farm is Great House Farm is unresolved.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33 — Amgueddfa Cymru reply to FOI 2026-036 (5 & 7 October 2026): further collections search · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33-A1 — Letter, Cogan Pill, 22 November 1931: spearhead, spur and skeletons found at Llandough Church Farm c. 1858 (Museum Wales file 63.24) · Legal Wiki: ghf e106 r33 a1 1931 letter file 63 24.pdf · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1858
Museum places armour finds at Church Farm
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales replied: “It is stated that these objects were found at Church Farm, Llandough, in 1858,” resting on a letter headed Cogan Pill, 22 November 1931 (FOI 2026-036). The Museum holds nothing of a similar nature from Great House.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1858
Spur, spearhead and burials at Church Farm, c.1858
The Museum's 1931 letter records a spur and spearhead found at “Llandough Church Farm” about 1858, with about six skeletons reburied south of the church. Whether Church Farm was part of the Great House holding is unresolved.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
White · Heritage 23 Dec 1864
1864: Amy Williams, widow of Great House, dies
Death notices of 30 Dec 1864 recorded that Amy Williams, widow of John Williams of Great House farm, Llandough, died at Llandough on 23 Dec 1864, aged 65.
EV-0246 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 23 Dec 1864
Amy Williams of Great House farm dies, 1864
On 23 December 1864 Amy Williams, “relict of the late Mr. John Williams, Great House farm”, died at Llandough aged 65 (contemporary press; EV-0246).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0246 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1865–1910
Llandough Farm was a separate Rees holding
The Rees family held a farm called Llandough Farm, rented from the Bute estate, from at least 1865 to 1910. It is named separately from John Williams’s Great House farm, so records naming “Llandough Farm” do not by themselves refer to Great House.
EV-0228 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1867
Archive note: Nancy, daughter of John Williams
Glamorgan Archives D/D XJF 64/30–31 holds a note identifying Nancy Buckler of Great House Farm as the daughter of John Williams of Great House Farm (born c. 1867), with her sketch (EV-0155).
EV-0155 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Evidence 1868–1901
Directories place John Williams at Great House
Trade directories of 1868, 1875, 1880, 1887, 1891 and 1901 list John Williams at “Great House”, Llandough.
EV-0225 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1870
Armour found under the dining-room floor
RCAHMW records (NMR 6048942; Daily Telegraph, 16 April 1974, NMR 6048944) place an armour find under the farmhouse dining-room floor about 1870; GGAT’s 1990 assessment places it under the rear wing c.1880. HER GGAT02038s records medieval ironwork and pottery reported from the site.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Action 1870-02
Pwllypant (Caerphilly) Williams estate passes to Bute
The 3rd Marquess 'received the Pwllypant estate from W. E. Williams as a bequest in 1870' and 'divided the personal estate amongst Williams's relations'. No link to the Llandough Williams is shown.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Glamorgan Archives DA fonds description · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1870
c.1870: soldier in armour found under dining room
Two Royal Commission archive records describe a find under the farmhouse dining-room floor “in about 1870” of “the remains of a soldier in armour, his horse, a lance and shield”; one records that the house “was reputed to be the stable of a Castle” (Daily Telegraph, 16 April 1974; Coflein 6048942, 6048944).
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R01 — Royal Commission (RCAHMW) reply RC26-0375, 29 September 2026 · coflein.gov.uk · coflein.gov.uk · on the board
White · Heritage Feb 1870
Pwll-y-Pant Williams estate left to Bute, 1870
William Evans Williams of Pwll-y-Pant, Caerphilly, a different Williams, died in February 1870 and left his estate to the Marquess of Bute; the 1870 probate of his will is at NLW D242/17.
Legal Wiki: Llandough Limeworks · ipv6.historypoints.org · archives.library.wales · archives.library.wales · on the board
White · Evidence 9 Apr 1872
John Williams rated for glebe land, 1872
The Llandough poor rate of 9 April 1872 records John Williams rated for glebe land, owner Rev. H. H. Rickards (provisional reading; EV-0212).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0212 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1872–76
1870s rate books: Williams occupier, Bute owner
Llandough poor-rate books of 1872–1876 list “John Williams | Lord Bute | Farm”: John Williams rated as occupier of a farm (about 76 acres) owned by Lord Bute, with Lord Bute rated for woods in his own occupation.
EV-0212 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1876
1876 rate book: farm owned by Bute
The 1876 rate book (provisional reading, EV-0212) shows the farm, about 76 acres, owned by Bute, and 32 acres of woods in Bute’s own hands.
Legal Wiki: Woodland & Land-Transfer Assessment 1902–2005 (parcel identity) · EV-0212 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Cuts against Oct 1876
1876 poor rate: farm owned by Lord Bute
The Llandough poor rate of October 1876 records John Williams rated for a farm of about 76 acres, owner Lord Bute; Lord Bute for woods in hand, 32a 3r 39p; Daniel Thomas & Son for a lime kiln and quarry (provisional; EV-0212).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0212 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board

The 1877 agreement 1877–1915 · 21 black · 29 white

White · Evidence 1877
1877 arrangement placed house estate with Thomas/Williams
Working theory: the 1877 arrangement placed the full house and quarrying estate on the Thomas/Williams side and took effect in 1928, so WGR’s 1938 reversion covered only the remaining eastern agricultural fields (Parcel B).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
Black · Omission 1877
1877 lease to John Williams not located
The statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams quotes an 1877 lease to John Williams of the Llandough land. That instrument has not been found; Glamorgan Archives’ DBDT/79/1, examined on 14 Sep 2026, is a different counterpart lease dated 2 May 1877.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=196 · on the board
Black · Omission 1877
No 1877 deed located
No copy of the 1877 Bute–Thomas agreement or plan has been located in any archive or registry searched; the family copy was kept in the farmhouse blanket box.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0006 Mary (Nancy) Williams, witness statement c.1974 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
1877 Bute–Thomas agreement heads title records
The 1877 Bute–Thomas agreement, the Bute counterpart lease and Bute accounts and receipts (GHF-E115 to E117) are the earliest records in the Parcel A title enquiry.
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · Legal Wiki: GHF-E115 — 1877 Bute–Thomas agreement (sale or quarry lease of the house parcel) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E116 — Reported 6 November 1877 lease to John Williams (original unlocated) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E117 — Bute X.6(12): 1877 trustees’ abstract of receipts and payments · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
Mary’s statement: freehold to pass when quarrying ceased
In her c.1974 statement Mary (Nancy) Williams described an 1877 division: the Bute Estate served notice to quit, sold “the farmhouse and buildings and about 10 acres” to Daniel Thomas and kept “about 9 acres up on the top”; her grandfather rented from both, rent fell as quarrying took land, and the freehold would then pass to him.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
Parcel A as the full 1877 house estate
Working theory: Parcel A was the full 1877 house and quarrying estate: house, buildings, barn, stable and west-side yard, garden, north forest and the south-east ground later registered as VG41. The farmhouse and garden were only the occupied centre Mary retained.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: BP v Buckler: Scope, Decided & Undecided · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
Daniel Thomas buys farmhouse, lets to Williams
Mary (Nancy) Williams’s statement records that in 1877 Daniel Thomas bought the farmhouse, buildings and about 10 acres from Bute and let them to her grandfather. The original instrument and plan have not been located.
Legal Wiki: Daniel Thomas and Alfred Thomas · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · on the board
Black · Omission 1877
1877 Bute–Thomas deed: no copy found
Glamorgan Archives holds no deeds of the 1877 sale of the farmhouse, buildings and about 10 acres to Daniel Thomas, a Cardiff builder. A library copy of the Bute–Thomas deed was reported missing from Cardiff Library in 1984, the year of BP’s writ.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
1877 arrangement: freehold when quarrying ceased
Working theory: the 1877 Bute–Thomas arrangement made the end of quarrying and rent in 1928 the trigger for the Williams family to take the freehold of the Parcel A house and quarrying land, distinct from Parcel B, retained by Bute. The original instrument is unavailable.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
1877 notice to quit from the Bute Estate
The statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams reads: “Prior to 1877 my Grandfather held the farm as tenant of the Bute Family Estates and in that year he received notice to quit from the Bute Estate Office. … he showed me the notice to quit.”
Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · Legal Wiki: Llandough Limeworks · Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Action 1877
Bute serves notice to quit, 1877
Mary's statement records that Bute served notice to quit in 1877, then sold the farmhouse, buildings and about 10 acres to Daniel Thomas while keeping about 9 acres “up on the top”; her grandfather then held each part from a different landlord.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · Legal Wiki: Daniel Thomas and Alfred Thomas · Legal Wiki: The Bute Estate · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
Thomas tenancy with “special provisions”
The statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams reads: “Daniel Thomas required the farm for quarrying limestone and I remember seeing the tenancy agreement between D. Thomas and my grandfather which contained special provisions with regard to this.”
Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
Mary's statement: 1877 Bute–Thomas arrangement
Mary (Nancy) Williams's c.1974 statement records an 1877 arrangement in which Bute sold the farmhouse, buildings and about 10 acres to Daniel Thomas for quarrying, with the freehold to pass to the Williams family when quarrying ceased. The original deed and plan remain missing.
Legal Wiki: Llandough Limeworks · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: Daniel Thomas and Alfred Thomas · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
Statement: freehold to pass when quarrying ceased
Mary's statement: “the agreement provided that the rent should progressively decrease as land was taken for quarrying. It was also provided that when the quarrying ceased the freehold should belong to my grandfather.” The agreement was kept in the blanket box at the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · on the board
White · Evidence 1877
Parcel B: “does not concern this action”
The statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams records that the “about 9 acres up on the top” retained by the Bute Estate in 1877 (Parcel B) “was given up later, and does not concern this action”.
Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · EV-0006 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The 1916 Tenancy · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Cuts against 6 Nov 1877
1877 Clyde Street lease is not the farm
A counterpart lease dated 6 Nov 1877 from the Bute Trustees to “Mr John Williams” is a 99-year building lease of a house plot in Clyde Street, Roath, granted to a builder. It is not a lease of the farm.
EV-0213 — Legal Wiki evidence page · EV-0008 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 6 Nov 1877
1877 lease to John Williams not identified
Mary (Nancy) Williams's statement records a lease dated 6 November 1877 to John Williams, but the matching Llandough instrument has not been identified; the physically checked DBDT/79/1 is a 2 May 1877 lease for Pembroke Terrace, Cardiff (SC-20).
Legal Wiki: John Williams · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Cuts against 6 Nov 1877
6 Nov 1877 deed is a Cardiff lease
The deed of 6 November 1877 once linked to the farm is a building lease in Clyde Street, Cardiff; the Llandough instrument of 1877 remains unlocated.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: Research Leads from the bpvsbuckler Archive · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1880
Medieval ironwork under the rear wing, c.1880
The 1990 archaeological assessment of Great House Farm and Holbrook & Thomas, Medieval Archaeology 49 (2005), recorded medieval ironwork discovered under the house’s rear wing about 1880 and held by the National Museum of Wales. The Museum’s own records place its Llandough ironwork at Church Farm about 1858.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33 — Amgueddfa Cymru reply to FOI 2026-036 (5 & 7 October 2026): further collections search · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1877
1877 promise gave at most an equitable right
A promise that the freehold “should belong to my grandfather” when quarrying ceased gave at most a contractual or equitable right; a deed was needed to pass the legal estate (Real Property Act 1845), and an open-ended promise may have been void against later owners (LSWR v Gomm, 1882).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1880
“Armour” found under rear-wing floor, c. 1880
R. F. Suggett’s December 1988 note in HER record GGAT02038s records a report that “armour” was found under the floor of the rear wing at Great House c. 1880.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Cuts against c. 1880
No Museum accession for c.1880 ironwork
The c.1880 “ironwork held by the National Museum” sentence rests on a local tradition; the Museum holds no matching accession and points to the 1858 Church Farm finds (T11.5).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Cuts against 3 Apr 1881
1881 census: John Williams at “Llandough Home Farm”
The 1881 census records John Williams, 53, “Farmer of 170 [or 120] ac.”, with his wife Mary and children at “Llandough Home Farm”, Llandough (RG11/5288 p.2). Working theory: the census entry refers to Great House Farm under another name (EV-0224).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0224 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1882
Open-ended land right exposed to perpetuities rule
A right to land arising on an uncertain future event with no time limit was vulnerable to the rule against perpetuities as against later owners (London & South Western Railway v Gomm, 1882).
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Trees and land 1891–1955
Tree planting and occupation across Parcel A
Tree planting and other acts of occupation on Parcel A, from 1891 to 1955 and after, are catalogued at EV-0009 and GHF-E151; a photograph of tree planting at the farm is held (EV-0199, date unknown).
EV-0009 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Trees and land 1891–1955
Tree planting and ownership acts on Parcel A
Trees were planted on Parcel A as an act of ownership, and the house and land were occupied by the family for generations. Occupation by John Williams is documented from at least 1891; which trees were planted, when and by whom is still to be documented (source pending).
Legal Wiki: GHF-E151 — Family tree planting and other acts of ownership on Parcel A (long occupation evidence) · on the board
White · Evidence 11 Nov 1891
1891: geese stolen from Great House Farm
The South Wales Star of 10 June 1892 reported geese stolen, “the property of Mr. John Williams, Great House Farm, Llandough, on November 11, 1891”.
EV-0226 — Legal Wiki evidence page · EV-0225 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0224 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage Nov 1891
John Williams of Great House Farm, 1891
A November 1891 newspaper reported that Robert Williams was charged with stealing three geese from Mr John Williams, Great House Farm, Llandough, on 11 November 1891, and was remanded to Penarth.
EV-0010 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 30 Jul 1894
Bute will leaves Leckwith-with-Llandough to Lord Colum
The 3rd Marquess of Bute’s will of 30 July 1894, reported in October 1900, named Leckwith-with-Llandough, Michaelston-le-Pit, Cogan, Sully, Lavernock, Penarth and St Andrews among the estates for Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart. The original will is not yet inspected (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Press and Archive Leads — October 2026 · on the board
White · Evidence Nov 1891
John Williams of Great House Farm, 1891
A magistrates’ court report of November 1891 named “Mr John Williams of Great House Farm, Llandough” as the owner of three geese taken on 11 November 1891, the earliest press record of John Williams at the farm.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N01 — “Llandough. Farmyard Theft” (November 1891) · on the board
White · Trees and land Aug 1894
1894: Williams pig herd at Great House
Barry Dock News reported swine fever at Llandough in 1894: Mr Williams of Great House kept a herd of over 20 pigs and at least five were slaughtered.
EV-0247 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Cuts against Oct 1900
Bute’s will leaves Leckwith-with-Llandough estates
Newspapers of 18–20 October 1900 reported that the 3rd Marquess of Bute’s will left “all his estates in the parishes of Leckwith, with Llandough” and neighbouring parishes to Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart. The will itself is not yet seen.
EV-0012 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage May 1897
Marconi’s wireless trials at Lavernock, 1897
A Cardiff newspaper column of May 1897 reported Guglielmo Marconi’s wireless telegraphy trials between Lavernock Point and Flat Holm, witnessed by the Post Office’s engineer-in-chief. The Glamorgan Village Book records that Marconi slept at Great House Farm while working on these experiments.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N02 — 1897: “Wireless Telegraphy. Marconi Invention Tested at Lavernock” · on the board
Black · Action 29 Nov 1902
1902 Bute auction of Cwm Cydfin Wood
Glamorgan Archives file DSA/3/192 records the Marquess of Bute selling coppice woods at auction on 29 Nov 1902, including “Cwm Cydfin Wood (Leckwith and Llandough)” and part of Coed-y-Ddylluan.
EV-0219 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 29 Nov 1902
Bute's “Cwm Cydfin Wood” offered at auction, 1902
On 29 November 1902 the Marquess of Bute's coppice woods, including “Cwm Cydfin Wood, Leckwith and Llandough”, were offered at auction by Stephenson & Alexander (particular 192; EV-0219).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0219 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1903–10
Daniel Thomas rent receipts, 1903–10
A diary inside cover in William (Billy) Buckler’s hand (1983) lists “Daniel Thomas Receipts. 31st March 1910 31st Dec 1906 30 June 1903” (EV-0061).
Legal Wiki: Testimony — William “Billy” Buckler · EV-0061 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 16 Jul 1904
1904: John Williams, Bute tenant since 1855
The Cardiff Times of 16 July 1904 reported Mr John Williams “of Llandough Farm” as a guest at the Marquess of Bute’s rent audit dinner: “He succeeded his father in the tenancy of the farm in 1855 … Saturday was his 102nd rent audit.” The paper names Llandough Farm, not Great House.
EV-0227 — Legal Wiki evidence page · EV-0225 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0228 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0224 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1905
Bute conveyance of 23 February 1905
A Bute conveyance of 23 February 1905, later held on the WA231076 file and noted on WA735527, dealt with land at the site before registration.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1905
1905 conveyance referred to on title WA231076
HM Land Registry title WA231076 refers to a conveyance dated 23 February 1905. Its parties, schedule and plan, and whether it touches Parcel A, are not yet inspected (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Press and Archive Leads — October 2026 · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1905
Bute conveyance of 23 February 1905
A Bute conveyance of 23 February 1905, a deed with Cardiff Corporation, is referred to on the WA231076 first-registration file and burdens part of the later woodland title (EV; not yet held).
EV-0013 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Evidence 1903–10
Diary lists three Daniel Thomas receipts, 1903–10
William Buckler’s 1983 diary records three receipts associated with Daniel Thomas, dated 30 June 1903, 31 December 1906 and 31 March 1910. The receipts themselves are not held.
EV-0061 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 23 Feb 1905
First-registration files: 1905, 1924, 1961 deeds
The WA231076 file holds a 23 February 1905 Bute conveyance granting rights to Cardiff Corporation, a 15 May 1924 agreement and a 29 March 1961 deed. The woodland register records that no copies of the 1905 plans were supplied on first registration.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: The Bute Estate · on the board
White · Heritage 1908
Father takes over the farm
'In the year 1908 my grandfather died and my father took over the farm.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Mary (Nancy) Williams, witness statement c.1974 · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1905
1905 conveyance likely concerns Parcel B
The 1905 Bute conveyance appears to concern rights over land Bute retained and may relate to Parcel B. The 15 May 1924 Bute–Corbett drain agreement may or may not touch Parcel A; neither deed nor plan has yet been inspected.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · on the board
White · Heritage 1908
John Williams takes over farm on father's death
Mary (Nancy) Williams's statement records: “In the year 1908 my grandfather died and my father took over the farm.” Her grandfather had held tenancies from both Bute and Daniel Thomas since the 1877 sale.
Legal Wiki: John Williams · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · on the board
White · Heritage 1908
Tenancies from Bute and Thomas; death 1908
After the 1877 sale the grandfather of Mary (Nancy) Williams took tenancies from both Bute and Daniel Thomas, the Thomas tenancy providing for the freehold to pass to him when quarrying ended. He died in 1908.
Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · Legal Wiki: Daniel Thomas and Alfred Thomas · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · on the board
White · Evidence 1908
Working theory: Parcels A and B held together
Working theory: in 1908 John Williams took over both holdings, the house parcel from the Thomases (Parcel A) and the fields from Bute (Parcel B), which were later treated as one farm.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: John Williams · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
White · Heritage Oct 1908
1908 court leet honours John Williams, juror
The Barry Dock News of 23 Oct 1908 reported the court leet and court baron of the lordship of Bute at Llandough passing “a vote of sympathy … with the family of the late Mr. John Williams, Great House, Llandough, for many years a juror of the court.”
EV-0243 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 1910–11
Frederick Buckler born, 1910 or 1911
Frederick Buckler was born in 1910 or 1911, derived from his death in 1967 aged 56 (certificates awaited).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
White · Evidence 1913
Mary born at the farm, 1913
Mary's statement: “I was born at Great House Farm in 1913 and have lived there all my life. My family have lived and farmed at Great House Farm since 1667.”
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) · Legal Wiki: The Bute Estate · on the board

1916 tenancy and 1928 1916–1937 · 15 black · 15 white

Black · Legal framing 1916-02
'Tenancy of the whole of the farm'
Court of Appeal: 'in February 1916 the Marquis granted a yearly agricultural tenancy of the whole of the farm to a Mr John Williams'. The 1916 document and plan are not held.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
White · Evidence 1916
H-C: one tenancy, as if 1928 never happened
Starting the record in 1916 with a 'whole farm' tenancy keeps the house inside a tenancy until 1955 and leaves 1877 and 1928 out. Test: the 1916 plan and the 1916–18 War Agricultural District Survey.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
theory.md H-C · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1916
1916 tenancy describes “the whole farm”
The 1916 Bute tenancy to John Williams described the holding as the whole farm, treating house and fields as one; later records (the 1955 order, conveyances, the 1982 registration and the 1987 judgment) repeat the wording.
Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · Legal Wiki: The 1916 Tenancy · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1916
1916: Bute let “the whole of the farm”
The 1987 judgment recites that in 1916 the Marquis of Bute let “the whole of the farm” to John Williams, and later correspondence accepts that the 1916 tenancy “embraced both areas”. Either Bute still owned the farmhouse in 1916, or “whole farm” meant only Bute’s part.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 1916
WW1 ploughing quotas for Llandough and Leckwith
The Glamorgan War Agricultural Committee set 1916 arable figures and ploughing quotas for Llandough (parish 123) and Leckwith (124), with cultivation notices in 1917.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Glamorgan Archives DSA/43/1 · on the board
Black · Legal framing Feb 1916
1916 tenancy of “the whole of the farm”
In February 1916 the Marquis of Bute granted John Williams a yearly agricultural tenancy of “the whole of the farm”, known only as recited in the 1987 judgment. No plan has been produced to show whether it included the house parcel separated in 1877.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E118 — February 1916 Bute yearly tenancy to John Williams, with plan · on the board
White · Evidence 1916
1989 Commission records occupation from 1916
The 1989 European Commission decision records the family's occupation of the farm from 1916 (EV-0014, pending).
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0014 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The 1916 Tenancy · on the board
Black · Legal framing Feb 1916
1916 tenancy recited as the “whole farm”
In February 1916 the Marquess of Bute granted John Williams a yearly agricultural tenancy that the judicial history describes as concerning the “whole farm”. The 1939 revised tenancy’s surveyed plan shows only the eastern fields.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
White · Heritage 15 May 1924
1924 Bute–Corbett drain agreement on the file
HM Land Registry holds a record dated 15 May 1924 between John, Marquis of Bute and James Pelham Stuart Corbett that “relates to the construction and maintenance of a drain”. It is recorded as an agreement, not a conveyance (WA231076 item 2).
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · on the board
Black · Legal framing Feb 1916
1916 yearly tenancy of “whole farm” from Bute
In February 1916 John Williams took a yearly tenancy from the Bute estate, recited in the 1987 judgment as of “the whole of the farm”.
Legal Wiki: John Williams · Legal Wiki: The 1916 Tenancy · on the board
White · Evidence 15 May 1924
Agreement dated 15 May 1924 on WA231076
Title WA231076 lists “Agreement dated 15 May 1924”, parties not given. Working theory: it may connect with the 1928 freehold split recalled by Mary (Nancy) Williams; other readings treat it as a Bute–Corbett drain agreement. Unresolved.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1916
1916 tenancy of “the whole of the farm”
The 1916 tenancy is recited as of “the whole of the farm”, and its scope covered both areas; if Bute let the house in 1916, Bute still owned it. The 1939 revised tenancy covers the eastern fields only.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 1928
1928: quarrying ends, last rent paid
1928 the quarry machinery left and the last rent was paid to Alfred Thomas; on the 1877 terms the freehold then passed to the Williams family. The receipt is not held.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Mary (Nancy) Williams, witness statement c.1974 EV-0016 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
Black · Action 1917
WW1 cultivation notices and appeals
Cardiff area District Survey 1916–18: list of cultivation notices (Mar–Apr 1917), appeals (Sep–Dec 1917), farms where ploughing was unfinished on 16 Mar 1918. Whether Tŷ Mawr appears is not yet seen.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Glamorgan Archives DSA/43/1/1/11-20 · on the board
White · Evidence 1928
Quarrying and rent to Thomas end, 1928
Quarrying and rent payments to Alfred Thomas ended in 1928; the last rent receipt is catalogued as GHF-E120. Working theory: the 1877 arrangement then took effect, vesting the full Parcel A (farmhouse, buildings, yard, garden, north woodland) in the Williams family. Not a court finding.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E120 — 1928 last house-parcel rent receipt and end of quarrying (Thomas records) · on the board
Black · Action 1918
WAEC objections file naming Leckwith
County Clerk's War Agricultural Executive Committee objections file, 1918–21, includes Leckwith, 'specifying names of appellants, names of farm, requirements'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Glamorgan Archives GD/C/WA/15 · on the board
White · Evidence 1928
Rent to Alfred Thomas ends, 1928
Mary (Nancy) Williams’s c. 1974 witness statement records the last rent paid to Alfred Thomas in 1928, and that she paid no rent to, and acknowledged the title of, no other landlord thereafter.
Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Action 1924
Bute–Corbett drain agreement
A 15 May 1924 drain agreement and plan between the Marquis of Bute and James Pelham Stuart Corbett sits on the Great House first-registration file (WA231076 item 2).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0015 · on the board
White · Evidence 1928
Working theory: 1877 arrangement took effect 1928
Working theory: the 1877 arrangement took effect in 1928 and passed the whole of Parcel A to the Williams: the farmhouse and buildings, yard, garden, the forest north of the house and the south-eastern ground later registered as village green VG41. Parcel B was the separate eastern agricultural fields.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Control-Point Chain — Land → Title → Registration → Court → Enforcement → Remedy · Legal Wiki: GHF-E182 — 1954 further attempt to treat Frederick Buckler as a tenant (source pending) · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1924
1924 “Great House”: possibly a different farm
Museum Wales (7 Oct 2026) records that the “Great House” in the 1924 Llandough Estate sale particulars (MS 3360/3) was occupied by W.G. Thomas & Sons, comprised about 202 acres and lay in the Parish of Llanfair, the Llandough near Cowbridge, not this farm.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
White · Evidence 1877–1987
Working theory: full extent of Parcel A
Working theory: Parcel A comprised the farmhouse, barns, stable and yard, garden, the forest north of the house and the ground south-east later registered as VG41. The 1986–87 judgments addressed limitation and the 1974 licence, not exhaustive adjudication of the whole 1877/1928 Parcel A title.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Cuts against 9 Oct 1924
1924 Llandough Estate sale was near Cowbridge
The 9 Oct 1924 Llandough Estate sale, including Lot 3 “Great House” (D/DSA6/701), covered the “Parishes of Llanfair and St. Hilary” near Cowbridge, vendor Sidney H. Byass. It is not Great House Farm, Llandough-juxta-Penarth.
Legal Wiki: Excluded: not our farm (Llandough, Cowbridge) · on the board
White · Evidence 1928
Statement: last rent to Alfred Thomas, 1928
Mary's statement: machinery remained at the quarry “until 1928 when the machinery was removed and the last payment of rent was made to Alfred Thomas the son of Daniel Thomas”, paid by her father at about £4 a year.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · on the board
Black · Action 1926
Mountjoy Ltd and the Leckwith farm sales
In 1926 the remaining Bute property went into Mountjoy Ltd; Leckwith was a Cardiff Castle manor 'to 1926 when the farms were sold off'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Glamorgan Archives DA description; Michaelston-le-Pit & Leckwith CC village history page · on the board
White · Evidence 1928
Last rent paid to Alfred Thomas, 1928
The statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams records that the last quarry machinery left in 1928 and John Williams paid the last rent, about £4 a year, to Alfred Thomas: “I saw the receipt for this last payment of rent. After this my father regarded the farm as his own.” Rent continued on the fields only.
Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · Legal Wiki: Daniel Thomas and Alfred Thomas · EV-0015 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Omission 1928
1877 and 1928 absent from the 1987 judgment
The Court of Appeal judgment contains no mention of 1877, 1928, Daniel or Alfred Thomas, or the quarry (word search of the full text). Its chain begins in 1916.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
White · Heritage 22 Nov 1931
Museum Wales 1931 letter and medieval artefacts
A letter dated 22 November 1931 linked to Museum Wales file 63.24, with collection records for a medieval rowel spur and spearhead, provides artefact-provenance leads for the Llandough area.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: Evidence Library · on the board
White · Heritage 1936
Mary marries Frederick Buckler, 1936
In 1936 Mary (Nancy) Williams married Frederick Buckler at Llandough Church; he came to live at the farmhouse (EV-0230).
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · EV-0230 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage Aug 1936
1936 wedding: Fred Buckler and Mary (Nancy) Williams
The Western Mail of 5 Aug 1936 reported, under “LLANDOUGH BRIDE”, the wedding at Llandough Church of Fred Buckler, of Barry, and Mary Doreen (Nancy) Williams, of Great House Farm, Llandough.
EV-0230 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 1936
Frederick joins Mary at the farmhouse, 1936
Mary (Nancy) Williams stated that after their 1936 marriage Frederick Buckler “came to live with me at the Farmhouse”. They had seven children, among them William (Billy), the middle child.
Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · on the board

Western Ground Rents and the war years 1938–1954 · 52 black · 32 white

White · Evidence 1938
1938 conveyance passed only the Parcel B reversion
Working theory: the 1938 conveyance to Western Ground Rents (WGR) transferred the reversion of the earlier agricultural tenancy, and the 1939 plan shows the fields east of the farmhouse rather than Parcel A (source pending: EV-0019).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · EV-0019 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E118 — February 1916 Bute yearly tenancy to John Williams, with plan · Legal Wiki: GHF-E121 — 1938 Bute–Western Ground Rents conveyance and plan · on the board
Black · Action 1938
1938: Leckwith Woods given to Cardiff council
A secondary source records that Western Ground Rents Ltd bought the Bute urban estate in 1938 and that Cardiff council acquired “some 109 acres” of Leckwith Woods “as a gift from Western Ground Rents Ltd”.
EV-0220 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Evidence 1938
1938 sale described as urban leaseholds
Glamorgan Archives describes the 1938 sale as WGR buying 'the urban leaseholds of the Bute Glamorgan Estate'; another catalogue records that Mountjoy sold 'its leasehold interests'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0257 Glamorgan Archives D696 · canfod.glamarchives.gov.uk · on the board
Black · Action 1938
Bute interest passes to Western Ground Rents
In 1938 the Bute estate's interest in the land passed to Western Ground Rents Ltd.
Legal Wiki: John Williams · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Action 1938
Bute conveys the reversion to WGR, 1938
In 1938 the Bute Estate conveyed the reversion on the 1916 tenancy to Western Ground Rents Ltd (GHF-E121).
Legal Wiki: Bute Estate — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E121 — 1938 Bute–Western Ground Rents conveyance and plan · on the board
White · Evidence 1938
Bute could convey only what it still owned
In unregistered conveyancing Bute could convey to WGR in 1938 only what it still owned. The 1938 conveyance plan and 1939 tenancy plan decide whether WGR ever acquired the house.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 1938
1938: Bute reversion conveyed to Western Ground Rents
In 1938 the Bute estate conveyed its reversion, including the eastern fields of Great House Farm (Parcel B), to Western Ground Rents Ltd.
Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr): The Williams–Buckler Dispute · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1938
Working theory: 1938 deed carried “whole farm” forward
Working theory: the drafting of the 1938 bulk sale to Western Ground Rents carried “whole farm” wording forward, so later records treated Parcel A and Parcel B as one. The 1938 deed and 1939 plan would test this.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 1938
1938 sale may have scattered Bute records
The National Archives (3 Mar 2026) described the 1938 “sale of the estate’s leasehold interest to the Western Ground Rents Company”, which “led to the widespread dispersal and possibly destruction of the Bute estate records”.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Omission 1938–44
Western Ground Rents papers passed between companies
Glamorgan Archives D696 holds Western Ground Rents records of 1938–44, which “ended up in the custody of Capital Law after being transferred to various companies who purchased the leaseholds”; “the leaseholds were later taken over by the British Petroleum Pensions Trust”. Whether Llandough appears in them is not established.
EV-0257 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Cuts against Nov 1938
A different “Great House Farm” sold in 1938
In November 1938 a 185-acre Great House Farm at Llandough near Cowbridge was auctioned and reported sold to L. D. Thomas of Porthcawl for £5,500 (Western Mail). It is a different property from Tŷ Mawr, Llandough near Penarth.
EV-0021 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Cuts against 15 Nov 1938
1938 particulars: possibly a different farm
Sale particulars of 15 Nov 1938 (Glamorgan Archives DSA/6/1158) for “Great House Farm, Llandough” name D.J. Jenkins as owner and a sale for £5,500 to L.D. Thomas of Porthcawl. Possibly a different farm: a 1938 Western Mail report places a Great House Farm of that sale near Cowbridge.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R52 — Glamorgan Archives email, 11 June 2026 · on the board
Black · Cuts against 15 Nov 1938
1938 “Great House Farm” sale was near Cowbridge
A 15 Nov 1938 sale of “Great House Farm, Llandough, Cowbridge”, in the parish of Llanfair, held at the Bear Hotel, Cowbridge (Glamorgan Archives DSA/6/1158), concerns a different farm near Cowbridge, not Great House Farm, Llandough-juxta-Penarth.
Legal Wiki: Excluded: not our farm (Llandough, Cowbridge) · on the board
White · Evidence 1938–39
1939 WGR–John Williams plan shows Parcel B only
Western Ground Rents Ltd bought the land in 1938. The 1939 agreement between WGR and John Williams and its plan depict Parcel B only, not Parcel A.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · Legal Wiki: Western Ground Rents Ltd · Legal Wiki: John Williams · on the board
Black · Action 1938-12-25
1938 reversion to Western Ground Rents
'In 1938 the reversion on that tenancy was conveyed to … Western Ground Rents Ltd.' WGR's root was later recited as 'a Conveyance on sale dated 25th December 1938'. Deed and plan not held.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) EV-0216 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
White · Evidence 1939
1939 tenancy plan shows Parcel B only
The plan attached to the 1939 tenancy shows the land let as Parcel B, the fields east of the house, not the farmhouse plot (Parcel A). The plan is held. Read beside the WGR grazing-let square, which cuts against it.
Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Omission 1938-12-25
The 1938 plan never produced
The 25 Dec 1938 conveyance and plan that would show whether Parcel A passed to WGR have not been produced by any party or archive found so far.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0019 EV-0216 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
Black · Action 25 Dec 1938
Bute conveys its reversion to Western Ground Rents
In 1938 the Bute Estate conveyed its reversion on the 1916 tenancy to Western Ground Rents; the deed is privately held. Working reading: it carried only what Bute still held, Parcel B.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · EV-0019 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1939
Alternative theory: Parcel A passed to WGR
Alternative working theory: Parcel A did pass to Western Ground Rents in 1938, and Western Ground Rents gave part of its woods to Cardiff.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Woodland & Land-Transfer Assessment 1902–2005 (parcel identity) · on the board
White · Evidence May 1939
1939 tenancy plan and the 1955 limitation clock
The 1987 court started the limitation clock in February 1955, treating the farmhouse as within Frederick’s tenancy. Working theory: if the May 1939 tenancy plan of Western Ground Rents excludes the house, adverse possession ran from 1938–39 and completed about 1951, before the 1955 order.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1939
WGR document reads as a small grazing let
The typed terms of a WGR document signed by John Williams show a monthly let at 8s, kept “as meadow or pasture”, filed by the DBDT catalogue among small Llandough plot lets. It reads as a separate grazing let, not a revised farm tenancy; page 1 (parcels and acreage) is not online (EV-0023). Compare the 1939 plan square.
Legal Wiki: Counter-Evidence & Disconfirmation · EV-0023 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence May 1939
1939 tenancy plan shows Parcel B only
The May 1939 agreement between Western Ground Rents and John Williams, with its plan, depicts Parcel B only, the eastern agricultural fields, although later records use “whole farm” wording.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · EV-0023 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 1939
WW2 War Agricultural Executive Committee powers
WAECs could 'take possession of land and … requisition, inspect and enter property' (TNA guide). Glamorgan WAEC minutes 1939–41 and executive papers 1941–45 survive.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
TNA research guide ; Glamorgan Archives DSA/43/3 · canfod.glamarchives.gov.uk · on the board
White · Evidence 1939
1939 tenancy plan shows fields only
The 1939 revised tenancy from Western Ground Rents to John Williams, with plan, covered the fields east of the house only (Parcel B). It is the last written tenancy on record.
Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Legal framing May 1939
WGR grants John Williams revised tenancy, 1939
In May 1939 Western Ground Rents granted John Williams a revised tenancy. It is the last written tenancy on record.
Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · Legal Wiki: John Williams · on the board
White · Evidence 1939
No tenant estoppel over the house after 1939
Working theory: because the 1939 tenancy covered Parcel B only, a tenant’s estoppel against denying the landlord’s title could not attach to the house after 1939.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 1940
Leckwith Woods gift and military requisition
WGR gave about 109 acres of Leckwith Woods to Cardiff council (1940–42); 'part of the site was requisitioned by the military authorities'. Measured outline: 0 ha in Llandough.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0220 · on the board
White · Evidence 1928–40
Working theory: limitation complete by 1940
The twelve-year period for recovery of land already existed under section 1 of the Real Property Limitation Act 1874. Working theory: if rent and acknowledgement ended in 1928, a twelve-year period would have run by 1940.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · legislation.gov.uk · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · on the board
White · Evidence 1928–40
Working theory: limitation ran out around 1940
Working theory: if possession of Parcel A became adverse around 1928, the twelve-year period under section 1 of the Real Property Limitation Act 1874 could have barred the former owner’s right of action by about 1940; if it began only in 1940, about 1952. Rent-free occupation alone does not prove this.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · legislation.gov.uk · on the board
White · Evidence c. 1940
Twelve years rent-free occupation complete, c.1940
Working theory: with rent last paid in 1928, twelve years of rent-free occupation of the house parcel were complete around 1940 (Mary's c.1974 statement).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Action 14 Sep 1940
Working theory: woods gift took Parcel A woodland
Working theory: the 1940 gift of “110 acres of wooded land at Leckwith” to Cardiff (Western Mail, 14 Sep 1940, p.5) took in the woodland third of Parcel A, now held by the Forest of Cardiff charity on title WA735527.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Woodland & Land-Transfer Assessment 1902–2005 (parcel identity) · EV-0136 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · cardiffparks.org.uk · EV-0220 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk · on the board
Black · Action 1940–42
Leckwith Woods given to Cardiff Corporation, 1940–42
In 1940–42 Western Ground Rents gave Leckwith Woods, “110 acres of wooded land at Leckwith”, to Cardiff Corporation (EV-0220); the deed and plan are pending. The measured outline lies 0 ha in Llandough, 1.25 km from the farmstead.
Legal Wiki: Woodland & Land-Transfer Assessment 1902–2005 (parcel identity) · EV-0220 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 1941
National Farm Survey of the parishes
1941–43 farm survey forms for Leckwith (MAF 32/1213/33) and Penarth (MAF 32/1220/39) and the annotated sheet XLVII map (MAF 73/58/47) exist; not yet seen.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0241 TNA MAF 73/58/47 · discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk · on the board
White · Trees and land 1944
1944: Frederick Buckler runs the farm
In 1944 Frederick Buckler gave up his job to run the farm as manager for John Williams.
Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · Legal Wiki: John Williams · on the board
Black · Omission 1941–43
1941–43 National Farm Survey form not yet seen
The 1941–43 National Farm Survey Penarth parish bundle (TNA MAF 32/1220/39), which would generally record occupier, owner and water supply, has not been seen; Great House Farm's form is inferred to be in it (EV-0241).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0241 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage 1944–67
Frederick Buckler runs the farm, 1944–67
Frederick Buckler married Mary (Nancy) Williams in 1936, ran the farm from 1944 and died in 1967.
Legal Wiki: Testimony — Frederick Buckler · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
White · Evidence 1944
H-A: war-ag use and no offer-back
War-ag direction in WW1 and WW2 touched the holding; land handed back went to the paper owner, never the Williams. Test: Glamorgan WAEC papers DSA/43/1 and DSA/43/3, farm survey MAF 32/73.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
theory.md H-A, work/theory-revisit-20261020/theory.md · on the board
Black · Action 1944
The War Agricultural Committee's pressure
'During the war my father had difficulty in farming the land to the satisfaction of the War Agricultural Executive Committee, owing to his age and in 1944 it was arra[nged]…' that Frederick took on the farming.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Mary (Nancy) Williams, witness statement c.1974 · on the board
White · Trees and land 1944
War Agricultural Committee pressure; Frederick manages farm
Mary's statement records: “During the war my father had difficulty in farming the land to the satisfaction of the War Agricultural Executive Committee, owing to his age and in 1944 it was arranged that my husband should give up his job and run the farm as Manager for my father.”
Legal Wiki: John Williams · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1948–49
William (Billy) Buckler born at the farm
William (Billy) Buckler was born at the farm about 1948–49 and lived there until 1988.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · on the board
Black · Action c. 1948–49
Water cut off by order of WGR
From about 1948–49 the water supply to the farmhouse and grounds was cut off, inferred from Mrs Buckler's 1958 statement that it had been cut off “for nearly 10 years by order of Western Ground Rents”. Branwen recalled cattle drowning in the River Ely trying to reach water.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0037 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Branwen · Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
White · Evidence 1949
Frederick’s 1949 tenancy: the fields only
Frederick Buckler held an unwritten yearly tenancy from 1949 of the fields (Parcel B); the married home was the farmhouse (source pending).
Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · EV-0025 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
White · Evidence 1949
H-B: Parcel A taken in pieces
Water cut-off (c.1948–49), the 1949 re-grant, papers removed (1950–52), manor disposals (1950–57) and the 1955 execution read as one sequence. Test: the 1955 order plan and return.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
theory.md H-B · on the board
Black · Omission 1949
No written record of 1949 surrender/re-grant
The 1949 surrender and re-grant of Frederick Buckler's tenancy, later relied upon, has no written record catalogued (GHF-E122).
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E122 — 2 February 1949 surrender and re-grant of Frederick Buckler’s tenancy (no written record) · on the board
White · Evidence 1949
Mary refuses a tenancy, asserting ownership, 1949
In 1949, when Frederick took a new unwritten tenancy, Mary refused a tenancy of the farmhouse, asserting ownership. In April 1974 she told the Daily Telegraph that ownership had been “in dispute for 25 years”.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1949-02-02
1949 surrender and re-grant
CA: John Williams 'fell into arrears with his rent in the mid-1930s and in the late 1940s'; his tenancy was surrendered and a new yearly tenancy from 2 Feb 1949 granted to Frederick Buckler.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 2 Feb 1949
1949 surrender and new tenancy to Frederick Buckler
John Williams fell into arrears; his tenancy was surrendered and “a new yearly agricultural tenancy commencing at February 2 1949” was to be granted to his son-in-law, Frederick Buckler.
Legal Wiki: John Williams · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
Black · Legal framing 2 Feb 1949
1949 unwritten tenancy to Frederick Buckler
Frederick Buckler held an unwritten yearly agricultural tenancy from 2 February 1949, recited in later documents and concerning Parcel B; no written agreement exists. Mary refused a tenancy of the farmhouse at the same time and asserted ownership (source pending).
Legal Wiki: GHF-E122 — 2 February 1949 surrender and re-grant of Frederick Buckler’s tenancy (no written record) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 2 Feb 1949
1949 yearly tenancy granted to Frederick
An unwritten yearly agricultural tenancy to Frederick Buckler began on 2 Feb 1949. The Court of Appeal later held that he had a periodic agricultural tenancy protected by the Agricultural Holdings Act; the last rent is recorded as paid in 1953. Its parcel scope is disputed.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · EV-0025 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1949
Surrendered tenancy concerned the fields only
The farming, the arrears and the surrendered tenancy all concerned the fields held under the 1939 tenancy (Parcel B). Working theory: John Williams held no tenancy of the house parcel to surrender.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: John Williams · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
Black · Legal framing 2 Feb 1949
Frederick’s tenancy surrendered and re-granted, 1949
On 2 February 1949 Frederick Buckler’s yearly tenancy was surrendered and re-granted. No written record of it exists.
EV-0025 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1949
Northern forest: permissive framing, then 1961 deed
Working theory: in 1949 occupation of the northern forest was cast as permissive while Mary (Nancy) Williams asserted ownership; about twelve years later a deed of 29 March 1961 created a paper estate over it. The deed and plan are not yet read.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1949
Working theory: 1949 recasting of occupation as permissive
Working theory: the 1949 tenancy was the first later attempt to make Mary’s occupation of Parcel A appear permissive despite the 1928 title effect; it preceded the loss of the title deed. (source pending)
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1949
1949 re-grant used to frame occupation permissive
Working theory: the 1949 agricultural tenancy re-grant concerned Parcel B and was the first attempt to make Mary's separate Parcel A occupation appear permissive (EV-0025, source pending).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0025 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
Black · Omission 1949–51
1949–51 county court books not yet searched
Cardiff County Court plaint and minute books for 1947–51 survive at Glamorgan Archives (ACA/2, ACA/3, ACA/6). The court that gave the arrears judgment against Frederick Buckler, paid off in 1953, is not stated by the Court of Appeal and its record has not been located. (source pending)
EV-0258 — Legal Wiki evidence page · EV-0030 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage 1950
Mrs Nancy Buckler's sketch of old Llandough
Corbett of Cogan Pill papers hold 'Llandough [juxta-Penarth] sketch of former layout of part of village by Mrs. Nancy Buckler of great house farm, Llandough, with notes', c.1950.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0155 Glamorgan Archives DXJF/64/30–31 · on the board
Black · Action 1950
Mountjoy disposes of the Glamorgan manors
1950–57: disposal of Glamorgan manors by Mountjoy Ltd, with 'schedules of manorial property including details of rents, schedule of common land'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Glamorgan Archives DB/M/22 · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1945–55
Nancy Buckler’s sketch of old Llandough
Glamorgan Archives DXJF/64/30 is described as a “Llandough [juxta-Penarth] sketch of former layout of part of village by Mrs. Nancy Buckler of Great House Farm”, dated c.1945–1955.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R52 — Glamorgan Archives email, 11 June 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 1950
Title papers removed, 1950–52
Title papers kept in the farmhouse blanket box with the 1877 agreement disappeared in 1950–52 (statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams; GHF-E123).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Mary (Nancy) Williams, witness statement c.1974 GHF-E123 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
White · Heritage c. 1945–55
Village sketch by Mrs Nancy Buckler, c.1945–55
A note and sketch of the old village layout by Mrs Nancy Buckler of Great House Farm names her father as John Williams of Great House Farm, “born about 1867” (Glamorgan Archives D/D XJF 64/30–31; EV-0155).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0155 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Omission Jun 1950
Farm papers taken from the blanket box, 1950
The statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams records that a lodger placed at the farmhouse in June 1950 by a Penarth estate agent later told her he had taken “the papers which were in the blanket box including the agreement relating to the farm” and given them to the agent.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence Jun 1950
Statement: lodger placed at farm, June 1950
Mary's statement records that in June 1950 Mr Knapp, a Penarth estate agent and lay preacher, asked her mother to give accommodation to a man; the man was later imprisoned for theft and told never to return.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · on the board
Black · Omission c. 1950–87
Record losses clustered around proceedings
Working theory: losses cluster around proceedings — family papers c.1950–52 before the 1955 action, the library copy of the Bute–Thomas deed in 1984 (the year of the writ), and RCAHMW’s Johns–Buckler correspondence “since 1986/87” (trial and appeal). Timing only; no causal finding.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
White · Evidence 1950–52
Lodger placed at the farmhouse, June 1950
Mary (Nancy) Williams’s c.1974 witness statement names a lodger placed at the farmhouse in June 1950 and records his conviction for theft c. 1951–52. The Penarth petty sessions registers that would confirm it have not yet been searched (source pending).
Legal Wiki: GHF-E124 — Penarth petty sessions record: the lodger (Bruce Sutherland), c. 1951–52 · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1949–53
Tenancy “intended” for Frederick, never written
The appellate record reads: “It was intended that Mr Frederick Buckler should have a written tenancy agreement, but this did not happen because Mr Frederick Buckler also failed to pay the rent.”
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
Black · Omission 1950–52
Title deed missing, 1950–52
A title deed was reported missing in 1950–52, alongside a Penarth petty-sessions lead (GHF-E124). The record does not show who removed the document or why.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: Missing Records Register · Legal Wiki: GHF-E124 — Penarth petty sessions record: the lodger (Bruce Sutherland), c. 1951–52 · on the board
Black · Omission c. 1950–88
Working theory: records lost when most needed
Working theory: records that could have helped the Williams/Buckler case went missing at the moments they were needed: c.1950–52, 1984, 1986–87 and after 1988.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Fraud & Concealment — the Family’s Case · on the board
Black · Omission 1950–52
Farm agreement and title deed go missing
Mary (Nancy) Williams stated that papers including the farm agreement were removed from the farmhouse blanket box in 1950–52 and that the title deed was found missing. Who removed them is not recorded.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · on the board
White · Evidence 1938–51
Working theory: adverse possession against WGR by c.1951
Working theory: if the 1939 plan shows WGR's tenancy covered only the fields, adverse possession of the house parcel against WGR from 1938–39 would have completed about 1951, before the 1955 order (A-077).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1950–52
Title deed lost, 1950–52
Mary (Nancy) Williams’s c. 1974 witness statement records the loss of title documents in 1950–52. A 1984 library copy was also lost (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · on the board
White · Evidence c. 1951
Limitation against WGR complete about 1951
Working theory: any adverse possession of the house against Western Ground Rents ran from 1938–39, not 1955, and would have completed about 1951, before the 1955 order and long before 1962.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission c. 1951–52
Penarth estate agent and 1951–52 conviction
Working theory: the loss of the title papers c.1951–52 is linked to Mr Knapp, a Penarth estate agent and lay preacher, and to the conviction of Bruce Sutherland in that period; identities and connections are being traced (A-080).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 1950s
Parcel A passes to Mary on father's death
On John Williams's death the house parcel (Parcel A) passed to Mary (Nancy) Williams, who with her husband continued to occupy it. No probate or will has yet been traced.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: John Williams · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
Black · Legal framing 10 Oct 1952
Agents decline letting to Frederick, 1952
On 10 October 1952 the landlords' agents decided not to proceed with the letting to Frederick Buckler.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
Black · Action 1952-10-10
WGR: 'not proceeding with the letting'
CA records a letter from WGR's agents of 10 October 1952 saying they did not propose to proceed with the letting.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Omission 10 Oct 1952
1952 letter: WGR would not proceed with letting
The published 1987 Court of Appeal report records a 10 October 1952 agents’ letter stating that Western Ground Rents did not propose to proceed with the letting, yet Dillon LJ concluded that Frederick had a protected periodic agricultural tenancy. The report does not mention 1954.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · Legal Wiki: GHF-E182 — 1954 further attempt to treat Frederick Buckler as a tenant (source pending) · on the board
White · Evidence 10 Oct 1952
1952: landlords’ agents drop the letting
The 1987 judgment records “a letter from the landlords’ agents to their solicitors of October 10 1952 stating that they did not propose to proceed with the letting to Mr Frederick Buckler.”
Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1953
1953 payments may count as acknowledgments
Working theory (opposing argument): Frederick Buckler’s 1953 rent and mesne-profit payments may be argued as acknowledgments of the landlord’s title; the land they related to has not been identified.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Fresh Paradigm — Independent Cross-Review of Evidence, Fraud, Concealment & Public Authority Lines (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1953
Frederick pays last rent under arrears judgment, 1953
In 1953 Frederick Buckler paid his last rent, under a judgment for arrears.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Evidence 1953
Frederick's last rent payment, 1953
Frederick Buckler made his last rent payment for the fields (Parcel B) in 1953.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1954
1954 attempt to treat Frederick as tenant
A further attempt in 1954 to place Frederick in the position of a tenant did not succeed (GHF-E182; original document not yet located).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
GHF-E182 · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1954
Working theory: 1954 bid to make Frederick tenant
Working theory: a further attempt in 1954 to make Frederick Buckler a tenant sought to cast the Parcel A occupation as permissive. The published Court of Appeal report records instead a 10 Oct 1952 agents’ letter that the letting would not proceed. (source pending)
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E182 — 1954 further attempt to treat Frederick Buckler as a tenant (source pending) · on the board
White · Evidence 1954
A failed 1954 attempt cannot restart limitation
A failed attempt in 1954 to make occupation permissive would not, merely by being proposed, restart a limitation period already completed. The legal effect of the 1955 and 1962 possession orders is a separate question.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0041 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1954
1954 attempt to make Frederick a tenant
A further attempt in 1954 to make Frederick Buckler a tenant, distinct from the unwritten 1949–1953 agricultural tenancy, failed (GHF-E182; source pending).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · Legal Wiki: GHF-E182 — 1954 further attempt to treat Frederick Buckler as a tenant (source pending) · on the board

Possession orders 1955–1968 · 48 black · 20 white

White · Evidence 1955
H-D: a Parcel B tenancy used to time Parcel A
The clock for the farmhouse was started at the end of Frederick's tenancy, which the 1939 plan shows as Parcel B. Test: the notice to quit and the plan filed with the 1955 possession application.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
theory.md H-D · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1955
“Whole farm” wording merges Parcels A and B
Working theory: the 1955 “whole farm” wording merged Parcel A with Frederick Buckler’s Parcel B agricultural tenancy, and enforcement took the north forest and south-east green along with Parcel B. Mary defended the house, buildings and garden but could not hold the whole Parcel A perimeter (source pending: EV-0032).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: 1955 Parcel-A Loss Dossier — Woodland + VG41 Green · EV-0006 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0016 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0032 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1955–62
Possession order is not a freehold conveyance
The 1955 and 1962 possession orders bear on possession, pleadings and occupation. A possession order is not, merely by being made, a conveyance of the freehold; the land covered and legal effect of each order are separate questions.
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1955
1955 order for the “whole” farm
The reported judgment records that the 1955 possession order was for the “whole” farm, and that execution took all parts except the farmhouse and garden.
Legal Wiki: BP v Buckler: Scope, Decided & Undecided · on the board
Black · Action 1955
WGR sues Frederick alone, “whole of the farm”
In 1955 Western Ground Rents sued Frederick Buckler alone in the High Court by summary judgment (Order 14) on his tenancy, using the words “the whole of the farm”. Mary was not a party to the 1955 action.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · Legal Wiki: The 1955 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1955-02-02
Adverse possession only from 1955
The appeal's primary case ran adverse possession of the farmhouse and garden 'from, at latest, February 2 1955' — the end of a tenancy whose 1939 plan shows Parcel B only.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) EV-0023 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
White · Evidence 2 Feb 1955
Clock started 1955 on an assumed tenancy
The Court of Appeal started the twelve-year clock on 2 February 1955, the end of Frederick’s tenancy, treating the farmhouse as part of that tenancy. Working theory: WGR’s May 1939 tenancy plan shows Parcel B only, so the farmhouse was never in that tenancy.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 1955
1955 possession order against Frederick Buckler
Frederick Buckler’s tenancy was ended by notice on 2 Feb 1955. The High Court then made an Order 14 summary order against him alone for “the whole of the farm”, enforced on 4 July 1955 except for the farmhouse and garden.
Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · Legal Wiki: The 1955 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1955
Possession of “the whole of the farm”
The 1987 Court of Appeal judgment records: “Western Ground Rents then brought proceedings for possession against Mr Frederick Buckler in the High Court and obtained a possession order, under Order 14, in respect of the whole of the farm.”
Legal Wiki: The 1955 Possession Order · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Action 1955
Cardiff leases Leckwith Woods for 999 years
The Western Mail of 18 March and 28 October 1955 reported that Cardiff held a 176-acre Leckwith Woods, “bought … for a nominal sum in 1942”, with 106 acres leased to the Forestry Commission for 999 years.
EV-0259 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 1955–87
Working theory: title documents never before the courts
Working theory: the documents that decide title to the house parcel, the 1877 agreement, the 1938 conveyance and plan and the 1939 tenancy, were never put before the courts in 1955, 1962, 1974 or 1986–87.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Fraud & Concealment — the Family’s Case · on the board
Black · Omission 1955
1955 order: Mary not made a party
The 1955 possession order was obtained by summary judgment against Frederick Buckler alone, although Mary (Nancy) Williams, who asserted title, lived in the house. She was not a party.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1955–62
“Previous statement” of 1955–62 not held
The c.1974 statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams refers to “my previous statement” on the 1955 and 1962 possession applications; that earlier statement is not held (EV-0033).
Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · EV-0033 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E127 — Mary (Nancy) Williams’s “previous statement” on the 1955 and 1962 applications · on the board
Black · Action 1955-07-04
1955 execution of the whole-farm order
WGR obtained an Order 14 possession order 'in respect of the whole of the farm'; on 4 July 1955 possession was taken of 'all parts of the farm except the farmhouse and garden'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Omission 1955
1955 order and execution papers unseen
The originals of the 1955 possession order and the 4 July 1955 execution papers, and any parcel plan, have not been obtained (GHF-E125, E126); the events are known only through later references. The 1962 pleadings and plan are likewise unseen.
Legal Wiki: Repeated attempts to frame Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Parcel A occupation as permissive · EV-0034 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E125 — 1955 High Court Order 14 possession order against Frederick Buckler, with particulars, affidavits and any plan · Legal Wiki: GHF-E126 — 4 July 1955 writ or warrant of possession, execution record and return · EV-0032 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 4 Jul 1955
1955 “whole farm” possession order executed
On 4 July 1955 a High Court possession order obtained by Western Ground Rents, described as covering the “whole farm”, was executed, including the north forest and south-east ground of Parcel A, though the dispute concerned Parcel B (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: The 1955 Possession Order · Legal Wiki: GHF-E126 — 4 July 1955 writ or warrant of possession, execution record and return · Legal Wiki: Forensic Assessment Index — Courts, Archives & Public Authorities · on the board
Black · Action 4 Jul 1955
4 July 1955: forest and green taken
On 4 July 1955, enforcing possession under wording describing the “whole farm”, Western Ground Rents took the forest north of the house and the south-eastern ground later registered as village green VG41. Mary, after a recent leg amputation and with seven children, held the farmhouse, buildings and garden. (source pending)
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · EV-0034 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1955-07-04
The farmhouse held in 1955
The order was not enforced against the farmhouse and garden: Mary had recently come out of hospital after a leg amputation. The family stayed in the house.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Action 4 Jul 1955
Possession taken except farmhouse and garden, 1955
The 1987 judgment records that on 4 July 1955 possession was taken of all parts except the farmhouse and garden, an exception attributed to Mary’s recent return from hospital and her strong objection.
Legal Wiki: The 1955 Possession Order · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0034 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 4 Jul 1955
1955: house spared for Mary’s health, court narrative
The court narrative attributes the 1955 decision not to enforce against the farmhouse to Mary’s health and objection, not to the house lying outside the tenancy.
Legal Wiki: Fresh Paradigm — Independent Cross-Review of Evidence, Fraud, Concealment & Public Authority Lines (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action Jul 1955
Northern forest and green seized, 1955
Working theory: the 1955 enforcement against the fields of Parcel B also took two parts of Parcel A — the forest north of the house and the ground south-east of it later registered as village green VG41 (source pending).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: The 1955 Possession Order · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
Black · Action 1955
1955 order enforced on all but farmhouse
The 1955 order, summary judgment against Frederick alone for “the whole of the farm”, was enforced on everything except the farmhouse and garden (A-015).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1955–82
Long silence over land outside the house
Long non-challenge over land outside the occupied house can be read against the family as lack of possession, an accepted boundary or acquiescence. Silence does not transfer ownership, but nor does it preserve a title.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · on the board
Black · Action 1958
Leckwith Common orders
Leckwith Common: Commons Act 1899 enclosure and extinguishment of rights (1949–61), encroachments under the Law of Property Act 1925 (1935–59), the 1957 compulsory purchase order.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
TNA MAF 235/241, 235/242, 235/257 ; TNA BD 11/3775 · on the board
White · Heritage 6 May 1958
Bute granted “a slice of land”, Leckwith Common
Western Mail, 7 May 1958, p.7, reported Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler of Great House Farm at the Leckwith Common inquiry: about 130 years earlier Lord Bute allowed her family “a slice of land” which was now Leckwith Common (EV-0035).
Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · EV-0035 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Omission 1955–62
Mary’s “previous statement” of 1955–62 missing
Mary (Nancy) Williams’s c.1974 statement refers to a “previous statement” she made on the 1955 and 1962 applications. It has not been found on any court file; if it records her assertion of ownership, the other side knew of it by 1955 or 1962.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E127 — Mary (Nancy) Williams’s “previous statement” on the 1955 and 1962 applications · on the board
Black · Cuts against 6 May 1958
Bute “allowed her family a slice of land”
At the 6 May 1958 Leckwith Common inquiry Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler stated that about 130 years earlier Lord Bute had allowed her family “a slice of land”, a right of way and grazing rights (Western Mail, 7 May 1958).
EV-0035 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 24 Sep 1958
County Council acquires land near Cogan Pill, 1958
A Western Mail legal notice of 24 September 1958 recorded a Glamorgan County Council acquisition of land near Cogan Pill, listing Western Ground Rents as owner.
EV-0036 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission Nov–Dec 1958
1958 development plan inquiry record unread
Days 20–24 of the 1958 public local inquiry into the Glamorgan County Council Development Plan (Area No. 2), 19 November – 11 December 1958, are recorded verbatim at TNA BD 28/177; not yet read (EV-0239).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0239 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0240 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 19 Nov 1958
“Have walked in and taken” the land, 1958
Western Mail, 20 Nov 1958, p.7, reported Mrs M. D. Buckler (Mary (Nancy) Williams) of Ty Mawr telling the county planning committee that three councils and Western Ground Rents “have walked in and taken” the land, let sites “over her head”, cut off her water for nearly 10 years, and that she lost her Friesian herd.
Legal Wiki: Press and Archive Leads — October 2026 · on the board
White · Evidence 1958-11-19
'A Welsh case of Crichel Down'
'This is a Welsh case of Crichel Down … The Glamorgan County Council, Penarth Urban and Cardiff Rural Councils and Western Ground Rents have walked …' (snippet breaks off).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0037 · on the board
White · Evidence 20 Nov 1958
1958 objection: “It’s a Crichel Down”
On 20 November 1958 the Western Mail reported Mrs M. D. Buckler objecting to further industrial development near her farm, Ty Mawr, Llandough, and stating that land farmed by her family since 1667 had been “wrongfully appropriated”.
EV-0037 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1959
'Conceived the notion' of title
CA: she 'had conceived the notion that she had a title to the ownership of Great House Farm through her own grandfather … No such documents were, however, ever produced.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
White · Evidence 20 Nov 1958
“This is a Welsh case of Crichel Down”
The Western Mail (20 November 1958) reported Mrs Buckler's evidence that the water was cut off from her house and grounds for nearly 10 years by order of Western Ground Rents. She told the planning committee: “This is a Welsh case of Crichel Down.” (EV-0037).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0037 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
White · Evidence 1959
Mary refuses WGR tenancy, asserts ownership, 1959
In 1959 Mary (Nancy) Williams refused a Western Ground Rents tenancy of the farmhouse and garden and asserted ownership through her grandfather.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
White · Evidence 1959
Tenancy and rehousing refused
She 'was offered a tenancy of the farmhouse and garden by Western Ground Rents but refused to accept it. She was also later offered, and refused, alternative accommodation.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1959
Tenancy offers to Mary, 1959 and 1965
Western Ground Rents offered Mary tenancies of the farmhouse and garden in 1959 and 1965. The Court of Appeal’s history records that she refused the 1959 offer and that a later weekly tenancy offer was not signed or returned and no rent was paid.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1959
WGR offers Mary a farmhouse tenancy, 1959
The Court of Appeal records that in 1959 Western Ground Rents offered Mary a tenancy of the farmhouse and garden and that she refused it, asserting ownership through her grandfather (source pending: EV-0039). The original offer and reply are unlocated.
Legal Wiki: Repeated attempts to frame Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Parcel A occupation as permissive · EV-0039 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1959–74
Mary repeatedly refused to be a tenant
The Court of Appeal’s 1987 account supports that Mary refused the 1959 tenancy offer and asserted ownership; she repeatedly rejected being treated as a tenant and maintained that she was the owner.
Legal Wiki: Repeated attempts to frame Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Parcel A occupation as permissive · on the board
White · Evidence 27 Nov 1959
1959: child hurt near Great House Farm home
The Western Mail of 27 Nov 1959 reported a five-year-old girl hurt near her home at Great House Farm, Llandough.
EV-0229 — Legal Wiki evidence page · EV-0037 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 1961-03-29
WGR / Brick & Tile / Cardiff deed
A 29 March 1961 deed with plan between WGR, South Western Brick & Tile and Cardiff City may concern the later woodland title area. Not yet inspected.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0040 · on the board
Black · Action 29 Mar 1961
1961 deed: WGR, Cardiff City and brick company
A deed of 29 March 1961 between Western Ground Rents Ltd, “Cardiff City” and South Western Brick & Tile appears on the WA231076 first-registration schedule (GHF-E129).
Legal Wiki: Cardiff City Council — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E129 — 29 March 1961 deed: WGR, South Western Brick & Tile and Cardiff City · on the board
Black · Action 29 Mar 1961
1961 deed: WGR, brickworks company and Cardiff
A deed of 29 March 1961 between Western Ground Rents, South Western Brick & Tile and Cardiff City, recited on woodland title WA735527, affected land now in the woodland title. It is not a Buckler family sale; the land and plan are still to be mapped.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E129 — 29 March 1961 deed: WGR, South Western Brick & Tile and Cardiff City · on the board
Black · Omission 1955–62
Mary’s “previous statement” missing
Mary (Nancy) Williams’s “previous statement” on the 1955 and 1962 applications, referred to in the record, is missing (GHF-E127).
EV-0033 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1949–74
Working theory: repeated “permissive” framing of Mary
Working theory: repeated efforts to present Mary (Nancy) Williams’s occupation as permissive (1949, 1959, 1965, 1974), alongside later dealings affecting the woodland and the VG41 ground, weakened or obscured the title to the full Parcel A.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Repeated attempts to frame Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Parcel A occupation as permissive · on the board
Black · Omission 1962
Extent of 1962 order unknown
The land covered by the 1962 possession order, and what Mary pleaded in response, are unknown; her “previous statement” is missing (A-014, A-057).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 1962
WGR had to prove its own paper title
Working theory: against Mary as an owner-claimant in 1962, Western Ground Rents had to prove its own paper title to Parcel A rather than rely on Frederick’s ended tenancy of the fields.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Action 5 Mar 1962
WGR sells Llandough land to developers, 1962
On 5 March 1962 Western Ground Rents conveyed land at Llandough “with other property” to Lakeside and Llandough Development Co Ltd, taking a £75,000 charge; on 11 June 1965 both conveyed a parcel to Glamorgan County Council (Vale FOI reply, 14 September 2026).
EV-0042 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1962
“No such documents were … ever produced”
Mary refused a tenancy of the farmhouse and garden and asserted ownership through her grandfather. The 1987 judgment adds: “No such documents were, however, ever produced” (EV-0080).
Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · EV-0039 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence Dec 1962
1962 county court jurisdiction limit
County court jurisdiction in December 1962 was limited to property of £100 net annual rateable value, rising to £400 only in 1963. Working theory: if the farmhouse exceeded £100, the order was made without jurisdiction; the 1956 and 1963 valuation lists would test this.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Omission Dec 1962
1962 order on a “one farm” premise
Working theory: the 1962 order depended on the farm being one unit as in 1916; the 1924/1928 Parcel A freehold split, the 1938 conveyance and the 1939 tenancy were not, so far as the record shows, put before the court.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · Legal Wiki: The 1916 Tenancy · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Action 11 Dec 1962
Cardiff County Court order, 11 December 1962
On 11 December 1962 Cardiff County Court made a possession order against Frederick and Mary concerning the farmhouse and garden (EV-0041, pending).
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0041 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Action 11 Dec 1962
County court possession order for farmhouse, 1962
On 11 December 1962 the county court made a possession order for the farmhouse and garden against Frederick and Mary, the remaining occupied house group within Parcel A. The Court of Appeal later treated it as enforceable.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Omission 1955–87
Was the Parcel B plan withheld?
Working theory: the landlord’s counterpart of the 1939 tenancy, with its Parcel B plan, passed from WGR to BP. Whether it was shown to the courts in 1955, 1962 or 1984–87 is unknown; presenting a “whole farm” tenancy while holding it would be a misstatement of fact.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 1953–63
County court registers: arrears, possession, committal
Cardiff County Court registers at Glamorgan Archives (ACA, 1953–1975) are catalogued as covering the 1953 arrears action, the 1962 possession order and a 1963 committal.
EV-0030 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 1963
Suspended committal order
CA: 'there seems to have been a suspended committal order against Mr Frederick Buckler in June 1963'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
White · Heritage 1963
Three skeletons found in utility trench, 1963
Three skeletons were reported found in utility-trench works at the site in 1963 (secondary research-file account; the 1963 record is awaited).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Action Jun 1963
Mesne profits enforced against Frederick, 1963
In June 1963 mesne profits were partly enforced against Frederick Buckler under the farmhouse proceedings, with committal proceedings recorded.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1965
1938 conveyance offered as root of title
A 1965 contract for the sale of the Llandough school site set special condition F: “Title shall be deduced, and shall commence … with a Conveyance on sale dated 25th December 1938”, making the 1938 conveyance the root of title offered for this Llandough land.
EV-0216 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1960s
1960s parcel sale (source pending)
A recollection records that Frederick’s eldest son sold a land parcel in the 1960s. Which parcel is unknown and no deed has been located (source pending).
Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · on the board
White · Evidence 1965
BP admits adverse possession 1965–74
'It is admitted for BP Properties Ltd that Mrs Buckler was in adverse possession from her husband's death in 1965-67 until October 31 1974.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1965
Weekly tenancy offered again, 1965
The Court of Appeal describes a further 1965 offer of a weekly tenancy of the farmhouse and garden. It was not signed or returned, and no rent was paid (EV-0039).
Legal Wiki: Repeated attempts to frame Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Parcel A occupation as permissive · EV-0039 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 2 Mar 1965
Mary refuses £2 weekly tenancy, 1965
On 2 March 1965 Mary refused a weekly tenancy of the farmhouse and garden at £2 offered to “Mrs Williams”; nothing was signed, no rent paid, and the estate treated her occupation as adverse from then (WGR agents' letter recited in the 1987 judgment, GHF-E009-18).
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0039 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Action Jan–Mar 1965
1965: WGR refuses to let Frederick the fields
In January–March 1965 Frederick Buckler negotiated with Western Ground Rents, which would not let him the agricultural land; the correspondence is recited in the 1987 judgment.
Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Legal framing 2 Mar 1965
Weekly tenancy offered to “Mrs Williams”, 1965
On 2 March 1965 the agents of Western Ground Rents offered “Mrs Williams” a weekly tenancy of the farmhouse and garden at £2. It was not signed or returned and no rent was paid; the estate treated her occupation as adverse from then.
Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · EV-0039 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 11 Jun 1965
School land conveyed, 11 June 1965
A conveyance of 11 June 1965 between Lakeside and Llandough Development Company Limited, Western Ground Rents Limited and Glamorgan County Council, for £16,800, carried the Llandough Primary School site. Whether the site was ever farm land is open.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=1031 · on the board
White · Heritage 1967
Frederick Buckler dies, 1967
Frederick Buckler died in 1967; Mary continued “in occupation of the farmhouse and land surrounding it”.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
White · Heritage 1967
Frederick Buckler dies, 1967; Mary stays on
Mary stated: “I am a widow, my husband Frederick Buckler having died in the year 1967”. He was 56. Mary then returned to her maiden name and continued in occupation of the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board

BP conveyances and licence letters 1969–1981 · 45 black · 23 white

Black · Action 31 Dec 1969
WGR conveys to BP Pension Trust, 1969
In 1969 Western Ground Rents conveyed its interest to BP Pension Trust. The conveyance has not been retrieved; the 1987 judgment treats the sale as including the farmhouse and garden (EV-0043, pending).
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0043 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
White · Evidence Dec 1969
Possible gap in the chain to Parcel A
Working theory: if the 1938 conveyance did not include Parcel A and no other instrument conveyed it to Western Ground Rents, the December 1969 deed to BP Pension Trust would carry a material gap in the chain for Parcel A.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · on the board
Black · Omission 31 Dec 1969
1969 root of title missing from both files
Both BP conveyances recite a 31 December 1969 conveyance from Western Ground Rents to BP Pension Trust as their root of title; it is not on either file's schedule. The 1987 judgment records the 23 May 1975 conveyance as “the actual conveyance of the farmhouse and garden”.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: Western Ground Rents Ltd · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd and BP Pension Trust · Legal Wiki: Woodland · on the board
Black · Action 31 Dec 1969
BP Pension Trust buys from WGR, 1969
On 31 December 1969 BP Pension Trust bought from Western Ground Rents. The deed is not on HM Land Registry’s first-registration schedule (GHF-E131).
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd and BP Pension Trust — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E131 — 31 December 1969 WGR to BP Pension Trust conveyance (root of title), with plan · on the board
Black · Action 1969–75
Conveyances to BP Pension Trust and BP Properties
Between 1969 and 1975 Western Ground Rents conveyed to BP Pension Trust, and BP Pension Trust to BP Properties, describing the land together. The 1969 root deed and the 1971 abstract are absent from HM Land Registry’s 2026 schedule.
Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · EV-0043 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0052 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Action 31 Dec 1969
Land passes to BP Pension Trust, BP Properties
Later instruments recite a 31 Dec 1969 conveyance from Western Ground Rents to BP Pension Trust. A 23 May 1975 conveyance from BP Pension Trust to BP Properties is linked with the farmhouse title WA240304. The exact parcels are not yet proved.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · EV-0043 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0045 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0052 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 1969-12-31
WGR sells to BP Pension Trust
December 1969: Great House Farm, 'including the farmhouse and garden', sold by WGR to BP Pension Trust. The deed is on neither HM Land Registry first-registration file.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) EV-0043 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
Black · Omission 1969–71
1969 root deed and 1971 abstract missing
Later documents recite a 31 Dec 1969 conveyance from Western Ground Rents to BP Pension Trust and a 1971 abstract of title, but HM Land Registry’s 30 July 2026 schedule does not list either as surviving on the registration files.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 1970-06-16
Village green registration VG41
The south-east ground was registered as village green VG41 on 16 June 1970. Registration did not by itself vest the green in anyone.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0044 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
Black · Action 16 Jun 1970
Site ground registered as village green VG41
Part of the site by Leckwith Road was registered as village green VG41 on 16 June 1970 under the Commons Registration Act 1965; the current reconstruction places it within Parcel A. The VG41 ownership file records who asserted ownership of that land around 1970–80.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 16 Jun 1970
Village green VG41 registered, 1970
Village green VG41 was registered on 16 June 1970 under the Commons Registration Act 1965, whose registers had an ownership section; unclaimed land could be vested in the local authority (s.8). Who asserted ownership, and on what evidence, is not yet shown (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
Black · Omission 1971
1971 abstract of title not on the file
Later instruments recite a 1971 abstract of title for BP Pension Trust, but it is not a free-standing item on the HM Land Registry file. It is the best single record of the root BP’s side relied on, and its whereabouts are unknown.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E132 — 1971 abstract of title (BP Pension Trust) · on the board
White · Heritage 1972
Cwm Cydfin wood notified as SSSI
Cwm Cydfin, Leckwith, “a mixed deciduous woodland adjacent to saltings of the River Ely” of 5.5 ha (ST 165739), was notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1972 and re-notified on 9 Dec 1985.
EV-0218 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 1972
1972 permission for about 13 houses
In 1972 BP Pension Trust obtained outline permission 3/8996/3337 for about 13 houses on the farm land while Mary (Nancy) Williams occupied the house and disputed ownership. No archaeological condition was attached; the ownership certificate has not yet been obtained.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E134 — 1972 outline planning permission 3/8996/3337 (about 13 houses) and ownership certificate · on the board
Black · Action 1972
Planning permission for 13 houses, 1972
In 1972 BP Pension Trust obtained planning permission for about 13 houses (3/8996/3337) while Mary occupied the house and disputed ownership. Applications then needed an ownership certificate naming every owner (Town and Country Planning Act 1962 s.16); the 1972 certificate is unseen.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Heritage 1972
Cwm Cydfin notified as SSSI, 1972
In 1972 Cwm Cydfin, Leckwith, was notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI 0524; EV-0218).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0218 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 25 Jul 1972
Housing permission on the site, 25 Jul 1972
The 1989 planning officer’s report records a housing permission on the site dated 25 July 1972, granted while Mary (Nancy) Williams still occupied the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · EV-0046 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Cuts against c. 1974
1877 terms rest on childhood memory
The 1877 terms rest on Mary's memory of a document she saw as a child, and the account of papers being taken is second-hand. Her statement was made c.1974, before the litigation, and the 1974 press record matches it.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1974
1974 BP letters treated as licence
Letters from BP Properties Ltd in 1974 were later held by the Court of Appeal to operate as a licence, changing the legal character of Mrs Buckler's possession.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd and BP Pension Trust · Legal Wiki: GHF-E137 — 1974 H. J. Thomas architectural survey and floor plan (RCAHMW / National Monuments Record) · on the board
White · Heritage 1974
1974 architectural survey of the house
H. J. Thomas’s 1974 survey and floor plan, held by RCAHMW (National Monuments Record), documented a sub-medieval or late-seventeenth-century building. RCAHMW records that the house was only partly recorded because of the ownership dispute. The related Johns–Buckler correspondence has been lost “since 1986/87”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E137 — 1974 H. J. Thomas architectural survey and floor plan (RCAHMW / National Monuments Record) · on the board
White · Heritage 1974
1974 survey noted historic features, possible medieval core
The regional Historic Environment Record entry GGAT02038s cites R. F. Suggett’s December 1988 note and H. J. Thomas’s 1974 survey of the house, which recorded historic architectural features and considered a possible medieval core.
Legal Wiki: European Commission of Human Rights / Strasbourg — Forensic Assessment · on the board
White · Evidence 1974
Mary (Nancy) Williams's statement
Her typed statement of c.1974 sets out the 1877 agreement, the end of rent in 1928, the War Agricultural Committee in 1944 and the disappearance of the papers in 1950–52.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Mary (Nancy) Williams, witness statement c.1974 · on the board
White · Evidence c. 1974
Statement of Mary (Nancy) Williams, c.1974
Her witness statement (c.1974) reads: “My family have lived and farmed at Great House Farm since 1667.” “It was also provided that when the quarrying ceased the freehold should belong to my grandfather.” “I have never … paid rent to or acknowledged the title of anyone as landlord.”
Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · on the board
White · Evidence 15 Apr 1974
Farmhouse opened to the public, 1974
On 15 April 1974 Mary (Nancy) Williams, then 60, opened the farmhouse “to show what the nation is losing”, and hundreds came. About 1,000 people had signed a petition. “My family has lived here for more than 400 years” (EV-0048).
Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · EV-0048 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 15 Apr 1974
Mary opens farmhouse to the public, 1974
On 15 April 1974 Mary (Nancy) Williams opened the farmhouse to the public “to show what the nation is losing”; a petition gathered about 1,000 signatures (Daily Telegraph, 16 April 1974).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
White · Evidence 15 Apr 1974
Open day to save Tŷ Mawr, 1974
The Daily Telegraph reported that on 15 April 1974 Mary (Nancy) Williams held a public open day at Ty Mawr against planned demolition: “The ownership of the house has been in dispute for 25 years but my family has lived here for more than 400 years.”
EV-0048 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 1974
1974 H. J. Thomas architectural survey
RCAHMW holds the H. J. Thomas survey material for Great House Farm, including a 1974 architectural survey and floor plan documenting a sub-medieval / late-seventeenth-century building, with related photographs.
Legal Wiki: RCAHMW — Forensic Assessment · on the board
White · Heritage 1974
1974 investigator’s notes and sketch plan
RCAHMW record NMR 6048943 holds H. J. Thomas’s 1974 investigator’s notes on Great House Farm, with a sketch plan of the building.
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
White · Evidence 3 Jul 1974
Mary pleads ownership in court, 1974
On 3 July 1974 Mary pleaded ownership. The action was part-heard and adjourned and never relisted; BP instead revived the 1962 order and sent the licence letters.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · on the board
Black · Action 3 Jul 1974
Mary pleads ownership; BP revives 1962 order
BP Pension Trust sued Mary in 1974; she pleaded ownership on 3 July 1974. The action stalled and BP revived the 1962 order instead. Licence letters followed on 31 October 1974, one from BP Properties, which then held only a contract to buy.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 3 Jul 1974
Plea of ownership in county court, 1974
On 3 July 1974 Mary (Nancy) Williams pleaded in BP Pension Trust’s county-court action that she owned the house (EV-0049). The pleadings are not yet obtained.
Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · EV-0049 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E135 — 3 July 1974 Mary (Nancy) Williams’s plea of ownership and the pleadings in BP Pension Trust’s county-court action · on the board
White · Heritage 1974
Vaughan phase, Bute works and medieval pottery
GGAT linked the seventeenth-century phase of the house to the Vaughan family and nineteenth-century work to the Bute Estate. Features were recorded in situ in 1974, others in the rubble, and twelfth- to fourteenth-century pottery sherds were recovered by E. J. Beare.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Evidence c. 1974
Ownership on record years before the litigation
Mary (Nancy) Williams’s statement dates from about 1974, over a decade before the 1986–87 litigation. A 1974 newspaper report records her ownership position and a lawyer’s view that she had a case; William Buckler’s 1983 diary records the Daniel Thomas receipts.
Legal Wiki: Anticipated Objections and the Family’s Answers · on the board
Black · Action Jul–Oct 1974
1974 action, enforcement and licence letters
The record refers to a July 1974 possession action with an ownership plea, leave to enforce in September, a warrant not before 31 October, and licence letters dated 31 October 1974.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action Sep 1974
September 1974 enforcement order
A September 1974 enforcement order was made against the occupation. Mary (Nancy) Williams’s solicitors challenged it on notice grounds; the appeal notice, order and outcome are not yet seen (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · on the board
Black · Action 1974-09-19
Leave to enforce on two days' notice
17–19 Sep 1974: BP Pension Trust, 'as successors in title to Western Ground Rents', obtained leave to execute the 1962 order while its own action was part-heard.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Action 19 Sep 1974
Leave to enforce the 1962 order, 1974
On 19 September 1974 the county court gave BP leave to enforce the possession order of 11 December 1962, with no warrant before 31 October. Mary’s solicitors appealed because she had not been given notice, and on 31 October the warrant was withdrawn.
Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Action Sep–Oct 1974
Leave to enforce 1962 order; warrant withdrawn
Between 19 September and 31 October 1974 leave was obtained to enforce the 1962 possession order; the warrant was then withdrawn.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · on the board
Black · Action Oct 1974
Working theory: 1974 steps timed before a deadline
Working theory: if the 1962 order reset the limitation clock, 11 Dec 1974 would have been a twelve-year deadline, and the October 1974 enforcement steps and licence letters were clustered just before it. The 1974 pleadings and judgments would test this.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1974-10-31
The unilateral licence letters
Two letters of 31 Oct 1974 offered to let Mrs Buckler stay for life. 'Mrs Buckler therefore never expressly accepted or rejected the terms of the two letters.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) EV-0050 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Oct 1974
1974 licence letter from a not-yet-owner
The second letter of 31 Oct 1974 came from BP Properties, which held only a contract to buy until the May 1975 conveyance, after BP Pension Trust’s action stalled on the ownership plea of Mary (Nancy) Williams.
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Oct 1974
1974 licence letters: possession recast as licence
BP letters dated 31 Oct 1974, covering the central house and garden, were later treated by the Court of Appeal as placing Mary’s continued possession under a licence, which was material to the limitation outcome.
Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr): The Williams–Buckler Dispute · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1974
BP: rent-free “because of her ill health”
In 1974 BP stated it allowed Mary to stay rent-free “because of her ill health”; she was a widow and an amputee in a wheelchair. The Court of Appeal held the letters made her possession permissive although she never accepted them.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Oct 1974
Licence letters offer farmhouse occupation, 1974
Letters of 31 October 1974 offered “Mrs Buckler (Mrs Williams)” a licence to stay in the farmhouse. The 1987 Court of Appeal judgment relied on this licence (GHF-E136; EV-0080). Whether the letters identified the land later registered to BP is not established.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Oct 1974
Licence letters: “rent free”, 31 Oct 1974
On the day the warrant was withdrawn, BP’s letters offered Mary a licence to stay in the farmhouse. In 1988 the press reported BP’s version: “In 1974 BP Properties agreed to allow Mrs Buckler to remain in the farmhouse rent free”, “because of her ill health”.
Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Oct 1974
BP licence letters to “Mrs Buckler (Mrs Williams)”
On 31 October 1974 BP sent licence letters addressed to “Mrs Buckler (Mrs Williams)”; they were never accepted (EV-0050, pending).
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0050 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · on the board
White · Evidence 1974
1974 licence letters covered house and garden only
The 1974 licence letters applied to the farmhouse and garden. Working theory: a ruling on those letters does not decide the woodland or the green land, if a separate documentary title to them is shown.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Oct 1974
Licence offered before BP Properties held title
The first 31 October 1974 letter, from BP Pension Trust, recorded an agreed sale to BP Properties; the second, from BP Properties, offered the licence. BP Properties did not take a conveyance until May 1975 (court record).
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Evidence 197?
Letter “Grievous loss” against demolition
A letter by William Rees headed “Grievous loss” appeared in the Western Mail on 19 November (year unclear, 1970s), opposing demolition of the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: The Restoration Campaign · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1955–87
Working theory: a reconstructed “whole farm” parcel
Working theory: a later document or composite parcel was used to reconstruct a “whole farm” description without the genuine documentary chain for the house plot. To be proved or disproved from the conveyances, plans and register history.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
White · Heritage 19 Nov 197–
William Rees: Tŷ Mawr “the manorhouse of Llandough”
A Western Mail letter signed “William Rees, Penarth” opposed demolition of Great House Farm, describing the farmstead of Great House, or Ty Mawr, as “serving as the manorhouse of Llandough” (GHF-E090-N04; year of the cutting unclear).
EV-0051 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1975-02-23
'Agreed to buy' in Oct 1974, plan dated Feb 1975
CA treated BP Properties as able to license because the 31 Oct 1974 letters stated it 'had agreed to buy'; HM Land Registry's file lists a plan to the sale dated 23 February 1975.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) HM Land Registry letter 30 Jul 2026 ; reopen-loop grounds R1/R · wayback.bucklerfamily.estate · on the board
Black · Omission 1975
Two dates for the 1975 conveyance plan
HM Land Registry file WA240304 lists item 13 as a “Plan to conveyance dated 23 February 1975”, while item 1 and every other record give 23 May 1975. Whether this is a typing slip or a second instrument is unresolved.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 23 May 1975
1975 conveyance: BP Pension Trust to BP Properties
On 23 May 1975 BP Pension Trust conveyed the farmhouse and garden to BP Properties, the first conveyance into the company that had issued the October 1974 licence. Title WA240304 was later registered on it; its plan (item 13) is dated 23 February 1975.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E138 — 23 May 1975 BP Pension Trust to BP Properties conveyance and plan (WA240304 items 1, 12, 13) · on the board
Black · Action 23 May 1975
BP Pension Trust conveys to BP Properties, 1975
On 23 May 1975 BP Pension Trust conveyed land to BP Properties Ltd by a deed and plan later relied on for the farmhouse-and-garden first registration, title WA240304. The deed shows what it purported to convey, not that the transferor held every part.
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · Legal Wiki: GHF-E138 — 23 May 1975 BP Pension Trust to BP Properties conveyance and plan (WA240304 items 1, 12, 13) · on the board
Black · Action 23 May 1975
BP Pension Trust conveys to BP Properties, 1975
On 23 May 1975 BP Pension Trust conveyed to BP Properties Ltd; the 1987 judgment records it as “the actual conveyance of the farmhouse and garden”.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Omission 1975
Conflicting 1975 conveyance date on file
Item 13 on the WA240304 schedule is dated “23 February 1975”; every other record dates the BP Pension Trust to BP Properties conveyance 23 May 1975.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 1975-05-23
1975 conveyance to BP Properties
Conveyance of 23 May 1975 from BP Pension Trust to BP Properties; HM Land Registry's file also lists a plan dated 23 February 1975.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0052 reopen-loop ground R1 · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1 Dec 1975
Registration certificate of “undisputed possession”
Compulsory registration of title began in the Vale of Glamorgan on 1 Dec 1975. The solicitor’s certificate form for a first registration states belief that the applicant “is and has been in undisputed possession or in receipt of rents and profits” and knows of nothing “adverse to the applicant”. The February 1983 wording itself is unseen.
EV-0265 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1978–79
1994 burials not shown on Parcel A
GGAT’s 1978–79 excavation was of the Llandough Roman Villa south of the church, not Great House Farm, and it has not been shown that the 1994 burials lay on Parcel A.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1978–79
Llandough Farm is a separate farmstead
Records naming “Great House”, “Ty Mawr” or “Llandough” are not all about this farm: Llandough Farm, south of the church, was a separate farmstead on the Roman villa site, built over for housing in 1978–79; Llandough-juxta-Cowbridge is a different parish.
Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
Black · Omission 1974–88
House only partially recorded “because of ownership dispute”
The Royal Commission’s own archive records that the house remained only partially recorded because of an ownership dispute.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: Where Things Stand — October 2026 · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
White · Heritage 17 Apr 1980
1980 talk: Roman villa, medieval house at Llandough
The Neath Guardian of 17 April 1980 reported a talk by the assistant director of the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust on recent digs at Llandough, where substantial remains of a Roman villa and “part of a later medieval house” were found. The report did not locate the medieval house.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N05 — “Historical Society had notable year” (Neath Guardian, 17 April 1980) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1980
Later good-faith buyers are protected
Limitation Act 1980 s.32(3) protects a later purchaser for valuable consideration who was not party to any fraud, as does the priority rule for registered land. This bears on any remedy concerning the woodland.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Heritage 17 Apr 1980
1980: Trust excavates at Llandough
The Neath Guardian of 17 April 1980 reported a talk by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust’s assistant director on its work, including excavations at Llandough near Cardiff, in the separate Roman-villa context.
Legal Wiki: GGAT — Forensic Assessment and Evidence Schedule v4.0.3 (full text) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N05 — 17 April 1980: “Historical Society had notable year” (Neath Guardian) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N05 — “Historical Society had notable year” (Neath Guardian, 17 April 1980) · on the board
Black · Action May 1980
BP pension fund buys Western Ground Rents
Hansard recorded in May 1980 that Western Ground Rents had been bought by the BP pension fund.
Legal Wiki: Companies House — Forensic Assessment · on the board
White · Evidence 22 May 1980
Hansard 1980: BP fund criticised as ground landlord
In the Commons on 22 May 1980 Ted Rowlands MP stated that Western Ground Rents had been bought by the BP pension fund and that the fund was behaving harshly towards householders as a ground landlord. The debate did not name Great House Farm.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N16 — House of Commons, 22 May 1980: Ted Rowlands MP on BP and Western Ground Rents (Hansard) · on the board
White · Evidence 22 May 1980
Hansard: Ted Rowlands MP on BP, 1980
On 22 May 1980 Ted Rowlands MP raised BP and Western Ground Rents in the House of Commons, as recorded in Hansard (GHF-E090-N16).
Legal Wiki: House of Lords — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N16 — House of Commons, 22 May 1980: Ted Rowlands MP on BP and Western Ground Rents (Hansard) · on the board

Registration and litigation 1982–1987 · 70 black · 33 white

White · Evidence 1982
Possible lack of proper care at first registration
Working theory: if BP or its agent applied to register the house plot despite an excluding conveyance, or without bringing the occupied plot and its occupier to the Registrar’s attention, that could have caused or contributed to a registration mistake.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Action 1982–85
GGAT warning and Land Registry registration, 1982–85
Between 1982 and 1985 an early GGAT archaeological warning about the site was recorded, while HM Land Registry registration of the land proceeded.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · Legal Wiki: GGAT — Forensic Assessment and Evidence Schedule v4.0.3 (full text) · Legal Wiki: HM Land Registry — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Action 1982
Woodland title built from two strands
Woodland title WA735527 contains land tinted blue, from the 1975 farmhouse conveyance, and land tinted pink, from a 1982 conveyance subject to Bute’s 1905 deed with Cardiff Corporation and Western Ground Rents’ 1961 deed. Only the blue part follows the farmhouse strand.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Heritage 1 Oct 1982
1982 warning on the farm’s archaeological sensitivity
On 1 Oct 1982 the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust wrote a letter warning of Great House Farm’s archaeological sensitivity. The recipient and any reply are not known. (source pending)
Legal Wiki: GGAT — Forensic Assessment and Evidence Schedule v4.0.3 (full text) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E139 — 1 October 1982 GGAT warning about Great House Farm · on the board
White · Heritage 1 Oct 1982
GGAT warning about Great House Farm, 1982
On 1 October 1982, weeks before the first registration application, the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust issued a warning about Great House Farm (GHF-E139).
Legal Wiki: Welsh Government — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E139 — 1 October 1982 GGAT warning about Great House Farm · on the board
White · Heritage 1 Oct 1982
GGAT warns of archaeological sensitivity, 1982
A GGAT letter dated 1 October 1982 warned of the archaeological sensitivity of Great House Farm. A copy was served on Cadw in September 2026.
Legal Wiki: Cadw — Forensic Assessment v8.0.0 (full text) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E139 — 1 October 1982 GGAT warning about Great House Farm · on the board
Black · Omission 1 Oct 1982
No action for 2,258 days after 1982 warning
No institutional action is recorded for 2,258 days after GGAT's own archaeological warning of 1 October 1982 (GGAT report T3).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action Oct 1982
Development assessed at Tŷ Mawr Farm, 1982
HER record GGAT02038s records an October 1982 GGAT assessment and consultation concerning Tŷ Mawr Farm (H2.1) and archaeological investigation before development, while the farmhouse was still occupied.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Legal framing Nov 1982
Judgment: BP owned “the whole” farm since 1982
The published judgment states that BP had paper title and had been registered proprietor of “the whole” farm since November 1982, while two separate titles (WA231076 and WA240304) were live until the 1987 amalgamation (EV-0080).
Legal Wiki: Court of Appeal — Forensic Assessment · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0078 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 19 Nov 1982
Conveyance of 19 Nov 1982 behind WA231076
HM Land Registry’s registration history records that the first registration of WA231076 (applied for 30 November 1982) relied on a conveyance dated 19 November 1982, and WA240304 (23 February 1983) on a conveyance dated 23 May 1975.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · on the board
Black · Action 1982–83
BP applies for first registration during occupation
In 1982–83 BP applied for first registration of titles WA231076 and WA240304 while Mary (Nancy) Williams was in occupation (EV-0065, pending).
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0065 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Action 1982–83
HM Land Registry first registration to BP, 1982–83
HM Land Registry first registered the relevant Great House Farm land to BP in 1982/83, while Mary (Nancy) Williams was still living at the house.
Legal Wiki: Procedural Fairness & Notice · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · on the board
Black · Omission 1982–83
“Mrs Williams” and “Mrs Buckler” name mismatch
Records use both “Mrs Williams” and “Mrs Buckler” for the occupier. Working theory: the mismatch may have impeded notice to the actual occupier at first registration.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
White · Evidence 1938–1983
No document shows how Parcel A was acquired
The registration narrative treats the conveyances as covering the farm as one holding. Western Ground Rents acquired Bute's fields (Parcel B) in 1938, but no document on file shows how it or BP acquired the farmhouse parcel (Parcel A).
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Action 30 Nov 1982
First registration of main site, Nov 1982
First registration of the main site, title WA231076, was applied for on 30 November 1982; the title is now registered to Persimmon Homes (Wales) Ltd. The instrument carrying the farmhouse and garden into it has not been identified.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: wp 1790112812130.pdf · Legal Wiki: wp 1790112812098.pdf · on the board
White · Evidence 1982–87
No historic conveyance supplies Parcel A's root
The 1982–83 first registration merged both parcels into one estate, completed by the 1987 amalgamation. Parcel B had a paper root through Bute and WGR; for Parcel A the first-registration material identifies no historic conveyance supplying the root.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
Black · Omission 1982–83
No notice to occupier of first registration
First registration of the land in 1982–83 took place while the family was in occupation, with no evidence that the occupier was given notice or an effective opportunity to object.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: Procedural Fairness & Notice · on the board
White · Evidence 1982–83
1982–83 title: no root for Parcel A
Working theory: BP’s 1982–83 registration merged both parcels into a title with no documentary root for Parcel A, resting on failed attempts to make the occupation of Mary (Nancy) Williams look permissive.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
Black · Action 1982–83
First registration to BP while Mary lived there
HM Land Registry’s first registration placed Great House Farm land in BP’s registered ownership in 1982–83 while the occupier still lived at the farmhouse. Notice of the registration was first seen after Mary (Nancy) Williams died on 26 March 1983, during the mourning period.
Legal Wiki: 1982–83 Registration & Opportunity to Object · on the board
White · Evidence 1983
H-J: an estate built from assertions
BP's registered estate rests on recitals, a statutory declaration and a licence finding rather than a deed proving Parcel A passed to WGR. Test: the 1938 plan and WA240304 item 11.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
theory.md H-J · on the board
Black · Action 1982–83
Two separate first-registration strands
The land entered the register in two strands: WA231076, the earlier strand for the fields (Parcel B), and WA240304, the later farmhouse-and-garden strand relying on the 23 May 1975 conveyance (source pending: EV-0052).
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · EV-0052 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1983
Absolute title may rest on unsupported extent
Working theory: if HM Land Registry accepted absolute title to land whose extent the applicant’s deeds and prior title did not support, that would raise a question of registration mistake. The application plan, deeds, abstract and examination record would settle it.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1983
Returned deeds are not proof of concealment
HM Land Registry normally returned original deeds and abstracts to applicants after first registration, so the absence of the 1969 conveyance and 1971 abstract from the file is not by itself evidence of concealment.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 1982–83
Solicitors certify “no question or doubt” on title
At first registration BP’s solicitors, Linklaters, certified that they knew of “no question or doubt affecting the title”. Mary had pleaded ownership and limitation in court in 1974, and that plea was never withdrawn or decided.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1983
Farmhouse title WA240304 registered, Feb 1983
The farmhouse-and-garden title WA240304, based on the 23 May 1975 conveyance, was applied for on 23 February 1983, later amalgamated into WA231076 and closed.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1983
First-registration application, 23 Feb 1983
HM Land Registry file WA240304 item 10 is the register and first-registration application of 23 February 1983, made a month before Mary (Nancy) Williams died on 26 March 1983.
EV-0066 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1983-02-23
Form 1C registration with statutory declaration
WA240304 registered on Form 1C, 'Not on a Recent Purchase — with Statutory Declaration in Support', edition 23 Feb 1983. HMLR: 'unaware of any dispute'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
EV-0063 reopen-loop ground R3 · on the board
Black · Omission 1983-02-23
Registry 'unaware of any dispute'
HM Land Registry, 25 May 2026: it 'did not receive or were aware of any interest … unaware of any dispute' at the 1982–83 first registrations, while BP's own 1974 action 'has never been finally heard'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) reopen-loop ground R3 (work/reopen-loop/grounds.json) GHF-E153 · greathousefarmwiki.wordpress.com · on the board
Black · Omission 23 Feb 1983
1983 certificate: “no question or doubt” on title
Linklaters applied for the farmhouse title WA240304 on 23 February 1983 and certified they knew of no question or doubt affecting title, though Mary's 1974 plea of ownership had never been decided. Working theory: this omission is material.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
White · Evidence 1983
Actual occupation overrides on registration
Mary (Nancy) Williams was in actual occupation when WA240304 was applied for in 1983. Under s.70(1)(g) Land Registration Act 1925 any proprietary right of hers bound BP on registration (compare Malory v Cheshire Homes [2002] EWCA Civ 151).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1983
Farmhouse title WA240304 applied for, Feb 1983
On 23 Feb 1983 Linklaters applied to register the farmhouse-and-garden title WA240304 on the May 1975 conveyance, certifying no question or doubt affecting title, while the 1974 plea of ownership by Mary (Nancy) Williams was undecided. She died on 26 March 1983.
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1983
First registrations WA231076 and WA240304, 1982–83
First registration of title WA231076 was applied for on 30 Nov 1982 and of WA240304, the farmhouse title, on 23 Feb 1983. The files hold correspondence of April and May 1983, after Mary’s death, and a new register edition of 13 Jan 1984.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · EV-0066 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0069 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0070 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Omission 1983
Working theory: 1983 registration left out Mary’s title
Working theory: BP registered the house parcel in 1983 without disclosing that Mary (Nancy) Williams asserted ownership; the separate documentary root of Parcel A was never reconciled with the registered titles, and the titles were merged in 1987.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Fraud & Concealment — the Family’s Case · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1983
Working theory: a synthetic Parcel A registered
Working theory: the 1982–83 registrations WA231076 and WA240304 created a registered plot that mimicked the historic Parcel A centre, without an independent root of title, and it was later combined with Parcel B. The original applications, deeds and plans would decide this.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr): The Williams–Buckler Dispute · on the board
White · Heritage 26 Mar 1983
Death of Mary (Nancy) Williams, 1983
Mary (Nancy) Williams died on 26 March 1983, during the first-registration period. Her death and those of later witnesses removed first-hand knowledge of the parcel history.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1983
Working theory: a gap became a title fact
Working theory: a gap in the documentary chain to Parcel A was converted into an apparent title fact by registration and by repeated later description. Whether that was accidental, negligent, misleading or fraudulent is unproved.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Fresh Paradigm — Independent Cross-Review of Evidence, Fraud, Concealment & Public Authority Lines (6 October 2026) · on the board
White · Heritage 26 Mar 1983
Death of Mary (Nancy) Williams, 26 Mar 1983
Mary (Nancy) Williams died on 26 March 1983, while the first registration of the Great House Farm land to BP was in progress at HM Land Registry.
Legal Wiki: Potential Miscarriage of Justice: Issue Register · on the board
Black · Omission 18 Mar 1983
Fire destroys Trust’s excavation finds, 1983
The South Wales Echo of 18 March 1983 reported that a fire at the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust’s Swansea warehouse destroyed excavation finds, including Llandough Roman villa material; about 90% was unrecoverable.
EV-0068 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Evidence 26 Mar 1983
Mary died in occupation, never a tenant
Mary (Nancy) Williams died at the farmhouse on 26 March 1983 in occupation of the house parcel (Parcel A), never having signed a tenancy or accepted the licence; the date is also given in the European Commission's decision of 14 April 1989.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · on the board
Black · Omission Mar 1983
Working theory: 1983 registration notice came too late
Working theory: notice connected with the 1983 first registration arrived only after Mary (Nancy) Williams died on 26 March 1983, so she never had the chance to object. The original notice and proof of dispatch are not yet found. (source pending)
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Great House Farm: Case Overview and Key Records · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · EV-0060 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E180 — Reported HMLR notification after Mary (Nancy) Williams’s death (original pending) · on the board
White · Heritage 1983
William Buckler inherits and defends the case
On Mary's death in 1983 her son William Buckler inherited her estate and defended the possession proceedings through 1992.
Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Omission 1983
Notice of registration after Mary’s death
Working theory: notice of the registration reached the occupying family only after Mary (Nancy) Williams died on 26 March 1983, leaving her no practical window to object (source pending).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Procedural Fairness & Notice · on the board
Black · Action 8–12 Apr 1983
Linklaters–HMLR correspondence after Mary's death
On 8 and 12 April 1983 Linklaters and HM Land Registry corresponded on the farmhouse title WA240304, including form D23 “inside exam”, after Mary (Nancy) Williams's death (EV-0069, EV-0070, pending).
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · EV-0069 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0070 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission Apr 1983
April 1983 registration correspondence not obtained
The April 1983 correspondence on the farmhouse title file, written after Mary's death, has not been obtained (GHF-E026-27).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 12 May 1983
Linklaters letters on registration files, 1983
The HM Land Registry file schedule records multiple Linklaters & Paines letters, including correspondence of 12 May 1983, connected with titles WA240304 and WA231076. Linklaters acted for BP in the 1984–87 litigation.
Legal Wiki: Linklaters — Forensic Assessment · on the board
White · Heritage 26 Oct 1983
Farm noted in conservation reports, 1983
The South Wales Echo of 26 October 1983 reported Great House Farm noted in conservation reports by the Community Council and Vale planners.
EV-0072 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 22 May 1984
BP serves writ on William Buckler, 1984
After Mary died on 26 March 1983, her son William Buckler inherited her estate and stayed at the farm. On 22 May 1984 BP served him with a writ for possession of Great House Farm and adjoining land.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams · Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) · on the board
Black · Action 22 May 1984
BP writ for possession, 22 May 1984
On 22 May 1984 BP Properties Ltd issued a writ for possession of the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Omission 22 May 1984
Cardiff Library copy of Bute–Thomas deed
A Cardiff Library copy of the 1877 Bute–Thomas deed and its index card, relevant around BP's writ for possession of 22 May 1984, has not been located (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · on the board
Black · Omission 1984
Bute–Thomas deed copy vanishes from library, 1984
In 1984, the year BP served its writ, a copy of the Bute–Thomas deed and its index card were found missing from Cardiff Library.
Legal Wiki: Daniel Thomas and Alfred Thomas · Legal Wiki: The 1877 Agreement · on the board
White · Evidence 1984–87
Working theory: undisclosed evidence in 1984–87 litigation
Working theory: if the 1984–87 litigation file shows BP held material evidence inconsistent with the case it put to the court and did not disclose it, in circumstances amounting to fraud, a Takhar ground to set aside the 1987 judgment arises.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 1950–87
Record losses cluster around proceedings
Working theory: losses of records cluster around legal proceedings: c.1950–52 before the 1955 action, 1984 at the writ, and 1986/87 at trial and appeal. Explanations are being sought from the record-holders (A-078).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 1984–87
Working theory: title never tried in 1984–87
Working theory: in the 1984–87 litigation Mary's ownership case was set aside and the defence narrowed to adverse possession, leaving ownership of the house parcel untried (§2.1; A-076).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1984–87
“Whole farm” description conflated Parcels A and B
Working theory: the 1986–87 limitation and licence findings were applied to a conflated “whole farm” description that masked the distinction between Parcel A and Parcel B and the 1955 seizure of the Parcel A forest and green. Mary asserted ownership before the 1984 writ.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 1986
Two titles still live in 1986 litigation
The 1986 litigation chronology shows two relevant titles still live, a point listed as an unresolved issue in the scrutiny of the combined process.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Potential Miscarriage of Justice: Issue Register · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1986
Defence counted from 1955 on “whole farm”
The defence counted adverse possession from the 1955 enforcement using the “whole farm” description. Working theory: this later starting point obscured the 1928 title effect and the taking of Parcel A forest and green during enforcement against Parcel B.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm — The Farm / Whole Farm Nomenclature · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · Legal Wiki: The 1955 Possession Order · on the board
White · Evidence 10 Jul 1986
Adverse-possession defence at High Court, 1986
In the High Court action BP v Buckler (hearing 10 July 1986, judgment 24 July 1986), William (Billy) Buckler defended on adverse possession (EV-0074). The trial judgment is not yet held.
Legal Wiki: Testimony — William “Billy” Buckler · EV-0074 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage 1986–87
House only partly recorded due to dispute
RCAHMW recorded that the house was only partly recorded “because of problems created by an ownership dispute”, and that the Johns–Buckler correspondence has been lost “since 1986/87” (A-035, A-036).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1986–87
RCAHMW–Mrs Buckler correspondence missing since 1986
Correspondence between C. N. Johns of RCAHMW and Mrs Buckler (NMR 6048945) has been missing since 1986/87, the years of the High Court trial and appeal (RCAHMW, 10 June 2026).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 24 Jul 1986
High Court judgment for BP, 24 Jul 1986
Mr Justice Hollis heard the case on 10 July 1986 and gave judgment on 24 July 1986. He held that the 1974 letters gave Mary a valid licence, so she was not in adverse possession. Judgment was for BP, the possession order suspended for six months (South Wales Echo, 25 July 1986).
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0074 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The 1974 Licence Letters · on the board
Black · Action 24 Jul 1986
High Court judgment for BP, 24 July 1986
After a hearing on 10 July 1986 before Hollis J, the High Court gave judgment for BP on 24 July 1986, suspending possession for six months (South Wales Echo, 25 July 1986; EV-0074, pending).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0074 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Cuts against 24 Jul 1986
Possessory case for rest of farm failed
The Court of Appeal noted that the possessory-title case for the remainder of the farm had failed at first instance, the acts relied on being found too tenuous and equivocal, and that part of the possession order was not challenged on appeal.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · on the board
Black · Action 1986–87
1986 trial lost; 1987 appeal dismissed
In 1986 Hollis J in the High Court rejected the adverse-possession defence, finding Frederick lacked the intention to possess. In 1987 the Court of Appeal (Dillon LJ) disagreed on intention but dismissed the appeal on the basis of the 1962 order and the 1974 letters.
Legal Wiki: High Court — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Action 1987
Leave to appeal to House of Lords refused
The 1987 Court of Appeal report records: “Leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused but a stay pending a possible application to the House was granted on terms.” A petition for leave to the House of Lords followed (EV-0080, GHF-E142).
Legal Wiki: House of Lords — Forensic Assessment · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1939–1987
Limitation clock treated farmhouse as tenancy land
The Court of Appeal started the limitation clock in 1955 by treating the farmhouse as part of Frederick's tenancy. WGR's own May 1939 tenancy plan shows only the eastern fields (EV-0023). The judgment records the 1916 tenancy as of “the whole of the farm”.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · EV-0023 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: 1938–39: Sale to WGR and the Revised Tenancy · on the board
Black · Action 1987
1987 appeal and HMLR amalgamation during it
The Court of Appeal decided BP Properties Ltd v Buckler in 1987 on the 1974 letters and licence issue. HM Land Registry amalgamated titles during the appeal.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · Legal Wiki: BP v Buckler: Scope, Decided & Undecided · Legal Wiki: 1987 HMLR Amalgamation During Appeal · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1987
1987: BP “registered proprietors” since 1982
The 1987 appeal was “limited to the farmhouse itself and its garden”. The court recited that BP “have the paper title to the farm, and indeed since November 1982 they have been the registered proprietors”, found Frederick and Mary in adverse possession from February 1955, but held title not extinguished because of the 1962 order and 1974 licence.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1987
Title documents “never produced” in 1987
The 1987 court recorded that Mary's title documents were “never produced”, without knowing why. Mary (Nancy) Williams stated in her c.1974 witness statement that they were taken in 1950–52 (F1; A-058).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1987
Mary's ownership case was before the court
Mary's ownership case was recited to the Court of Appeal in 1987, so it was not hidden from that court; the court never saw the plans or papers relied on for it.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 2 Feb 1987
Amalgamation applied for while appeal pending
Two title numbers (WA231076 and WA240304) remained live after the 1986 trial, and an amalgamation application is dated 2 February 1987 while the appeal was pending (source pending: EV-0078). Two title numbers do not by themselves prove different ownership.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0078 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage Feb 1987
Local Plan: buildings on site to be retained
The East Vale Local Plan of February 1987 stated that the buildings on the Great House Farm site were to be retained.
EV-0077 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 2 Feb 1987
Title amalgamation applied for during appeal
On 2 February 1987 an application to amalgamate the farmhouse and main-site titles was made while the appeal was still live.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: 1987 HMLR Amalgamation During Appeal · on the board
Black · Action 2 Feb 1987
Titles amalgamated during the appeal, 1987
An application to amalgamate the registered titles was made on 2 Feb 1987, while the appeal in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler was live. Its exact legal and spatial effect is unproved. (source pending)
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · EV-0078 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1987
Title documents not produced in court
The Court of Appeal dealt with limitation and licence and recorded that the title documents relied on were not produced. The documentary title and root of title to Parcel A have not been shown to have been fully examined in the surviving court record.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 2 Feb 1987
Titles amalgamated while appeal was open, 1987
HM Land Registry’s history records two titles: WA231076 (applied for 30 Nov 1982) and WA240304 (23 Feb 1983, the farmhouse-and-garden title), both live at the judgment of 24 July 1986. Amalgamation was applied for on 2 Feb 1987, while the appeal was open, and WA240304 closed.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: The Two Parcels · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Omission Feb 1987
Local Plan: retain buildings; no preservation notice
The East Vale Local Plan (February 1987) stated the buildings on the site should be retained. The Council had power to serve a building preservation notice (Town and Country Planning Act 1971, s.58); no notice was served.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1987
Court finds a tenancy without written agreement
The 1987 Court of Appeal judgment concluded that “even though there was no written agreement, Mr Frederick Buckler had a periodic tenancy which was protected by the Agricultural Holdings Act.”
Legal Wiki: Frederick Buckler · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1987
1987 defence knew of the separate 1975 conveyance
In 1987 William’s side argued, as its “third argument”, that the farmhouse came under its own May 1975 conveyance. The lawyers therefore knew of the separate conveyance during the litigation, which weakens a later argument that the 1983 registration could not have been discovered.
Legal Wiki: Counter-Evidence & Disconfirmation · EV-0052 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1987
House of Lords leave-to-appeal petition, 1987
After the 1987 Court of Appeal decision, leave to appeal was sought from the House of Lords. The petition papers, identified at The National Archives in September 2026, contradict the 1988 public statement that Mr Buckler “did not appeal”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E142 — 1987 House of Lords petition for leave to appeal: papers · on the board
Black · Action 1987
1987: council drops farm right-of-way application
Llandough Community Council minutes of 1987 record “RIGHT OF WAY FROM GREAT HOUSE FARM TO THE SWISS COTTAGES … there is no justification for the right of way being submitted … no further action.” The minutes name Debenham Tewson as “the agents for BP Properties” and record a licence fee paid to them.
EV-0214 — Legal Wiki evidence page · EV-0044 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 16–17 Jul 1987
Appeal argued Mary held as owner, not licensee
At the appeal hearing of 16–17 July 1987 it was argued that Mary never accepted the 1974 licence because she regarded herself as owner. The court held the 1962 action was in time and the 1974 letters made her possession permissive (EV-0080).
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The 1962 Possession Order · Legal Wiki: The 1955 Possession Order · on the board
Black · Omission Jul 1987
No grant of representation to Mary's estate
The 1987 Court of Appeal report records that no grant of representation to the estate of Mary (Nancy) Williams had been obtained by July 1987. Solicitors: Loosemores for Mr Buckler; Linklaters & Paines for BP Properties.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review Addendum — 6 October 2026 Fresh Reassessment · Legal Wiki: FOI & Records Requests — Backstory, Status and Forward Plan · Legal Wiki: GHF-E141 — 31 July 1987 Court of Appeal judgment: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 · on the board
White · Evidence Jul 1987
Court of Appeal leaves rectification open, 1987
Dillon LJ stated that if Mary had acquired a valid title to the farmhouse and garden, it would have been an overriding interest binding BP’s registration, and her personal representatives would be entitled to seek rectification (EV-0080).
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1987-07-31
'Paper title' and 'registered proprietors'
CA: 'BP Properties Ltd, have the paper title to the farm, and indeed since November 1982 they have been the registered proprietors of it at HM Land Registry'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
White · Evidence 1987-07-31
Assertion alone did not stop time
CA: WGR's advisers 'seem … to have supposed that, if they attended at the farmhouse from time to time and asserted Western Ground Rents' title, that was sufficient to prevent time running'; s.13 of the 1939 Act provides otherwise.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
White · Evidence 1987-07-31
Exclusive possession, as his parents before him
CA: 'there is no doubt that Mr Buckler junior has exclusive possession of the farmhouse and garden, as his parents did before him, and no rent has been paid since 1953.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1987-07-31
Possession 'by the licence of BP Properties'
CA: 'from the time of her receipt of the letters, Mrs Buckler was in possession … by the licence of BP Properties Ltd', applying 'possession is never adverse if it can be referred to a lawful title'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Action 31 Jul 1987
Court of Appeal dismisses appeal, 31 Jul 1987
On 31 July 1987 the Court of Appeal (Dillon LJ, with Mustill LJ and Sir Edward Eveleigh agreeing) gave judgment for BP Properties Ltd in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080).
Legal Wiki: 1987 HMLR Amalgamation During Appeal · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Evidence 1987-07-31
The court's own doubt on unilateral licences
Dillon LJ: 'The claim that a unilateral licence can stop time running is a new one … it would enable a person … to keep his title alive for very many years until it suits him to evict.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 (EV-0080) · on the board
Black · Action 31 Jul 1987
Court of Appeal dismisses appeal, 31 July 1987
On 31 July 1987 the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Action 31 Jul 1987
Court of Appeal judgment, 31 Jul 1987
BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2, 31 July 1987: the appeal of William (Billy) Buckler, limited to the farmhouse and garden, was decided against him (EV-0080).
Legal Wiki: Testimony — William “Billy” Buckler · EV-0080 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E141 — 31 July 1987 Court of Appeal judgment: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler [1987] EWCA Civ 2 · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Jul 1987
Court of Appeal: “whole” farm, registered proprietor
The 1987 Court of Appeal judgment described Bute’s 1916 grant as an agricultural tenancy of the “whole” farm, the 1938 reversion as conveyed to Western Ground Rents, and BP as registered proprietor from November 1982.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · on the board
White · Evidence 31 Jul 1987
Appeal court finds joint adverse possession from 1955
Dillon LJ described the trial judge’s treatment of Mary’s intention as paradoxical and found that Frederick and Mary were jointly in adverse possession of the farmhouse and garden from 2 February 1955. The appeal was dismissed because the 1962 order remained enforceable and the 1974 letters made Mary a licensee.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Cuts against 31 Jul 1987
“Might have been different” limited to licence point
The 1987 appeal judgment’s remark that the result might have been different concerned Mary expressly repudiating the 1974 licence letters. It is not a finding that a full trial of the 1877 root title would have produced a different result.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Jul 1987
1974 letters made possession “permissive” regardless
The Court of Appeal held that BP’s 1974 letters made Mary’s possession permissive whether or not she accepted them.
Legal Wiki: BP v Buckler: Scope, Decided & Undecided · on the board
Black · Omission 31 Jul 1987
“No such documents were, however, ever produced”
The appeal judgment records of Mary’s title papers: “No such documents were, however, ever produced.” Mary (Nancy) Williams’s c. 1974 statement records that the title deed and papers went missing in 1950–52.
Legal Wiki: BP v Buckler: Scope, Decided & Undecided · Legal Wiki: Testimony — Mary (Nancy) Williams (Mrs Mary Doreen Buckler, 1913–1983) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Jul 1987
Court recites BP’s “paper title” as background
In 1984–87 the defence argued adverse possession only. The Court of Appeal recited BP’s “paper title” as background and recorded that Mary’s title documents were “never produced”.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
White · Evidence 31 Jul 1987
1987 judgment did not try title
The 1987 judgment decided limitation and licence, not who owned Parcel A; it did not try title. Later decisions, including HM Land Registry’s 2026 complaint decisions, rely on it as if it settled title.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 31 Jul 1987
Judgment: Mary “conceived the notion” of ancestral title
The 1987 judgment describes Mary as having “conceived the notion” of ancestral title and records that she did not produce the documents. The published reasons do not establish whether the 1877 transaction vested Parcel A in the Williams family.
Legal Wiki: Court of Appeal — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1916–2026
A chain of “whole farm” descriptions
Working theory: each adverse step relies on the one before describing the land as “the farm” or “the whole farm”: the 1916 tenancy, the 1955 and 1962 orders, the 1969 and 1975 conveyances, the 1982–83 registration, the 1987 judgment. No independent conveyance of the house parcel into that chain has been seen.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Evidence 1987
Amalgamation does not prove root title
A register amalgamation is an administrative title event. Its occurrence does not itself establish that the documentary root of title to Parcel A was correct.
Legal Wiki: 1987 HMLR Amalgamation During Appeal · on the board
White · Evidence 1987–88
Petition to the House of Lords, 1987–88
Papers on a petition for leave to appeal to the House of Lords in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler, 1987–88, are catalogued at the Parliamentary Archives (GHF-E142).
Legal Wiki: Parliamentary Archives — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E142 — 1987 House of Lords petition for leave to appeal: papers · on the board
Black · Legal framing 17 Dec 1987
Farm roadway called “an unofficial access route”
Council minutes of 17 December 1987 record a resident's request for VG41 to be “extended up to the farm wall” and describe the farm roadway as “an unofficial access route” (EV-0214).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0214 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board

Eviction and demolition 1988 · 76 black · 29 white

White · Heritage 1988
A house that may have been medieval
HER: features 'suggested that the core of the house may have been medieval'; the survey stayed partial 'because of problems of access created by an ownership dispute'.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
HER GGAT02038s, as quoted by RCAHMW · on the board
Black · Action 3 Mar 1988
House of Lords refuses leave to appeal
The House of Lords refused leave to appeal in BP Properties Ltd v Buckler on 3 March 1988 (source pending: EV-0076).
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0076 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Action 1988
Water supply cut off, 1988
A cut-off of the water supply to the farm in 1988 is recorded (source pending); the date and the party responsible are not established.
Legal Wiki: Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Action Apr 1988
BP public statement, April 1988: “did not appeal”
In April 1988 BP stated Mr Buckler had “lost the court hearing in Cardiff and did not appeal”; he had appealed to the Court of Appeal and sought House of Lords leave. Press reported Mary had “lost three previous High Court cases”; no court decided her ownership.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N07 — “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” (c. 30 April 1988) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15 — South Wales Echo search-result extracts, April 1988 – March 1989 (index of 16 extracts) · on the board
Black · Legal framing Apr 1988
Rent-free stay framed as “ill health”
A BP spokesman stated in April 1988 that Mary was allowed to live there rent-free “because of her ill health”. The 1974 letters followed directly on an undecided ownership plea and a revived possession order (N07, N15).
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N07 — “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” (c. 30 April 1988) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15 — South Wales Echo search-result extracts, April 1988 – March 1989 (index of 16 extracts) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 29 Apr 1988
Echo prints “rent free” framing on eviction day
On 29 April 1988, the day of the eviction attempt, the South Wales Echo printed that the dispute had “been waged for two generations”, that Mr Buckler’s mother had lost “three previous High Court cases”, and that “in 1974 BP Properties agreed to allow Mrs Buckler to remain in the farmhouse rent free”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-01 — Friday 29 April 1988: South Wales Echo (British Newspaper Archive extract) · on the board
Black · Action 29 Apr 1988
29 April 1988 enforcement attempt fails
On 29 April 1988 bailiffs and police attended Great House Farm to enforce possession; the drive was blocked and, after a stand-off involving a chainsaw, the attempt ended without the family being removed.
Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N07 — “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” (c. 30 April 1988) · on the board
Black · Action c. 30 Apr 1988
Bailiffs break in with poleaxes, Apr 1988
South Wales Echo, c.30 Apr 1988, “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on”: “They smashed the lock on the gate and walked round the tractor … Then they started smashing the doors with poleaxes. My children were right behind the door when the axe came through.”
Legal Wiki: Testimony — William “Billy” Buckler · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N07 — “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” (c. 30 April 1988) · on the board
Black · Action 29 Apr 1988
Eviction attempt fails, 29 April 1988
On 29 April 1988 an eviction attempt failed: the drive was blocked by a tractor, doors were axed, and William held the bailiffs off with a chainsaw; the bailiffs withdrew after four hours.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
Black · Action 29 Apr 1988
First bailiff eviction attempt, 29 Apr 1988
A press report recorded five bailiffs and around 15 police officers at the first eviction attempt on 29 April 1988, with South Wales Police stating officers were there to prevent a breach of the peace. The South Wales Echo of 30 April reported a dozen police on the farm.
Legal Wiki: South Wales Police — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N07 — “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” (c. 30 April 1988) · on the board
White · Evidence 29 Apr 1988
Press: BP let Mrs Buckler stay rent free
The South Wales Echo of 29 April 1988 reported that Mary had fought and lost three previous High Court cases and that “in 1974 BP Properties agreed to allow Mrs Buckler to remain in the farmhouse rent free” (EV-0088).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · EV-0088 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · EV-0092 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 30 Apr 1988
First eviction attempt: a dozen police present
The South Wales Echo of 30 April 1988 reported that “a dozen police officers were on the farm as the bailiffs tried to evict the Buckler family”, and that Mr Buckler refused to leave Great House Farm for a medical check-up because he feared the bailiffs would return.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-02 — Saturday 30 April 1988: South Wales Echo (British Newspaper Archive extract) · on the board
White · Evidence 3 May 1988
William Buckler applies to Strasbourg, 1988
On 3 May 1988 William Buckler applied to the European Commission of Human Rights (No. 14464/88), complaining of unfair trial and bias, interference with his home and possessions, and lack of an effective remedy. While it was pending BP took possession and demolished the farmhouse (EV-0122).
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0122 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Action 29 Apr 1988
Four-hour stand-off with bailiffs, 29 Apr 1988
Five bailiffs and about 15 police arrived. William Buckler blocked the drive with a tractor and barred the doors; bailiffs broke the doors with poleaxes and withdrew after a four-hour stand-off. William told the press: “They have got no documents for it. If it’s theirs, why have I never paid a penny in rent for it in my life?” (N07)
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
White · Evidence 12 May 1988
Alun Michael MP asks Lord Chancellor to look
The South Wales Echo of 12 May 1988 reported that Cardiff MP Alun Michael had asked the Lord Chancellor to look at the case of farmer Bill Buckler, who had resisted the bailiffs, and printed Mr Buckler’s warning that someone could be killed.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-03 — Thursday 12 May 1988: South Wales Echo (British Newspaper Archive extract) · on the board
Black · Action c. 30 Apr 1988
Press: “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on”
A newspaper report headed “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” was published around 30 April 1988, during the dispute over the trees and the possession order at Tŷ Mawr (Great House Farm).
Legal Wiki: Home Office — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N07 — “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” (c. 30 April 1988) · on the board
White · Evidence 12 May 1988
MP Alun Michael asks Lord Chancellor to review
On 12 May 1988 the press reported that the Cardiff MP Alun Michael had asked the Lord Chancellor to review the case (N15; EV-0092).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · EV-0092 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Research Leads from the bpvsbuckler Archive · on the board
Black · Legal framing 29 Apr 1988
Press: Mary “fought and lost” three cases
The South Wales Echo of 29 April 1988 reported that Mary had “fought and lost three previous High Court cases” over ownership. The court record shows no case in which her ownership was decided; the 1955 action was against Frederick alone.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Heritage 1988
Cadw officers survey the house, 1988
Branwen, who lived at Great House Farm until 1988, stated that Cadw officers came into the house in 1988, carried out a survey and remarked on the roof beams being high. Cadw’s two inspection photographs are dated 29 July 1988; its decision not to list was reported on 6 Dec 1988.
EV-0255 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 9 Jul 1988
“BP signal Welsh sales”, July 1988
On 9 July 1988, between the April stand-off and the November eviction, the Estates Gazette reported “BP signal Welsh sales”, naming Ropemaker Properties with Debenham Tewson as agents (EV-0093).
EV-0093 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 29 Jul 1988
Cadw photograph of the barn, 29 July 1988
A Cadw survey photograph of the Great House Farm barn, dated 29 July 1988, was disclosed on 11 June 2026. It records the building’s appearance in the heritage-record trail four months before the demolition.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R37-A3 — Cadw barn survey photograph dated 29 July 1988, disclosed 11 June 2026 · on the board
Black · Action 29 Jul 1988
Farm and barn rejected for listing, 1988
Cadw’s 1988 listed-buildings survey assessed Great House Farm and its barn and rejected both for listing. Two photographs dated 29 July 1988 survive, coded “YYY”, meaning “marginally below the bar”.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · on the board
White · Heritage 29 Jul 1988
Cadw photographs of farmhouse and barn, 1988
Cadw/Welsh Government disclosure identified two photographs of the farmhouse and barn dated 29 July 1988 (GHF-E144).
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E144 — 29 July 1988 Cadw inspection photographs and the 5 December 1988 listing decision record · on the board
Black · Action 29 Jul 1988
Great House rejected in 1988 listing survey
Cadw wrote in May 2026 that Great House Farm and the barn were “assessed and rejected for listing in the 1988 community survey of Llandough”, graded marginally below the bar on 29 July 1988. The list that survey produced was issued on 6 April 1989, listing three Llandough buildings.
EV-0272 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 29 Jul 1988
No Cadw record from July to December 1988
No Cadw record has been produced for the five months between its 29 July 1988 photographs of the house and the early-December 1988 listing consideration.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Action 1988
Farmhouse and barn rejected for listing, 1988
Cadw’s listed-buildings casework stated on 21 May 2026 that the farmhouse and barn were assessed and rejected in the 1988 Llandough community survey, and supplied no other electronic records of the decision.
Legal Wiki: Cadw — Forensic Assessment v8.0.0 (full text) · Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
White · Heritage 29 Jul 1988
Cadw assesses the farmhouse for listing, 1988
Cadw’s 2026 disclosure record shows the farmhouse was visited and assessed for listing in 1988. Two Cadw photographs dated 29 July 1988 survive (ATISN 27021; internal review 2 July 2026).
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Omission Jul–Dec 1988
Five-month gap after July 1988 inspection
Five months passed after Cadw's 29 July 1988 inspection; what triggered the December 1988 assessment is unknown.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
Cadw letter to Minister on spot-listing not located
A 1988 Cadw letter to a Minister concerning spot-listing of the farmhouse is reserved as GHF-E152; the original has not been located.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E152 — Cadw letter to the Minister concerning spot-listing, 1988 (awaited original) · on the board
Black · Action 1988
BP Pension Fund sells Llandough and Leckwith woods
South Wales Echo reports of 1989–90 recorded that woodland was “sold to the LAW by BP Pension Fund which owned it until 1988”, including seven woods “in Llandough and Leckwith”, among them Coed Cwm Cydfin, and that the Land Authority for Wales advertised Llandough “Prime Residential Building Land”.
EV-0270 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Evidence 12 Oct 1988
Cadw lists a Rhoose farmhouse unseen inside, 1988
On 12 Oct 1988 Cadw listed Lower Farmhouse, Rhoose (record 13428), “as a little altered early C19 farmhouse having group value with the adjoining cottage”, noting “Interior not available at resurvey”. The record shows the bar applied to a comparable Vale farmhouse weeks before Great House was demolished.
EV-0268 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 1988
House of Lords leave to appeal refused
Western Mail, 6 Dec 1988, reported that the Bucklers had unsuccessfully sought leave to appeal to the House of Lords, an Appeal Committee ruling they had exhausted the remedies available under the laws of England and Wales.
Legal Wiki: Western Mail, 6 December 1988 — “Farmer fails in final eviction hearing” · on the board
Black · Action Oct–Nov 1988
BP Pension Fund sells 1,300 Welsh acres
In October–November 1988 the BP Pension Fund sold about 1,300 acres of Welsh land to Intercontinental Land & Development (Cardiff) Ltd for £29,375,400; the farm site stayed with BP Properties Ltd (EV-0270).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0270 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
Surviving ITV clip is a later copy
The viewing copy of the HTV report (GHF-E113) carries an “itv CYMRU WALES” identifier, a brand first used in 2014. The original transmission, its duration and its edit history have not been established.
Legal Wiki: ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales) — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E113 — ITV Cymru Wales report: Great House Farm, eviction / possession enforcement and injunction · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
Abrupt cut after “prime development land” line
The surviving clip cuts abruptly after the voice-over describes the land as “prime development land overlooking Cardiff” and shows a figure in paramilitary-style dress. Whether this was the original edit or a later re-edit is not established; no censorship finding is made.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales) — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Action late Nov 1988
Bailiffs remove the family; house later demolished
In late November 1988 BP’s enforcement agents and bailiffs entered Great House Farm and removed the occupying family. Injunction proceedings followed, and the farmhouse was demolished in early December 1988.
Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · on the board
Black · Action 30 Nov 1988
Branwen’s recollection of the 1988 removal
Branwen recalled in September 2026 that she went to the farm during the 1988 removal to fetch medicine from the house, not to serve the writ as ITV presented it. She stated that men who appeared to be soldiers dragged her, kicked her and threw her over the gate; ITV footage shows her arm in a sling.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E114 — Branwen: September 2026 recollection of the 1988 removal · on the board
White · Evidence Nov 1988
Branwen’s recollection of the 1988 removal
In September 2026 Branwen gave her recollection of the November 1988 removal: why she went to the house and the physical harm she described suffering.
Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · Legal Wiki: GHF-E114 — Branwen: September 2026 recollection of the 1988 removal · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
Broadcast clip omits pregnancy and infant children
The surviving clip of the 1988 report does not mention that the mother was pregnant or that three infant children lived at the farm. Whether the original broadcast included this has not been established.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales) — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Action 30 Nov 1988
Forced entry and roof stripped, 30 Nov 1988
The South Wales Echo of 30 November 1988 reported that those who “forced their way into the 400-year-old Great House Farm” already had “half the roof off one of the outbuildings”, and that Branwen feared BP Properties would now flatten the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-04 — South Wales Echo search extract, Wednesday 30 November 1988 · on the board
Black · Action Nov 1988
ITV Wales films eviction aftermath, 1988
An ITV Cymru Wales report recorded the aftermath of the 1988 possession enforcement at Great House Farm, the injunction, BP’s position, a reference to the site as development land, and Branwen with her arm in a sling.
Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · Legal Wiki: GHF-E113 — ITV Cymru Wales report: Great House Farm, eviction / possession enforcement and injunction · on the board
White · Evidence 30 Nov 1988
Injunction: “a small victory”, 30 Nov 1988
An ITV Cymru Wales report of 30 Nov 1988 on the eviction and possession enforcement showed Branwen with her arm in a sling, presented as having won a small victory through an injunction and hoping the judge would uphold it.
Legal Wiki: Testimony — Branwen · Legal Wiki: GHF-E113 — ITV Cymru Wales report: Great House Farm, eviction / possession enforcement and injunction · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
Police removal of documents, 1988, no inventory
Documents were removed during a police search in 1988; no inventory has been traced (A-034, source pending).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action c. 30 Nov 1988
“Angry scenes as farmer evicted”
The South Wales Echo front page of about 30 November 1988 (Peter Bibby) carried the headlines “Angry scenes as farmer evicted”, “A bitter feud over rights that lasted 33 years” and “Action on farm”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N14 — “Angry scenes as farmer evicted” (South Wales Echo front page, c. 30 November 1988) · on the board
Black · Omission Nov 1988
Mary’s papers and journal lost in eviction
Possessions including Mary’s papers, photographs and journal were left in the house or thrown into the road during the November 1988 eviction (source pending). William Buckler put the loss at about £30,000 (South Wales Echo, 1989; N13).
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · Legal Wiki: Testimony — William “Billy” Buckler · on the board
Black · Action 30 Nov 1988
Possession taken; bailiffs force entry, Nov 1988
On 29/30 November 1988 possession was obtained; bailiffs forced entry and William was taken to Llandough Hospital (press, Wednesday 30 November).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
Black · Action 30 Nov 1988
Bailiffs evict the Bucklers, 30 Nov 1988
On 30 November 1988 the South Wales Echo front page ran “Angry scenes as farmer evicted”. Bailiffs who forced entry had already removed half the roof of one outbuilding, and Branwen feared BP would flatten the farmhouse (N14, N15).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Action 30 Nov 1988
HTV “Eviction News Material”, 30 Nov 1988
National Library of Wales catalogue item 507738, “Eviction News Material, 30 November 1988”, records a one-minute HTV Wales item: bailiffs removing furniture, removal vans, and Branwen leaving the farm, with a report that the High Court granted an injunction stopping BP demolishing the farm.
Legal Wiki: ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales) — Forensic Assessment · gwylio-gwrando.llyfrgell.cymru · on the board
Black · Action 30 Nov 1988
“Angry scenes as farmer evicted”, 1988
The South Wales Echo of about 30 Nov 1988 reported the eviction under the headline “Angry scenes as farmer evicted”.
Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N14 — “Angry scenes as farmer evicted” (South Wales Echo front page, c. 30 November 1988) · on the board
Black · Omission 30 Nov 1988
Eviction tape catalogued “Not viewed”
The National Library of Wales record for the 30 November 1988 eviction tape reads “Not viewed”; the clip's position on the tape is unknown and no catalogue or online-publication date appears. The separate 5 December 1988 “Wales at Six” demolition report has not been located.
Legal Wiki: ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales) — Forensic Assessment · on the board
White · Heritage 1988
Cadw officers note high roof beams, 1988
Before Cadw's 5 December 1988 decision, Cadw officers entered the house and carried out a survey, remarking on the height of the roof beams (witness statement of Branwen, 19 October 2026; EV-0255). Inspection date source pending.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0255 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0095 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
Black · Action 30 Nov 1988
HTV Wales films the eviction, 30 Nov 1988
National Library of Wales catalogue item 507738, “Eviction News Material, 30 November 1988”, is a one-minute HTV Wales videocassette recorded and broadcast on 30 Nov 1988.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · gwylio-gwrando.llyfrgell.cymru · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
Only five seconds of ITV eviction coverage found
A five-second clip of Great House Farm survives from ITV coverage broadcast between sports programmes. The remainder of the broadcast has not been located; ITV archive, transmission records and production files would show what the unseen material contained.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
ITV clip omits pregnancy and children
A separate ITV clip of the 1988 events contains abrupt transitions and apparent omissions; it does not mention that Branwen was pregnant or that children were in the house.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
White · Evidence 2–3 Dec 1988
Interim injunction: farmhouse must not be touched
On 2–3 December 1988 the High Court granted an interim injunction that the farmhouse must not be touched, while Cadw considered spot-listing.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
Black · Action 3 Dec 1988
Farmer taken from hospital bed to face charges
The South Wales Echo of 3 December 1988 reported that evicted farmer Bill Buckler, 40, “caught up in a 33-year wrangle”, was taken from his hospital bed to face charges of assaulting two bailiffs.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-06 — South Wales Echo search extract, Saturday 3 December 1988 · on the board
Black · Action 1988
HTV report: “SAS style” eviction, “prime development land”
An HTV Wales report (GHF-E113), reporter Miles Fletcher, presenter Nicola Heywood-Thomas, described the eviction as “SAS style”, called the site “prime development land overlooking Cardiff”, and reported a High Court injunction stopping BP demolishing the farm. Transmission date not yet identified.
Legal Wiki: ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales) — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E113 — ITV Cymru Wales report: Great House Farm, eviction / possession enforcement and injunction · on the board
White · Evidence Nov 1988
Working theory: the house was unlawfully occupied
Working theory: if the House Plot remained outside BP’s registered title, the 1988 possession enforcement operated against land belonging to the Williams/Buckler line, and the later control of the house was an unlawful occupation. This is an issue for counsel.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · on the board
Black · Action 2 Dec 1988
High Court summons against BP, Dec 1988
The South Wales Echo of 2 December 1988 reported that a summons against BP would be heard on Monday 5 December; Mr Justice Anthony Evans allowed that the family could enter the house to collect belongings only “as long as BP solicitors agree”. The family had also lodged a petition.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-05 — South Wales Echo search extract, Friday 2 December 1988 · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
Occupiers not consulted on listing
The occupiers were not consulted on listing of the farmhouse; the Cadw report accepts this was not then a statutory duty (Cadw report VI.5).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action Nov 1988
Programme calls the removal “SAS-style operation”
A contemporary television programme described the manner of the 1988 removal as an “SAS-style operation”. The wording does not establish that the personnel were SAS.
Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · on the board
Black · Legal framing Nov 1988
“Regaining possession”: wording that assumes entitlement
BP and press wording described the 1988 events as “regaining possession”, language that assumes a prior legal entitlement to possession rather than describing the event.
Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · on the board
Black · Legal framing Dec 1988
Cadw publicly “considering” listing after July coding
Cadw publicly stated in December 1988 that it was “considering” listing, after coding the farmhouse below the bar in July 1988 (Cadw report VI.3).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
No sign earlier surveys were considered
Cadw could not confirm whether the 1974 RCAHMW survey, the Sites and Monuments Record, GGAT's 1978–80 work or the 1982 warning were considered in its 1988 assessment (Cadw report VII.2–3).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 3 Dec 1988
“History fight to save farm”, 1988
The South Wales Echo, in a cutting annotated 3 December 1988, reported a “History fight to save farm” as Great House Farm faced demolition.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E172 — South Wales Echo 3 December 1988: History fight to save farm and demolition report · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N08 — “History fight to save farm” (South Wales Echo, 3 December 1988) · on the board
Black · Omission 3–5 Dec 1988
Cadw assessment: 48 hours over a weekend
Cadw's listing assessment was compressed into about 48 hours across a weekend (3–5 December 1988), with no access to interiors and no surviving methodology (Cadw report VI.1).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Heritage 3 Dec 1988
Cadw considers emergency spot-listing, Dec 1988
The South Wales Echo of 3 December 1988 reported that Cadw was considering emergency “spot-listing” and that an inspector was being asked to look at the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: Cadw — Forensic Assessment v8.0.0 (full text) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N08 — “History fight to save farm” (South Wales Echo, 3 December 1988) · on the board
Black · Action 5 Dec 1988
Injunction not continued pending ECHR application
On 5 December 1988 Judge Norman Francis refused to continue the injunction pending the European Commission application; the same day Cadw declined to list.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupation · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
Black · Action 3 Dec 1988
Demolition begins within hours of eviction
The South Wales Echo of 3 December 1988 reported that demolition began within hours of the bailiffs forcing entry, although a High Court judge had issued an interim injunction that the farmhouse and contents must not be touched. William Buckler, in hospital since the eviction, was taken to face assault charges (N08, N15).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
White · Evidence 3 Dec 1988
“Fighting for 33 years to prove ownership”
The South Wales Echo of 3 December 1988 reported that the family had been fighting for 33 years to prove ownership of the farmhouse (GHF-E090-N08).
Legal Wiki: Repeated attempts to frame Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Parcel A occupation as permissive · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N08 — “History fight to save farm” (South Wales Echo, 3 December 1988) · on the board
Black · Action 5 Dec 1988
Injunction to stop demolition refused, Dec 1988
Western Mail, 6 Dec 1988: after a hearing in chambers a judge at Cardiff dismissed the application of Mr and Mrs Buckler for an injunction restraining BP Properties Ltd from destroying or damaging the fabric of the building.
Legal Wiki: Western Mail, 6 December 1988 — “Farmer fails in final eviction hearing” · on the board
White · Evidence 7 Dec 1988
Councillor and BP pensioner calls demolition “disgusting”
The South Wales Echo of 7 December 1988 (Peter Collins) reported that a Vale of Glamorgan councillor who was also a BP pensioner called BP Properties’ decision to flatten the buildings “disgusting” and planned to write in protest over the 33-year family battle.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-08 — South Wales Echo search extract, Wednesday 7 December 1988 (Peter Collins) · on the board
Black · Action 5 Dec 1988
Spot-listing refused, 5 Dec 1988
Spot-listing of the farmhouse was reported refused on 5 December 1988, the day before demolition. Cadw's 2026 search found two photographs and no surviving listing file.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: Cadw — Forensic Assessment v8.0.0 (full text) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 5 Dec 1988
Eleventh-hour Strasbourg application “could not” stop demolition
The judge held that an application to the European Commission “at the eleventh hour” could not set up a right to “injunctive relief”, and that it would be novel to hold up the effects of a judgment until the Court of Human Rights ruled (Western Mail, 6 Dec 1988).
Legal Wiki: Western Mail, 6 December 1988 — “Farmer fails in final eviction hearing” · on the board
Black · Omission Dec 1988
GGAT absent from December 1988 record
GGAT is absent from the December 1988 listing and demolition record; whether it had notice is untested (T1–T2).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 6 Dec 1988
Farmhouse demolished, 6 December 1988
The farmhouse at Great House Farm was demolished on 6 December 1988, immediately after the recorded Cadw decision of 5 December not to list it.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 6 Dec 1988
High Court fight ends; BP acts “within hours”
The South Wales Echo of 6 December 1988 reported that the family’s battle of “more than 30 years to prove they owned the historic farmhouse” ended the previous afternoon in the High Court in Cardiff, and that “within hours” BP Properties acted; the farmhouse was demolished in the early hours of 6 December.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-07 — South Wales Echo search extract, Tuesday 6 December 1988 · on the board
Black · Action 6 Dec 1988
House and farm buildings destroyed, 6 Dec 1988
RCAHMW archive 6048945 records: “The house and farm buildings were suddenly and completely destroyed by B. P. Properties Ltd. on 6th December 1988”. The press chronology dates the outbuildings’ demolition to 30 November 1988.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=1235 · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=27 · on the board
Black · Action 5–6 Dec 1988
House demolished overnight, 5–6 December 1988
The house was demolished overnight on 5–6 December 1988, within hours of the injunction being refused and spot-listing being declined, while a Strasbourg application was pending.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Heritage c. 7 Dec 1988
“It was the family history”: demolition, Dec 1988
Under the headline “Tears flow as 800 year-old farm house is razed at last” (c.7 Dec 1988), Branwen stated the family were “absolutely devastated”: “Great House Farm was more than just a house, it was the family history with all the people who have been born or died there over the last 400 years.”
Legal Wiki: Testimony — Branwen · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N11 — “Tears flow as 800 year-old farm house is razed at last” (c. 7 December 1988) · on the board
Black · Action 5 Dec 1988
Injunction to stop demolition refused, 5 Dec 1988
On 5 December 1988 in Cardiff, Judge Norman Francis dismissed the Bucklers’ application for an injunction to stop BP damaging the building until the European Commission of Human Rights had considered the case. Cadw stated the house was not of sufficient architectural merit (Western Mail, 6 December 1988; N10).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
White · Heritage 6 Dec 1988
“Reputed to be 800 years old”, 1988
Western Mail, 6 Dec 1988, “Farmer fails in final eviction hearing”: Janet Harris stated the house had been in the family for four generations. “It is reputed to be 800 years old and yet it seems they can destroy it on what is a whim.”
Legal Wiki: Testimony — Janet Harris · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N10 — “Farmer fails in final eviction hearing” (Western Mail, 6 December 1988) · on the board
Black · Omission 5 Dec 1988
No Cadw record of 5 Dec 1988 decision
The only located source for a Cadw statement on 5 Dec 1988, the day before demolition, is the Western Mail of 6 Dec 1988. Cadw holds only two photographs of 29 July 1988, records no December inspectors’ visit, and declined to “speculate on the events around the listing assessment”.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Omission 29 Nov – 6 Dec 1988
No HTV film found of demolition days
Possession was taken from 29 November 1988 and demolition began at about 4am on 6 December 1988. No HTV Wales film of these days has yet been identified.
Legal Wiki: ITV Cymru Wales (formerly HTV Wales) — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Omission 6 Dec 1988
House only partly recorded before demolition
The regional Historic Environment Record notes the building was completely demolished on 6 Dec 1988 and that the structure had only been partly recorded because of problems arising from the ownership dispute.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 1988-12-06
Demolition, 6 December 1988
'The house and farm buildings were suddenly and completely demolished by B.P. Properties Ltd. on 6th December 1988 amid considerable local controversy.'
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
HER GGAT02038s, as quoted by RCAHMW · on the board
Black · Action Dec 1988
Photograph of the half-demolished farmhouse
A David Purser Photography black-and-white image shows the partially demolished Great House Farm farmhouse, with St Dochdwy’s church tower behind, taken during the December 1988 demolition.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E170 — David Purser Photography: Great House Farm ruins with St Dochdwy church, c.1988 · on the board
White · Heritage 7 Dec 1988
Press: “800 year-old farm house” razed
A press cutting of about 7 December 1988 was headlined “Tears flow as 800 year-old farm house is razed at last” (EV-0106).
EV-0106 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 6 Dec 1988
“Bulldozed Before Breakfast”: farmhouse demolished
On 6 December 1988 a twenty-strong team with bulldozers moved in just after 4am; by breakfast no building was left standing. Branwen and the three children watched (N11; Echo headline “Bulldozed Before Breakfast”).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Omission Dec 1988
No record of Cadw consulting the occupiers
No record shows that Cadw consulted the occupiers or gave them a chance to provide information during the 1988 spot-listing consideration.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
White · Evidence 9 Dec 1988
Llandough villagers meet councillors in anger
The South Wales Echo of 9 December 1988 reported a bid to stop BP Properties profiting from the demolition “earlier this week” of “an 800-year-old farmhouse”, and that a group of Llandough villagers met local councillors to express their anger at the way BP had demolished it.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-09 — South Wales Echo search extract, Friday 9 December 1988 · on the board
Black · Omission Dec 1988
Cadw: site “not of sufficient archaeological interest”
In December 1988 Cadw stated the land was not of sufficient archaeological interest, though the site had been publicly identified with the early monastery of St Dochdwy and the area excavated in 1977–80. In 1994 it yielded over 1,000 early-medieval burials.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N04 — “Grievous loss” (Western Mail, letter from William Rees, 19 November 1974 or 1977) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N05 — “Historical Society had notable year” (Neath Guardian, 17 April 1980) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N06 — “Burnt relics represented years of digs” (South Wales Echo, 18 March 1983) · on the board
White · Heritage Dec 1988
Ogee-stopped beam found in the rubble
Richard Suggett of RCAHMW visited briefly after the demolition in December 1988; the reason is not recorded. The HER text records: “Examination of the rubble brought to light no new features except an ogee-stopped beam with torus”.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=1100 · on the board
Black · Omission after 1988
Cadw listing file gone; no destruction record
Cadw's whole listing file for the farmhouse, except two photographs, is missing, with no destruction or transfer record (Cadw report, Parts VIII and X).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · Legal Wiki: Cadw — Forensic Assessment v8.0.0 (full text) · on the board
White · Evidence 7–13 Dec 1988
Villagers and a councillor condemn demolition
Between 7 and 13 December 1988 a Vale councillor and BP pensioner called the demolition “disgusting”, and Llandough villagers met councillors. William Buckler, bailed, told the press: “All I’ve got left are the clothes I stand up in” (N15).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Action 10 Dec 1988
Farmer freed on bail after demolition week
The South Wales Echo of 10 December 1988 reported that Mr Buckler, 40, who lived with his family at Great House Farm until BP Properties demolished it that week, had been freed on bail by magistrates the day before, on charges he faced.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-10 — South Wales Echo search extract, Saturday 10 December 1988 · on the board
White · Heritage 12 Dec 1988
RCAHMW plan annotated after demolition
RCAHMW record NMR 6048941 is an ink plan annotated “Additions made 12/12/1988”, dating the work recorded on it to after the demolition.
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Omission Dec 1988
RCAHMW post-demolition visit undocumented
RCAHMW record NMR 6048945 is Richard Suggett’s one-page post-demolition record. RCAHMW holds no record of the date or purpose of the visit beyond the catalogue entry; a 29 September 2026 reply confirmed the visit took place after the demolition.
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Action 13 Dec 1988
“All I’ve got left are the clothes”
The South Wales Echo of 13 December 1988 quoted Mr Buckler, evicted from Great House Farm by BP Properties, “who demolished the building a week later”: “All I’ve got left are the clothes [I] stand up in.”
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-11 — South Wales Echo search extract, Tuesday 13 December 1988 · on the board
Black · Action 13 Dec 1988
“All I’ve got left are the clothes”
South Wales Echo, 13 Dec 1988, quoted William (Billy) Buckler after the eviction and demolition: “All I’ve got left are the clothes [I] stand up in.” (EV-0110)
Legal Wiki: Testimony — William “Billy” Buckler · EV-0110 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage Dec 1988
Suggett records features in the rubble
In December 1988 R. F. Suggett of RCAHMW examined the rubble and recorded a fireplace jamb, an ogee-stopped beam with torus, and the loss of the carved stone capital kept by the front door (HER GGAT02038s).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) · on the board
Black · Omission Dec 1988
No record of demolition notice to RCAHMW
RCAHMW holds no record of being notified of the 1988 demolition and no record of any emergency recording of the building.
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
White · Heritage Dec 1988
HER classifies the site “POST MEDIEVAL – Farm”
Historic Environment Record GGAT02038s is classified “POST MEDIEVAL – Farm” for Great House Farm, while describing a historic site beside the parish church with medieval pottery and ironwork recorded.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · archwilio.org.uk · on the board
Black · Omission 1988
Court and ministerial records of 1988 still unseen
Not yet seen: the court record of the 1988 interim injunction and of the 5 December hearing, magistrates’ court records for 1988–89, and Alun Michael’s correspondence with the Lord Chancellor’s Department.
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
White · Evidence 21 Dec 1988
Reader’s letter: “just like a wartime sight”
A reader’s letter in the South Wales Echo of 21 December 1988 responded to the Echo’s 6 December report “Bulldozed Before Breakfast”: “How awful for the unfortunate Buckler family”. It ran with a photograph of Branwen and the children near the remains of the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-12 — South Wales Echo search extract, Wednesday 21 December 1988 (reader’s letter) · on the board

Aftermath and redevelopment 1989–1999 · 69 black · 20 white

White · Heritage 1989
House described as “county treasure”, 1989
The phrase “county treasure” for the house appears in 1989 papers; the Cadw report attributes it to BP's redevelopment papers, the GGAT report to GGAT's own 1989 report.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action undated (after Dec 1988)
Housing application on former Great House Farm site
A planning officer’s report on an outline application for residential development and a new access road described “a 3.4 acre site located adjacent St. Dochdwy Parish Church … The site formerly contained a number of buildings including Great House Farm, but all buildings on the site have now been demolished.”
EV-0201 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 6 Jan 1989
Bail conditions changed for evicted farmer
The South Wales Echo of 6 January 1989 reported, under “Bail change for evicted farmer”, that Mr Buckler, 40, had his bail conditions changed on charges of assault, criminal damage and wanton or furious driving, after the house was “demolished late last year”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-13 — South Wales Echo search extract, Friday 6 January 1989 · on the board
White · Evidence Jan 1989
Charge against evicted farmer dropped, 1989
A January 1989 newspaper cutting reported that a charge against the evicted farmer was dropped.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 1988–89
Local Plan called for retention; buildings demolished
The adopted East Vale Local Plan Policy H.2 stated the farm buildings should be retained, yet they were demolished before the housing application was determined. No record yet shows how the Council reconciled the two.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Action 1989
BP’s agents open redevelopment talks after demolition
Following the December 1988 demolition, GGAT entered discussions with Debenham Tewson, agents for the site owners BP Properties Ltd, on the archaeological implications of redevelopment.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Evidence 11 Feb 1989
Vale authorises legal action against BP, 1989
South Wales Echo, 11 Feb 1989, p.2, reported that the Vale of Glamorgan Council authorised legal action against BP Properties after a 13 December 1988 letter went unanswered, and that an enforcement notice was being prepared.
Legal Wiki: Press and Archive Leads — October 2026 · on the board
White · Evidence 11 Feb 1989
Vale councillors authorise action against BP, 1989
On 11 February 1989 the South Wales Echo reported that Vale councillors had authorised legal action against BP Properties over the demolition (EV-0117).
EV-0117 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action Mar 1989
Monuments record: “building destroyed by owners”
The Sites and Monuments Record card PRN 02038s, dated March 1989, records the farmhouse as “building destroyed by owners” (EV-0118).
EV-0118 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 20 Mar 1989
Lorries clear the site, 20 March 1989
The South Wales Echo of 20 March 1989 reported that lorries moved onto the site at 7.30am for an operation “likely to take several days”, after something was brought “to the ground by BP Properties following a 30 year legal battle over ownership”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-14 — South Wales Echo search extract, Monday 20 March 1989 · on the board
Black · Action 23 Mar 1989
Evicted farmer freed after guilty plea, March 1989
The South Wales Echo of 23 March 1989 reported, under the headline “Evicted farmer freed after pleading guilty”, that the farmer who lost his home at Great House Farm when it was demolished “at the end of last year” had admitted two matters (cut off in the extract).
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-15 — South Wales Echo search extract, Thursday 23 March 1989 · on the board
Black · Action 20 Mar 1989
Lorries begin clearing the site, March 1989
On 20 March 1989 lorries began clearing the farm site (press).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
Black · Action 20 Mar 1989
Outbuildings then farmhouse demolished; rubble cleared 1989
The outbuildings were demolished on 30 November and the farmhouse on 5–6 December 1988, dates the press corroborates. Lorries began clearing the rubble at 7.30am on 20 March 1989 (South Wales Echo; N15).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
White · Evidence 24 Mar 1989
“I will fight on to the death”, 1989
The South Wales Echo of 24 March 1989 reported, under a “farmer freed” headline, that Billy Buckler vowed to continue his fight over the loss of his historic family home and “more than 70 acres of land”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N15-16 — South Wales Echo search extract, Friday 24 March 1989 · on the board
Black · Action 1988–89
Demolition and clearance removed the house floors
GGAT’s 1990 Trench 7 found that only features cut into the clay and lias substrate survived; any floor levels of the north-west part of Great House Farm had been removed during the 1988 demolition or the 1989 clearance.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
Black · Omission 6 Apr 1989
Cadw resurvey list issued after demolition
On 6 April 1989, four months after the demolition, Cadw issued the Llandough community resurvey list (13430, 13431; the church 13432 dated 4 June 1989) (EV-0272).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0272 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 14 Apr 1989
ECHR application declared inadmissible, 1989
William Buckler applied to the European Commission of Human Rights on 3 May 1988 (No. 14464/88). BP took possession and demolished the house while it was pending. On 14 April 1989 the Commission declared it inadmissible, finding the loss of the home lawful and justified.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Action 14 Apr 1989
Human Rights Commission rules application inadmissible
In 1989 the European Commission of Human Rights accepted that the possession order interfered with William Buckler’s home, his home since birth, but held it lawful and justified and declared the application inadmissible (GHF-E027-09; EV-0122).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · EV-0122 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · on the board
Black · Action 14 Apr 1989
Strasbourg application declared inadmissible, 1989
European Commission of Human Rights application 14464/88 was declared inadmissible on 14 April 1989. The decision did not determine the underlying title chain.
Legal Wiki: European Commission of Human Rights / Strasbourg — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Legal framing 14 Apr 1989
Commission: loss justified by BP’s “rights as owner”
The Commission’s 14 April 1989 decision held the loss of the home lawful and justified to protect BP’s rights as owner, and found William had no “possession” in law because the courts held the property belonged to another. It ruled on the domestic findings without seeing the title documents.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Action 14 Apr 1989
ECHR application declared inadmissible, 1989
The application of William (Billy) Buckler to the European Commission of Human Rights (14464/88), under Articles 6, 8, 13 and Article 1 of Protocol 1, was declared inadmissible on 14 April 1989 (EV-0122).
Legal Wiki: Testimony — William “Billy” Buckler · EV-0122 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E145 — European Commission of Human Rights application 14464/88 and the 14 April 1989 inadmissibility decision · on the board
Black · Action 14 Apr 1989
Strasbourg application 14464/88 declared inadmissible
William Buckler’s application 14464/88 to the European Commission of Human Rights (lodged 3 May 1988) was declared inadmissible on 14 April 1989: no “possession” because the courts had held the property belonged to another. The case file was later destroyed under the Court’s retention policy.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E145 — European Commission of Human Rights application 14464/88 and the 14 April 1989 inadmissibility decision · on the board
Black · Omission 1989
Strasbourg case file destroyed
The original European Commission case file for application 14464/88 is reported destroyed; whether the 1974 survey was before the Commission is not established.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 1989
Strasbourg ruling leaves new-evidence route open
The 1989 inadmissibility decision of the European Commission of Human Rights was made on the 1988 record, without the title documents. It does not bar domestic proceedings on new evidence.
Legal Wiki: Anticipated Objections and the Family’s Answers · on the board
Black · Action 1989
Evicted family lives with relatives, plans bus home
In 1989 William, Branwen and their children lived with his sister in Penarth, and he planned to convert an old bus into a home (South Wales Echo, “From farm to a bus”, Peter Collins; N13).
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · on the board
White · Heritage 1989
1989 report: farmhouse a “county treasure”
GGAT’s 1989 planning report described the farmhouse “as having been listed as a ‘county treasure’”. Cadw records that the house was not a designated asset and “did not meet the listing criteria”.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=27 · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=599 · on the board
Black · Omission after 1988
Planning document calls house “a listed building”
A later planning document calls the house “a listed building”; it was never listed. The document's source is unknown (XIII.5; A-054).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1989
Planning report’s appendices B–E missing
The Vale planning officer’s report on application 89/01396/OUT refers to appendices B–E, which are missing from the surviving record; Appendix B held further archaeology comments from the Trust.
Legal Wiki: GGAT — Forensic Assessment and Evidence Schedule v4.0.3 (full text) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E146 — 1989 planning officer’s report 89/01396/OUT (appendices B–E missing) and the 13 March 1990 outline permission · on the board
Black · Action 1989
“From farm to a bus”, 1989
South Wales Echo, 1989, “From farm to a bus” by Peter Collins: “They have taken everything from me and my family. I have lost my livelihood.” The report recorded £30,000 of possessions taken from the site (EV-0112).
Legal Wiki: Testimony — William “Billy” Buckler · EV-0112 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E090-N13 — “From farm to a bus” (South Wales Echo, 1989) · on the board
Black · Omission 1989–90
GGAT advised, priced, then was commissioned
In one 1989–90 document GGAT advised the regulator, specified the method, priced the work (£2,000) and disclosed negotiations with BP, and was then commissioned. Separation of functions has never been shown (T4–T5; A-043).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1989–90
1989–90 County Engineer planning sheets missing
The NRA and County Engineer typed planning sheets for the 1989–90 development sequence, which could show right-of-way considerations, are missing (M-004).
Legal Wiki: Missing Records Register · on the board
Black · Action 10 Oct 1989
BP sells part (Oakview) to private buyers
On 10 October 1989 BP transferred part of the land (title WA513690, Oakview) to private buyers, with fencing covenants.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Action 18 Oct 1989
Outline planning application for the site, 1989
Outline planning application 89/01396/OUT for development of the Great House Farm site was received on 18 October 1989.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd and BP Pension Trust · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · Legal Wiki: Redevelopment and Church View Close · EV-0122 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 1990–94
Post-demolition planning and archaeology, 1990–94
A 1990 GGAT Great House Farmhouse assessment, 1992 approval material and a 1994 Cotswold Archaeology Llandough report document post-demolition planning and archaeological handling of the site.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: GGAT — Forensic Assessment and Evidence Schedule v4.0.3 (full text) · Legal Wiki: Heneb — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: RCAHMW — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Omission 1989–90
Annexes missing from 1989–90 planning file
The 1989–90 planning material for application 89/01396/OUT lacks annexes (Appendices B–E) referred to in the officer’s report. Some submissions are understood to have given reasons against demolition of the historic farmhouse (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: Redevelopment and Church View Close · on the board
Black · Action 1990
GGAT 1990 assessment commissioned by BP
Cadw recorded that GGAT's 1990 assessment of Great House Farmhouse was “commissioned by BP Properties Ltd” but drew no conclusion from it (XI.2; A-042).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1990
1990 report gives wrong demolition date
The 1990 archaeological report gives 1983 as the demolition date in one section; the error was never corrected (T11; PL-010).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1990
1990: homes bid for Great House Farm land
The South Wales Echo of 23 Feb 1990 reported that “company chiefs are bidding [to] build homes on land where battling South Wales farmer Billy Buckler fought unsuccessfully to stop bailiffs evicting him”.
EV-0273 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 23 Feb 1990
Homes bid on Great House Farm land, 1990
The South Wales Echo (23 February 1990) reported a homes bid on the Great House Farm land on its front page; the Community Council made no objection but wanted a village green (EV-0273).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0273 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Omission 13 Mar 1990
1989 planning report: appendices B–E missing
The 1989 officer’s report on application 89/01396/OUT dealt with the demolition in one clause, and its appendices B–E are missing. Outline permission was granted on 13 March 1990. A later planning document called the house “a listed building”, which it never was.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E146 — 1989 planning officer’s report 89/01396/OUT (appendices B–E missing) and the 13 March 1990 outline permission · on the board
Black · Action 13 Mar 1990
Outline permission for housing, 13 Mar 1990
The 1989 planning officer’s report on application 89/01396/OUT led to outline permission for housing on the site on 13 March 1990; appendices B–E of the report are missing from the file.
Legal Wiki: Vale of Glamorgan Council — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E146 — 1989 planning officer’s report 89/01396/OUT (appendices B–E missing) and the 13 March 1990 outline permission · on the board
Black · Action 13 Mar 1990
Outline planning consent with archaeology condition
The Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council granted outline planning consent on condition that “no development shall take place until a field evaluation survey and archaeological assessment report has” been completed (GGAT 1990).
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Heritage 29 Apr 1990
Death of William (Billy) Buckler, 1990
The 1991 probate calendar records “BUCKLER, William Beverley of [Penarth] S Glam died 29 April 1990 Administration Llandaff 11 July”, a probable match for William (Billy) Buckler. Another record gives 29 May 1990; the conflict is unresolved.
EV-0274 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage 29 Apr or 29 May 1990
Death of William (Billy) Buckler, 1990
William (Billy) Buckler, born at Great House Farm around 1948–49, the middle one of seven children, died in 1990 at Llandough Hospital. Two dates are on record: 29 May 1990, and 29 April 1990 in the probate calendar (William Beverley Buckler of Penarth).
Legal Wiki: The Williams / Buckler Family · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) · on the board
Black · Omission 13 Mar 1990
No planning agreement located for 1990 permission
No section 52 agreement, planning covenant or other development agreement has been located for outline permission 89/01396/OUT, granted on 13 March 1990.
Legal Wiki: Master Scrutiny Issue Register — Public, Court & Institutional Handling · on the board
White · Heritage 1990
Archaeology on the site: assessment and burials
Archaeological warnings preceded a 1990 assessment of the site; later excavation recovered a substantial burial assemblage.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 1989–94
No record of environmental screening or consultation
Environmental-assessment screening and the statutory archaeological consultation route for the redevelopment are not recorded (PL-013, PL-015).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Heritage Aug 1990
1990 archaeological assessment of Great House Farm
In August 1990 the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust wrote “Land at Great House Farm, Llandough: An Archaeological Assessment”, recording that it discussed redevelopment with Debenham Tewson after the December 1988 demolition and advised the Vale planning authority.
Legal Wiki: GGAT — Forensic Assessment and Evidence Schedule v4.0.3 (full text) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E029-01 — 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment: Great House Farm, Llandough · Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Heritage Aug 1990
GGAT archaeological assessment of the site, 1990
In August 1990 the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust issued “An assessment of the archaeological implications of redevelopment at the site of Great House Farm, Llandough”.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Heritage Aug 1990
GGAT evaluation finds early-medieval burials, 1990
In August 1990 a GGAT field evaluation at the site found early-medieval burials.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Omission Aug 1990
GGAT advised both planners and BP
The 1990 GGAT report records that BP Properties commissioned the work and that GGAT “played a dual role”, advising the Local Planning Authority and providing comparable advice to the applicant.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
Black · Cuts against Aug 1990
GGAT openly disclosed its dual role
The 1990 GGAT report expressly disclosed GGAT’s dual role and offered alternative advice. This cuts against a covert-concealment reading, though the independence question stays open.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Omission Aug 1990
1990 report misdates the demolition to 1983
The 1990 GGAT assessment gives the demolition year as 1983; the demolition took place in December 1988. The source of the error is not recorded.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
White · Heritage 1990
Deposits older than the farm buildings survive
GGAT’s 1990 trial trenches found that, outside the quarried area, archaeological deposits pre-dating the farm buildings, presumed built in the nineteenth century for the Bute Estate, had survived.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Heritage 1990
Human bone found beside the churchyard wall
GGAT’s 1990 Trenches 3 and 4 held up to 0.2m of archaeological deposits containing human bone and charcoal, rated of high archaeological potential on the evidence then available.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
White · Heritage 1990
House substructure survives below ground
GGAT’s 1990 Trench 7 located part of the north-east corner of Great House Farm, probably the dairy, which survived the demolition as substructure below ground level.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
Black · Action 30 Oct 1990
Old Barry Road stopping-up order, 1990–92
On 30 October 1990 the Welsh Office proposed the Old Barry Road, Llandough stopping-up order; inquiry 5 November 1991, order 18 March 1992 (EV-0275).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0275 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
White · Heritage 1990
Possible disused burial ground on the site
GGAT noted in 1990 that if the human bone in Trenches 3 and 4 marked a disused burial ground, the Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act 1981 might apply to development there.
Legal Wiki: 1990 GGAT Archaeological Assessment — Land at Great House Farm, Llandough — Transcription · on the board
Black · Action 14 May 1992
Reserved-matters application for 20 houses, 1992
On 14 May 1992 an application for approval of reserved matters was made for 20 detached houses at Great House Farm, Leckwith Road (EV-0127).
EV-0127 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 27 Jul 1992
GGAT 1992 warning letter: page 2 missing
The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust wrote a warning letter on 27 July 1992; page 2 of it is missing from the record. Reserved matters (92/00671/RES) were approved 38 days later with no new archaeological condition.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E147 — 27 July 1992 GGAT letter (page 2 missing) and the reserved-matters approval 92/00671/RES · on the board
Black · Omission 27 Jul 1992
Page 2 of GGAT’s 1992 warning letter missing
On 27 July 1992 GGAT warned the Council that significant archaeological deposits including human bone existed on the site and urged mitigation. Page 2 of the letter is missing from the surviving file.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Omission 1992–93
466 days without GGAT action after 1992 warning
No GGAT act is recorded for 466 days after its own warning of 27 July 1992 (T9).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 3 Sep 1992
1992 approval adds no archaeology condition
Reserved matters (92/00671/RES) were approved on 3 September 1992 with no new archaeological condition, 38 days after GGAT’s letter of 27 July 1992 reported significant deposits including human bone and urged mitigation.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Action Sep 1992
Reserved matters approved 38 days after warning
Reserved matters for the redevelopment were approved 38 days after GGAT's archaeological warning of 27 July 1992, with no new archaeological condition (PL-008).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 1993–94
Archaeology condition discharged over Trust objection
In 1993–94 planning Condition 18 was treated as discharged on the developer’s counsel’s opinion over the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust’s objection, which the Council described as a “difference of opinion”.
Legal Wiki: GGAT — Forensic Assessment and Evidence Schedule v4.0.3 (full text) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E148 — 1994 Cotswold Archaeology report, Condition 18 discharge and the developer’s counsel’s opinion · on the board
Black · Action 1993–94
BP Properties transfers land to Ideal Homes
HM Land Registry's WA231076 chronology records transfers from BP Properties to Ideal Homes, with later corrections in 1993–94, after the 1987 amalgamation of titles.
Legal Wiki: Ideal Homes Wales — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Action 1993–94
Working theory: Ideal Homes transfer and woodland
Working theory: the Ideal Homes conveyance and plan may show where the north woodland of Parcel A passed, if overlaid on the 1955 footprint. A later purchase does not by itself show the seller's title was invalid or that the buyer knew of an earlier family interest.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Ideal Homes Wales — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: Cedwyn Estate Working Theory — Repeated Parcel Capture, Parcel A and the Llandough–Leckwith Land Question · on the board
Black · Action 3 Dec 1993
BP transfers the site to Ideal Homes, 1993
BP’s transfer of the site to Ideal Homes is dated 3 December 1993, although Ideal Homes Wales already appears in the 1992 reserved-matters trail.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Cuts against Dec 1993
GGAT played no part in demolition or listing
GGAT did not demolish the farmhouse, did not advise its demolition and had no part in the decision not to list it. From December 1993 to December 1994 its documented conduct defended the archaeology.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Action 1994
Woodland split off under separate title WA735527
The woodland north of the house sits under a separate registered title, WA735527, with later changes recorded in 1994 and 2005.
Legal Wiki: 1955 Parcel-A Loss Dossier — Woodland + VG41 Green · on the board
White · Heritage 1994
Museum catalogues burials as “Great House Farm”
Amgueddfa Cymru’s Collections Online records early medieval human remains and other material under the site name “Great House Farm, Llandough”, NGR ST 1681 7331, from the 1994 work.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Omission Apr 1994
Authority for 1994 “no further work” unidentified
The authority for the April 1994 “no further work” instruction and the December 1994 post-excavation demand is unidentified (T10).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Heritage 1994
Early-medieval monastic cemetery: over 1,000 burials
The 1994 excavations at Llandough uncovered an early-medieval monastic cemetery: 858 inhumations and 152 disarticulated groups in the preliminary count (Cotswold Archaeological Trust Report 94213), and 1,026 burials in the 2005 published total (Medieval Archaeology 49).
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Omission 1994
“Low potential” zone held burials, 1994
Eight machine trenches were dug; ground that “could not be investigated” was nonetheless zoned low potential, and the 1994 excavation found burials there, many just below the topsoil (T6–T7; A-045).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission Apr–May 1994
Burial licence lapsed, April–May 1994
The Home Office burial licence for the excavation lapsed from 21 April to at least 3 May 1994. What was removed in that window, and under what authority, is not established; removal without a licence was an offence under the Burial Act 1857, s.25.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 1994
HER records site as “Post Medieval – Farm”
The historic environment record leads with “Post Medieval – Farm”, holds the cemetery in a separate linked record, and carries the 1994 burial figure (858) without the published 1,026 (T11.2).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Cuts against 1994
1994 burials not shown on Parcel A
The 1994 burials have not been shown to lie on Parcel A; the overlay plan is being built (GGAT report IV.4).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 1994
1994 cemetery finds donated by Ideal Homes
Objects found in land belong to the landowner (Waverley BC v Fletcher [1996] QB 334). The 1994 cemetery assemblage from the site was donated to the Museum by Ideal Homes Wales as landowner (accession 95.56H).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Heritage 1994
1994 excavation: over 1,000 burials
The 1994 excavation at Llandough recorded 858 inhumations in the preliminary report; the later publication reported 1,026 burials investigated. Whether the burials lay on Parcel A has not been shown.
Legal Wiki: Master Scrutiny Issue Register — Public, Court & Institutional Handling · on the board
Black · Action 10 Nov 1994
Woodland title passes to Forest of Cardiff
Registered woodland title WA735527 was transferred to Forest of Cardiff on 10 Nov 1994 and altered by an excision in 2005. How it overlays the historic Parcel A woodland is not yet mapped.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Authoritative Corrected Version (6 October 2026) · EV-0136 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0139 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 10 Nov 1994
Woodland transferred to Forest of Cardiff
On 10 November 1994 Ideal Homes transferred the woodland (title WA735527) to Forest of Cardiff. Whether for value or as a gift is to be confirmed (EV-0136, pending).
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · EV-0136 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
Black · Action 10 Nov 1994
Woodland transferred to Forest of Cardiff, 1994
On 10 November 1994 the woodland beside the farm was transferred to Forest of Cardiff under title WA735527, after a chain from Western Ground Rents through BP and Ideal Homes. The register shows land tinted blue (the 1975 farmhouse strand) and pink (the 1982 Bute–WGR strand).
Legal Wiki: GHF-E149 — 10 November 1994 transfer of the woodland to Forest of Cardiff (WA735527), with plan and consideration · on the board
Black · Action 10 Nov 1994
Woodland transferred to Forest of Cardiff, 1994
On 10 November 1994 the woodland was transferred to the Forest of Cardiff, title WA735527, with plan (EV-0136; deed not yet held).
EV-0136 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 10 Nov 1994
Woodland transferred to Forest of Cardiff, 1994
A transfer of 10 November 1994 put the woodland on title WA735527, combining land tinted blue (from the 1975 farmhouse conveyance) and pink (from the 1982 conveyance). Whether value was paid is open; a volunteer lacks a purchaser’s protection (Limitation Act 1980 s.32(3); LRA 2002 s.29).
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
Black · Action 1994–96
Churchview Close built on Great House Farm site
Press reports of 1994–96 recorded Ideal Homes (Wales) building “Churchview Close”, Llandough, and council payments to “contractors working on the nearby Great House Farm housing development” to regrass the village green.
EV-0276 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 18–19 Mar 1996
Persimmon Homes correspondence, last dealing on file
Correspondence from Persimmon Homes on 18–19 March 1996 is the last dealing recorded on the Land Registry file.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Action 26 Jun 1996
Western Ground Rents wound up, 1996
The London Gazette of 3 July 1996 listed Western Ground Rents Ltd (no. 342092), the 1938 buyer of the Bute estate, among dormant BP group companies at BP House, Hemel Hempstead, with a liquidator appointed by members on 26 June 1996.
EV-0249 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 16 May 1997
Western Ground Rents Ltd wound up, 1997
Final meetings in the winding-up of Western Ground Rents Ltd and other BP pension companies took place on 16 May 1997, with a s.94 account of property disposed of (EV-0277).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0277 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Omission 1999–2007
Welsh Office files moved 1999 and 2007
The Wales Office recorded that paper files went to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 and to the Welsh Government in 2007, while Cadw and RCAHMW responses describe different custody positions.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: Welsh Office / Wales Office — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: Welsh Government — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: The National Archives — Forensic Assessment · on the board

Later years 2000–2025 · 10 black · 2 white

White · Evidence 2002
Register can be rectified for mistake
Under Schedule 4 of the Land Registration Act 2002 the register can be rectified to correct a mistake. When BP first registered in 1982–83, the occupiers were in actual occupation of the farmhouse.
Legal Wiki: Anticipated Objections and the Family’s Answers · on the board
Black · Cuts against 2002
Homeowners protected from rectification
Under the Land Registration Act 2002, Schedule 4, the register cannot be rectified against a proprietor in possession without consent, save for fraud, lack of care or injustice. This protects the homeowners; land still registered to Persimmon and the woodland stand differently.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Heritage 2005
Llandough cemetery excavation published, 2005
The excavation of the early-medieval cemetery at Llandough was published in 2005, recording 814 articulated burials. Whether the burials lay on Parcel A has not been shown.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Action 2005
Part of woodland transferred to Goldsworthy Homes, 2005
In 2005 the Forest of Cardiff transferred land excised from woodland title WA735527 to Goldsworthy Homes (EV-0139).
EV-0139 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action 2005
Woodland excised to Goldsworthy Homes, 2005
In 2005 land was excised from the Forest of Cardiff woodland title WA735527 and passed to Goldsworthy Homes (EV-0139); the charity’s accounts record land at Leckwith Road sold for £20k (EV-0217). The deed and plan are pending.
Legal Wiki: Woodland & Land-Transfer Assessment 1902–2005 (parcel identity) · EV-0139 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · EV-0217 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Action 2 Dec 2005
2005 woodland sale to Goldsworthy Homes
On 2 December 2005 Forest of Cardiff transferred land out of woodland title WA735527 to Goldsworthy Homes Ltd. The charity’s accounts to 30 June 2006 record “Sale of Land — Leckwith Road, Llandough 20,000”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E150 — 2005 Forest of Cardiff to Goldsworthy Homes transfer and excision from WA735527 · on the board
Black · Action 22 Dec 2005
Part of woodland title divided off, 2005
On 22 December 2005 part of the woodland title WA735527 was divided off.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Woodland · on the board
Black · Action 2005–06
Forest of Cardiff sells Leckwith Road land
Forest of Cardiff’s accounts to 30 June 2006, note 13, record “Sale of Land — Leckwith Road, Llandough 20,000” as other income, nil in the year before.
EV-0217 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 2019
1990 archaeology report deposited only in 2019
The 1990 GGAT assessment entered the national archaeological archive by donation in 2019, nearly thirty years after it was written.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Omission 2019
1990 report deposited only in 2019
The 1990 GGAT assessment of the farmhouse was deposited with the national archive only in 2019 (T11.3; A-051).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 17 Jul 2025
1988 Lord Chancellor correspondence “would have been destroyed”
Ministry of Justice FOI 250628005 (17 Jul 2025) found only the Court of Appeal judgment; correspondence of 1988, including Alun Michael MP’s approach to the Lord Chancellor’s Department, “would have been destroyed” under retention schedules (source pending).
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Action 20 Nov 2025
Community Council “unable to assist”, 2025
On 20 November 2025 Llandough Community Council's clerk replied that the Council was “unable to assist with the matter you raise”.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Llandough Community Council — correspondence with the family (email) · on the board

Records sought and answered 2026 · 96 black · 5 white

White · Heritage 26 Feb 2026
Llandough manor return located at The National Archives
On 26 February 2026 The National Archives located the single return for the Manor of Llandough in the original returns to the Manorial Documents Committee (HMC 9/311), a lead to the manor’s records and their custodians.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R34-A1 — The National Archives Manorial Documents Register: HMC 9.311 Llandough manor return, 26 February 2026 · on the board
White · Heritage 26 Feb 2026
Llandough manor return located, HMC 9.311
The National Archives responded on 26 February 2026 concerning the Manorial Documents Register entry HMC 9.311, the Llandough manor return (GHF-E106-R34-A1).
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · on the board
Black · Action 2026
HMLR: “no evidence of a mistake” in register
HM Land Registry set out the registration history in 2026 and stated there was no evidence of a mistake in the register.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Legal framing 2026
Registration described as one farm
HM Land Registry describes the registration as one farm; it does not separate Parcels A and B or explain the root of the Parcel A part.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Action 23 Mar 2026
HM Land Registry: “no evidence of a mistake”
HM Land Registry’s letter of 23 March 2026 on the registration history recorded the WA231076 application as received 30 November 1982 and WA240304 on 23 February 1983, the titles later amalgamated, and found “no evidence of a mistake in the register”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E156 — HM Land Registry letter about the registration history of Tŷ Mawr Farm, 23 March 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 13 Apr 2026
HM Land Registry FOI F260213: bundle disclosure refused
HM Land Registry answered FOI request F260213 on 13 April 2026, confirming the registration and refusing disclosure of the registration bundle under FOI.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R35-A1 — HM Land Registry FOI F260213 response, 13 April 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 13 Apr 2026
Land Registry points to paid statutory routes
HM Land Registry (FOI F260213) confirmed it holds recorded information about land on the north side of Leckwith Road, Llandough, but withheld it under FOI as available through the statutory routes of public inspection, which carry fees.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: 2026 04 13_hmlr_foi f260213_response.pdf · github.com · on the board
Black · Action 19 Apr 2026
HM Land Registry stage-one complaint decision
HM Land Registry issued its stage-one complaint decision on the registration of the farm on 19 April 2026. A stage-two complaint was lodged the same day.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E154 — HM Land Registry stage-one complaint decision, 19 April 2026 · on the board
Black · Action 2026
HMLR rejects fraud complaint and indemnity
An Assistant Land Registrar did not uphold the complaint of fraud and maladministration or the request for indemnity; HM Land Registry stated it cannot look behind the 1987 judgment.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Action 2026
2026 HMLR decisions rely on 1987 judgment
HM Land Registry's 2026 complaint decisions rely on the 1987 judgment, which post-dates registration, rather than on the 1983 registration file.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 27 Apr 2026
Ministry of Justice declines to intervene
The Ministry of Justice (TO130237) replied that ministers and officials cannot comment on or intervene in an individual case, and pointed complaints about solicitors to the regulator.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: 2026 04 27_moj_to130237_reply r.pdf · github.com · on the board
Black · Omission 22 May 2026
Heneb declares itself outside FOI
Heneb, holder of the successor records and functions of GGAT, stated it was not subject to the Freedom of Information Act because it is a limited company.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Omission 22 May 2026
Heritage record holder: “not subject to FOI”
The Historic Environment Record service replied: “Heneb is not subject to FOI requests as we are a Limited company”, offering help through its enquiry form instead.
Legal Wiki: Heneb — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: Heneb / HER — Email Correspondence Catalogue · on the board
Black · Action 25 May 2026
HM Land Registry final complaint decision
HM Land Registry’s stage-two decision of 25 May 2026, its “second and final response”, held that the title is registered correctly. The decision went on to the Independent Complaints Reviewer.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E153 — HM Land Registry stage-two complaint decision, 25 May 2026 · on the board
Black · Action 25 May 2026
HM Land Registry refuses rectification and indemnity
HM Land Registry found “no evidence of a mistake in the register” (23 Mar 2026), and its stage-two complaint decision (25 May 2026) held the land “registered correctly”, with no rectification or indemnity.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · on the board
Black · Action 25 May 2026
Land Registrar: title “registered correctly”
A Land Registrar decided that “the title has been registered correctly and there are no grounds for rectification or indemnity”, closing the complaint stages, with six months to complain to the Independent Complaints Reviewer (by about 25 November 2026).
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Action 25 May 2026
Land Registry rejects registration complaint citing 1987
In 2026 HM Land Registry cited the 1987 judgment when rejecting the complaint about the 1982–83 registration, although the registration was a distinct earlier event and the full Parcel A extent was not decided in the possession appeal.
Legal Wiki: BP Properties Ltd v Buckler · on the board
Black · Legal framing 25 May 2026
“The woman takes on the husband’s name”
HM Land Registry’s stage-two decision (25 May 2026) answered the objection to the description “Mrs Buckler”: on marriage “the woman takes on the husband’s name”; “It is the identity of the person that matters not which name is used”.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
“YYY” coding explained three different ways
In 2026 Cadw explained the farmhouse's “YYY” coding three different ways: “marginally below the bar”, “did not meet the criteria” and “not included on the list”.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 25 May 2026
HMLR unaware of the occupier’s interest
HM Land Registry’s stage-two decision (25 May 2026) stated it had not been aware at first registration of the occupying family’s interest or of a possibly ongoing dispute, and declined rectification or indemnity.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Cadw explanation for missing file shifted
Cadw's explanation for the missing listing file moved from transfer, to no evidence of transfer, to an officer's recollection of a three-year retention practice (Cadw report VIII).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Cadw and RCAHMW each point to the other
Cadw stated its records were with RCAHMW; RCAHMW stated it holds none (Cadw report XIII.1).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Cadw–Heneb circle on historic environment record
Cadw stated the historic environment record is Heneb's to manage; Heneb stated it is a limited company not subject to FOI; the duty rests on the Welsh Ministers (XIV; A-056).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 11 Jun 2026
Cadw: only two 1988 photographs held
Welsh Government/Cadw answered ATISN 27021 on 11 June 2026: “the house was visited and assessed for listing by Cadw inspectors and did not meet the listing criteria. As such, the only record of the inspection we hold are the two photographs enclosed.” No written listing assessment was produced.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R37-A1 — Welsh Government/Cadw ATISN 27021 response letter, 11 June 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 11 Jun 2026
No Great House Farm plans in the archive
Glamorgan Archives reported that no Great House Farm plans are listed and no Vale or successor-authority planning plans for the site were deposited in the material searched.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R52 — Glamorgan Archives email, 11 June 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 11 Jun 2026
No plans found in Glamorgan Archives holdings
Glamorgan Archives (11 Jun 2026) identified a village sketch by Nancy Buckler (DXJF/64/30), 1938 sale particulars of unresolved site identity (DSA/6/1158) and the Western Ground Rents collection (D696), and reported no plans in the holdings searched.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R52 — Glamorgan Archives email, 11 June 2026 · Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Omission 10 Jun 2026
RCAHMW: “no correspondence”, then a lost file
On 28 May 2026 RCAHMW wrote “we do not hold any correspondence related to the site”; on 10 June it reported that archive 6048945 carries the note “Correspondence between C.N. Johns and Mrs Buckler, Great House Farm, has been lost since 1986/87”.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=1100 · on the board
Black · Omission 10 Jun 2026
Royal Commission charges for archive copies
The Royal Commission (RCAHMW, RC26-0205) replied on the Great House Farm archive by sending its charging documents for copies and licences.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: 2026 05 28_rcahmw_rc26 0205_les08 order form 2021.docx · github.com · Legal Wiki: 2026 05 28_rcahmw_rc26 0205_les16 price list 2026.pdf · on the board
Black · Action 2026
Senedd Culture Committee declined oversight twice
The Senedd Culture Committee declined to take up oversight of the heritage handling twice (GGAT report 6.4).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Cadw cannot produce its spot-listing file
Cadw can produce two photographs but not the assessment file, inspector notes, decision record, decision-maker’s identity, correspondence, transfer record or destruction record for the 1988 spot-listing consideration (ATISN 27021).
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board
Black · Omission Jun–Jul 2026
Cadw search finds no listing file
Welsh Government/Cadw (ATISN 27021 and internal review, 11 June and 2 July 2026) found two dated survey photographs of the farmhouse and no further listing file.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 7 Jul 2026
1972 housing permission missing from council search
The 1989 officer’s report records a housing permission of 25 July 1972, and a 1974 report cites permission for about 13 houses; the Vale council’s 2026 search “from 1875 onwards” found only the 1989 and 1992 applications.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Two Cadw definitions of the “YYY” marking
Cadw has given two different explanations of the “YYY” marking on its 1988 photographs of the house, leaving open which definition applied in July 1988.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Omission 16 Jul 2026
Police hold no record of 1988 evictions
Press reports recorded about 15 police at the 29 April 1988 stand-off and a dozen on the farm on 30 April. South Wales Police (FOI 719/26, 16 July 2026) held no information on police attendance at, or support for bailiffs at, the property, 1900–1993.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts · Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Omission 16 Jul 2026
Police: no record of bailiff support, 1900–1993
South Wales Police (FOI 719/26) replied that it holds no information on police attendance at, or support for bailiffs at, Great House Farm between 1900 and 1993. An internal review (1188/26) was opened.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: 2026 07 16_south wales police_foi 719 26_response.pdf · on the board
Black · Omission 16 Jul 2026
South Wales Police: no records held for 1988
South Wales Police answered FOI request 719/26 on 16 July 2026 with a “no records held” result for the 1988 events at Great House Farm. The answer covers only the search the force described; incident logs, orders and warrants from 1988 remain unlocated.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R38-A1 — South Wales Police FOI 719/26 response, 16 July 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 16 Jul 2026
South Wales Police: “hold no information”
South Wales Police replied to FOI 719/26 on 16 July 2026 that it held no information on the 1988 events at the farm (EV-0159).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · EV-0159 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · Legal Wiki: South Wales Police — correspondence with the family (email) · on the board
Black · Omission 22 Jul 2026
DCMS holds nothing on the farm’s movable heritage
On 22 July 2026 DCMS replied to FOI2026/06174, on furniture, furnishings and heirlooms from the farm, that no information is held; internal review IR2026/06711 upheld the nil return on 19 August 2026.
Legal Wiki: Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R29-A1 — DCMS FOI2026/06174 response, 22 July 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 22 Jul 2026
DCMS holds nothing on the farm’s movable property
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (FOI2026/06174) replied that it holds no information on furniture, furnishings, heirlooms or other movable property from Great House Farm.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: 2026 07 22_dcms_foi2026 06174_response r2.pdf · github.com · Legal Wiki: 2026 08 19_dcms_ir2026 06711_response r2.pdf · on the board
Black · Omission 24 Jul 2026
Post Office holds no record of Mr Williams
In July 2026 Post Office Limited stated that it did not hold records of a Mr Williams of the Cardiff Post Office Engineering Department and his part in Marconi’s 1897 Lavernock Point experiments (FOI2026/00751).
Legal Wiki: Post Office Limited — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Omission 30 Jul 2026
1969 conveyance missing from HMLR file schedule
HM Land Registry’s first-registration file schedule, disclosed on 30 July 2026, does not list the original 31 December 1969 conveyance from Western Ground Rents to BP Pension Trust or the 1971 abstract, though later records recite the conveyance. Its wording, plan and land extent remain unseen.
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · Legal Wiki: GHF-E131 — 31 December 1969 WGR to BP Pension Trust conveyance (root of title), with plan · EV-0043 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · on the board
Black · Omission 30 Jul 2026
1969 root conveyance absent from HMLR files
On 30 July 2026 HM Land Registry supplied the schedule of 43 documents surviving on the first-registration files. The 31 December 1969 root conveyance and the free-standing 1971 abstract are not listed.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Omission 30 Jul 2026
1971 abstract of title missing from file
HM Land Registry (19 Apr 2026) stated that an abstract of title dated 1971 “was lodged with the application for first registration”; its 30 July 2026 schedule of 43 file documents lists no such abstract.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=26 · on the board
Black · Omission 3 Aug 2026
Museum holds nothing on the farm’s furniture
Amgueddfa Cymru replied to FOI 2026-020 that it holds no information on furniture or movable property from Great House Farm, and later described the further searches made.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Cadw's published address rejected mail seven times
Cadw's published email address rejected correspondence at least seven times; the formal complaint reached a visitor-services centre run by Transport for Wales (XI.4).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 10 Aug 2026
ICO: no duty to create information
ICO letter IC-546505-W6P0 (10 August 2026) recorded that referral to other bodies and preservation of records for a legal matter were outside its remit, and that FOIA and the EIR do not require authorities to create information or give explanations.
Legal Wiki: Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R28-A1 — Information Commissioner’s Office letter IC-546505-W6P0, 10 August 2026 · on the board
Black · Action 10 Aug 2026
Information Commissioner: preservation outside its remit
The Information Commissioner’s Office (IC-546505-W6P0) replied that referral to other bodies and the preservation of records for a legal matter are outside its remit.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: 2026 08 10_ico_ic 546505 w6p0_letter r.pdf · github.com · on the board
White · Evidence 20 Aug 2026
Stephen Doughty MP's office makes enquiries
In August 2026 the office of Stephen Doughty MP, after apologising for earlier unanswered correspondence, made enquiries on the matter and on 18 September 2026 forwarded a response from HM Land Registry's Chief Executive.
Legal Wiki: Office of Stephen Doughty MP — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Omission 25 Aug 2026
Museum withholds farm finds as “not in scope”
On 25 Aug 2026 Museum Wales refused FOI 2026-024 as “not held”, while the same letter recorded that its searches found records of other archaeological discoveries at Great House Farm and Church Farm, withheld as “not in scope”. The Church Farm records were released on 5 Oct 2026.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33-A1 — Letter, Cogan Pill, 22 November 1931: spearhead, spur and skeletons found at Llandough Church Farm c. 1858 (Museum Wales file 63.24) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33-A3 — Museum Wales collections record 63.24/2: medieval iron spearhead, Llandough Church Farm, c. 1858 · on the board
Black · Omission 25 Aug 2026
Museum: no record of find under dining-room floor
Amgueddfa Cymru refused FOI 2026-024, on a find reported under the farmhouse dining-room floor, as not held, treating records of other discoveries at the farm and at Church Farm as out of scope. The Church Farm records were later supplied under FOI 2026-036.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33-A1 — Letter, Cogan Pill, 22 November 1931: spearhead, spur and skeletons found at Llandough Church Farm c. 1858 (Museum Wales file 63.24) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33-A3 — Museum Wales collections record 63.24/2: medieval iron spearhead, Llandough Church Farm, c. 1858 · on the board
Black · Omission 3 Sep 2026
Court files “destroyed” with no destruction record
HMCTS (3 Sep 2026) stated the court files were destroyed under its retention schedule; Cardiff Civil Justice Centre found “No destruction register, destruction certificate, transfer schedule or equivalent administrative record”. House of Lords papers for the case survive (HL/PO/JO/10/11/2536).
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · on the board
Black · Omission 4 Sep 2026
Cadw closes correspondence before 1982 letter served
Cadw closed correspondence on 4 September 2026, before the 1982 GGAT warning letter was served on it on 17 September 2026; that letter is unanswered.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission Sep 2026
Council FOI positions shift; referral to Heneb
The Council's FOI positions changed between 7 July and 11 September 2026; it referred the requester to Heneb, which had already stated it does not accept statutory requests (A-055).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Action 9 Sep 2026
Prosecution service declines to comment
The Crown Prosecution Service’s Victim Liaison Unit replied to a letter headed “Opening of BP vs Buckler 1987” that it was unable to comment on hypothetical matters.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Omission 11 Sep 2026
Vale Council finds records after “nothing in scope”
On 7 July 2026 the Vale of Glamorgan Council replied that no additional information had been identified within scope; on 11 September 2026 it replied that further historical documentation had been found.
Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
1969 root deed absent from HMLR file
HM Land Registry released a schedule of 43 first-registration file documents after six months and refused both complaint stages. The 1969 root deed is not on the file.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Cadw 1988 listing file “most likely destroyed”
Cadw / Welsh Government released two 1988 photographs from the 1988 listing file and correspondence; the rest was “most likely destroyed”, yet no destruction record exists.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · on the board
Black · Omission Sep 2026
House of Lords papers found only 2026
The National Archives' early searches covered titles and descriptions, not contents; the House of Lords papers were found only in September 2026 (A-006, A-007).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Listing files: each body points to another
Cadw: 1980s records transferred to RCAHMW or destroyed under the Public Records Act 1958. RCAHMW: no letters or records on the site in its registered files. Wales Office: files went to the National Assembly (1999) and Welsh Government (2007). Welsh Government (Cadw): not held.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: Anomalies Register — Lines of Enquiry · Legal Wiki: Missing Records Register · Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Legal framing 2026
Matter framed as a “private legal matter”
The National Archives (23 Sep 2026) framed the matter as a “local land ownership dispute” with “no records to transfer” save the court case; the Vale council (2 Jun 2026) wrote that “it appears this was a private legal matter”. Public bodies registered, assessed for listing, planned and policed the site.
Legal Wiki: Source Conflicts Register — Where Public-Authority Replies and the Wiki Disagree · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=776 · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=778 · Legal Wiki: ?page_id=775 · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Museum Wales: “not held”, then released
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales twice answered requests on the 19th-century farmhouse find and farm contents with “not held”, both upheld on review; records it had already found were released only under a new request number, 57 days after the first request.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33 — Amgueddfa Cymru reply to FOI 2026-036 (5 & 7 October 2026): further collections search · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33-A1 — Letter, Cogan Pill, 22 November 1931: spearhead, spur and skeletons found at Llandough Church Farm c. 1858 (Museum Wales file 63.24) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33-A2 — Museum Wales collections record 63.24/1: medieval iron rowel spur, Llandough Church Farm, 1858 · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
No further RCAHMW photographs; search chargeable
RCAHMW holds no further photographic record of Great House Farm. An aerial-photography search would carry a fee.
Legal Wiki: 1988: Possession and Demolition · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
RCAHMW: no accession data, record misfiled
RCAHMW holds archive items for Great House Farm but no accession data for them, and one record for the site was filed under the wrong place.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Three Vale planning appendices missing
The Vale of Glamorgan Council made partial disclosure of planning, heritage and council records; three planning appendices are missing.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · on the board
Black · Action Sep 2026
Title plan for WA231076, Sept 2026
The current title plan for WA231076 maps the extent now registered to others over the farm land. It is the plan to compare with the 1982 first-registration application and its lodged plans, and with the Parcel A / Parcel B division.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E162 — WA231076 title plan, September 2026 · on the board
Black · Action Sep 2026
Title plan for WA513690, Sept 2026
The current title plan for WA513690 shows another registered extent over land linked to the farm, part of the chain of titles WA231076, WA240304, WA513690 and WA735527.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E160 — WA513690 title plan, September 2026 · on the board
Black · Action Sep 2026
Title register for WA231076, Sept 2026
The September 2026 register for WA231076 is the present-day registration of the farm land. Its proprietorship entries and referred instruments stand on the first registration applied for on 30 November 1982.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E161 — WA231076 title register, September 2026 · on the board
Black · Action Sep 2026
Title register for WA513690, Sept 2026
The September 2026 register for title WA513690 records a further registered title over land linked to Great House Farm.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E159 — WA513690 title register, September 2026 · on the board
Black · Action Sep 2026
Woodland registered to Forest of Cardiff
Woodland title WA735527 is registered to Forest of Cardiff, a charity. Its September 2026 offer of a route to ownership was not accepted and title has not passed.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · Legal Wiki: Woodland · Legal Wiki: wp 1790112812173.pdf · Legal Wiki: wp 1790112812150.pdf · on the board
Black · Action Sep 2026
Woodland registered under title WA735527
The September 2026 register for title WA735527 records the woodland next to the farm in other hands. It follows the 10 November 1994 transfer to Forest of Cardiff and the 2005 excision of land to Goldsworthy Homes.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E163 — WA735527 title register, September 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 16 Sep 2026
NPCC: 1988 operation absent from ACPO listings
The National Police Chiefs’ Council answered FOI 3156/2026 on 16 September 2026: searches of ACPO archive listings available to it found no references to Great House Farm, Llandough, BP Properties Ltd v Buckler or the 1988 operation, and it held nothing on where such records went.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R49 — NPCC FOI 3156/2026 response (16 September 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 16 Sep 2026
Police chiefs’ council finds nothing in scope
The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s FOI 3156/2026 response recorded that searches of its functions, shared drives, Counter Terrorism Coordination Committee holdings and ACPO archive listings found no information in scope, and that no custody, transfer, retention or disposal information is held.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R49 — NPCC FOI 3156/2026 response (16 September 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 20 Sep 2026
Council: “We have nothing more to add”
On 20 September 2026 Llandough Community Council replied to a records request: “We have nothing more to add.” (GHF-E183).
Legal Wiki: Llandough Community Council — Correspondence Chronology · Legal Wiki: GHF-E183 — Paul Egan / Llandough Community Council correspondence thread, June–October 2026 · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R53 — Llandough Community Council reply quoted from 20 September 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 21 Sep 2026
HMLR support: title “closed in 2005”
On 21 September 2026 an HM Land Registry support agent stated the title was “closed in 2005”, conflicting with the registry's own chronology of first registrations in 1982–83 and amalgamation in 1987.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Omission 22 Sep 2026
Museum review: wider search “disproportionate”
Amgueddfa Cymru’s internal review of FOI 2026-024 upheld its site-level search as reasonable and found that searching broader terms would be disproportionate.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Omission 22 Sep 2026
Wales Office FOI 26FOI 103 referred elsewhere
The Wales Office answered FOI request 26FOI 103 on 22 September 2026 and pointed to the Welsh Government rather than supplying records itself.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R16-A1 — Wales Office response to FOI 26FOI 103, 22 September 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 22 Sep 2026
Wales Office holds no Great House Farm records
On 22 Sep 2026 the Wales Office answered FOI 26FOI 103: it “does not hold the information requested”; any paper files of the former Welsh Office on the matter would have been transferred to The National Archives.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · on the board
Black · Omission 22 Sep 2026
Wales Office: paper files moved, digital search only
The Wales Office answered FOI 26FOI 103 from a digital search only; its response letter recorded that paper files went to the National Assembly in 1999 and to the Welsh Government in 2007.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: 2026 09 22_wales office_26foi 103_response r2.pdf · github.com · on the board
Black · Action 25 Sep 2026
Forest of Cardiff holds woodland title WA735527
On 25 Sep 2026 the Forest of Cardiff charity’s company secretary wrote that the charity bought the woodland on title WA735527 and offered a route to ownership; the offer was not accepted and the title did not pass.
Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · on the board
Black · Omission 25 Sep 2026
Physical inspection request unanswered
By 25 September 2026 the request of 3 June 2026 to inspect the historic registration files physically remained unanswered in substance, and a formal non-destruction confirmation beyond “will remain on file” was outstanding.
Legal Wiki: Land Registry Titles · on the board
Black · Omission 29 Sep 2026
NPCC internal reviews: no records on 1988 operation
On 29 September 2026 the National Police Chiefs’ Council upheld its FOI 3156/2026 answer on review (3176/2026): it held no recorded information on the transfer, archiving, retention, disposal or location of the relevant historical records. Review 3157/2026 upheld that an earlier request was not a valid FOI request.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R50 — NPCC internal reviews 3157/2026 and 3176/2026 (29 September 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 29 Sep 2026
Royal Commission: no campaign file, no demolition letters
The Royal Commission (RCAHMW, RC26-0375) replied that its registered files hold no letters or records about Tŷ Mawr Farm, Llandough, including any correspondence between C.N. Johns and Mrs Buckler or on the circumstances of the demolition; its holdings are limited to the Coflein archive items (NPRN 20182), and aerial-photograph searches would be chargeable.
EV-0184 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Cuts against 30 Sep 2026
Coflein places cemetery “adjacent to” the farm
Coflein NPRN 20182 gives Site Type “Dwelling”, Period “Post Medieval”, and describes the cemetery as “excavated, on land adjacent to Great House Farm” (checked 30 September 2026).
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · coflein.gov.uk · on the board
Black · Omission 5 Oct 2026
Museum: no record of finds from the farm
Amgueddfa Cymru reported that its 1875–1915 predecessor registers hold no accession, register, day-book, donations-book or correspondence entry for finds from Great House Farm, Tŷ Mawr or Llandough Farm, and no record of ironwork associated with the farmhouse floor, rear wing or dairy.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R33 — Amgueddfa Cymru reply to FOI 2026-036 (5 & 7 October 2026): further collections search · on the board
Black · Cuts against 6 Oct 2026
Royal Commission: full search, nothing withheld
The Royal Commission (RCAHMW, RC26-0375) recorded that its searches covered registered files, the National Monuments Record archive by subject and by area, and a manual search of uncatalogued material, and that nothing is withheld.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · on the board
Black · Action 9 Oct 2026
Complaints Reviewer declines to intervene, 2026
On 9 October 2026 the Independent Complaints Reviewer declined to substitute its view for HM Land Registry’s registration decision and took a broad view of the significance of the 1987 proceedings.
Legal Wiki: Three Parts of Parcel A — Divergent Chronologies before 1987 Amalgamation · on the board
White · Evidence 10 Oct 2026
HMLR opens application to correct any error
On 10 October 2026 HM Land Registry opened internal application Z084NQV “to investigate and correct any error that may have been made” on title WA231076.
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: HM Land Registry — correspondence with David Buckler (email) · on the board
Black · Omission Oct 2026
NPCC: specified information not held
The National Police Chiefs' Council (FOI 3065/2026 and 3156/2026, September–October 2026) set out its search terms and repositories and stated that specified information was not held.
Legal Wiki: Institutional Involvement Roadmap — Chronology of Actors, Decisions and Evidence (1877–2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R49 — NPCC FOI 3156/2026 response (16 September 2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R50 — NPCC internal reviews 3157/2026 and 3176/2026 (29 September 2026) · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R51 — NPCC FOI 3065/2026 search-disclosure response (9 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Omission 9 Oct 2026
Police chiefs’ council: no information held
The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s FOI 3065/2026 response, searching “Great House Farm” and “Llandough”, listed the repositories and functions consulted and recorded no information held under questions 4, 5 and 6.
EV-0191 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 10 Oct 2026
MOD: no information found; Special Forces NCND
In its 10 October 2026 internal review of FOI2026/09190 the Ministry of Defence reported no matching information in archive, Army Secretariat and counter-terrorism searches, applied section 23(5) to neither confirm nor deny Special Forces-related information, and acknowledged a timeliness failure (GHF-E169).
Legal Wiki: Ministry of Defence — Forensic Assessment · Legal Wiki: GHF-E169 — MOD FOI2026/09190 Internal Review, 10 October 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 11 Oct 2026
Community Council refuses records request on cost
On 11 October 2026 Llandough Community Council refused a request for post-2002 records, images of the farm, green and church, and 1982 transfer records under section 12 (cost limit), offering a narrower 2002–2006 period and internal review (EV-0177).
EV-0177 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 11 Oct 2026
Community council refuses minutes search on cost
Llandough Community Council refused the 21 September 2026 information request under FOIA section 12, citing the cost limit for searching council and committee minutes. (source pending)
EV-0193 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 11 Oct 2026
Council refuses records request under section 12
On 11 October 2026 Llandough Community Council's clerk refused a records request under section 12 FOIA (cost limit), offering refinement and internal review (GHF-E183).
Legal Wiki: Llandough Community Council — Correspondence Chronology · Legal Wiki: GHF-E183 — Paul Egan / Llandough Community Council correspondence thread, June–October 2026 · Legal Wiki: GHF-E106-R55 — Llandough Community Council section 12 refusal, 11 October 2026 · on the board
Black · Omission 11 Oct 2026
Council silent on 1982 records and photographs
Llandough Community Council's 11 October 2026 response did not separately state search outcomes for photographs or records of the 1982 transfer and deposit of its minutes, nor explain how the environmental-information aspect was assessed.
Legal Wiki: Llandough Community Council — Correspondence Chronology · on the board
Black · Omission 14 Oct 2026
1988 heritage note released only in 2026
The full Historic Environment Record source file, including R. F. Suggett’s December 1988 note on the house, was in Heneb’s custody but was digitised and published only in October 2026, after an EIR request of 8 September 2026; the first substantive reply of 6 October did not supply it.
Legal Wiki: Heneb — Forensic Assessment · on the board
White · Evidence 15 Oct 2026
Application to alter the register, Oct 2026
On 15 October 2026 an application was made to HM Land Registry to alter the register for titles WA240304 and WA231076 (Z084NQV / N610CGV).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: HM Land Registry — correspondence with David Buckler (email) · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
Heritage record classed “POST MEDIEVAL – Farm”
The Historic Environment Record entry GGAT02038s is headed and classified “POST MEDIEVAL – Farm”, although its own source file records possible medieval fabric, reported medieval ironwork and the site’s historic setting beside the parish church.
Legal Wiki: Heneb — Forensic Assessment · on the board
Black · Omission 2026
No plan in the woodland chain is held
Not one plan in the woodland chain — 1902 auction, 1938 conveyance, 1940–42 gift, 1969 conveyance, 1994 transfer, 2005 excision — is yet held, so every link between these records rests on description alone.
Legal Wiki: Woodland & Land-Transfer Assessment 1902–2005 (parcel identity) · on the board
Black · Omission 19 Oct 2026
Cadw declines 1988 listing request as repeat
Cadw / Welsh Government’s ATISN 27589 response to a request for July–December 1988 listing records declined it as “substantially similar” to an earlier request (ATISN 27021) already answered and internally reviewed.
EV-0245 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 19 Oct 2026
Welsh Government: records destroyed under retention schedule
Welsh Government’s ATISN 26-0010 response recorded: “No files were found and given the date range of your request, any routine records would have been destroyed in line with the corporate retention schedule applied at the time.”
EV-0244 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission 19 Oct 2026
Cadw refuses 1988 listing papers request
On 19 October 2026 Cadw refused ATISN 27589 for the July–December 1988 listing papers under FOIA s.14(2) as “substantially similar” to ATISN 27021 (EV-0245).
Legal Wiki: Master Timeline · Legal Wiki: Cadw / Welsh Government — correspondence with the family (email) · EV-0245 (Legal Wiki evidence page) · wayback.bucklerfamily.estate · on the board

Undated no date · 7 black · 12 white

White · Heritage Undated
Cwm-Cedwyn: wooded dell on the Ely
Cwm-Cedwyn is recorded as the name of a wooded dell on the River Ely between Leckwith and Llandough. (source pending)
EV-0200 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Action Undated
Forest of Cardiff holds woodland from Ideal Homes
The Forest of Cardiff charity stated that it bought the woodland from Ideal Homes after due diligence and that the remaining woodland may go onto the open market in early 2027.
Legal Wiki: 1955 Parcel-A Loss Dossier — Woodland + VG41 Green · on the board
Black · Cuts against Undated
Forest of Cardiff: woodland bought after due diligence
Forest of Cardiff stated in correspondence that it bought the woodland from Ideal Homes (now Persimmon Homes) after due diligence, sold a small western section about 20 years ago, and has proposed a private sale of the remaining woodland.
Legal Wiki: Forest of Cardiff — Forensic Assessment · on the board
White · Heritage Undated
Glamorgan Village Book on Great House Farm
The Glamorgan Village Book’s Llandough page records that visitors to the farm saw how people “made their butter, cheese and beer”, “cheese drying rooms hollowed out of a solid wall”, the bedroom where “monks took rest on their travels”, and that “Marconi too slept here in a four poster bed”.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E110-A5 — The Glamorgan Village Book: Llandough page · on the board
Black · Action Undated
House of Lords papers on BP v Buckler
The National Archives identified House of Lords judicial papers for BP Properties Ltd v Buckler (YHL/PO/JO/10/11/2536, item 19, container HL/PO/JO/10/11/2536). The series was released to its online catalogue on 20 May 2026.
Legal Wiki: FOI & Public-Authority Reply Register — every reply email and its attachments · Legal Wiki: Records Access Chronology · github.com · github.com · on the board
White · Heritage Undated
Jim Driscoll’s first fight in the farm barn
A secondary local-history summary records that the boxer Jim Driscoll (“Peerless Jim”) had his first fight in a barn at Great House Farm, Llandough. The year is not recorded. (source pending)
Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr): The Williams–Buckler Dispute · on the board
Black · Legal framing Undated
Later records recast the site as one estate
Later possession and planning records described the site as one estate, a framing listed as an unresolved issue in the scrutiny of the combined process.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Potential Miscarriage of Justice: Issue Register · on the board
White · Heritage Undated
Llandough Manor in the Manorial Documents Register
The National Archives’ Manorial Documents Register holds a Llandough Manor return (HMC 9.311), a catalogue lead for the manor’s records (EV-0146).
EV-0146 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage Undated
Llandough archaeology and the Roman villa
The Glamorgan Village Book (Glamorgan Federation of Women’s Institutes) printed a page on Llandough’s historical and archaeological material, including the Roman villa and its excavation, the wider setting of Great House Farm.
Legal Wiki: GHF-E110-A7 — The Glamorgan Village Book: Llandough archaeology context · on the board
White · Trees and land Undated
Photograph of tree planting at Great House Farm
A photograph titled “tree planting at Great House Farm” is held in the evidence library (item EV-0199). The date, photographer and exact scene have not been established (source pending).
EV-0199 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
White · Heritage Undated
Published Llandough history names Great House Farm
A printed local history page headed “Llandough (Penarth)” refers to Great House Farm. (source pending)
EV-0205 — Legal Wiki evidence page · on the board
Black · Omission Undated
Strasbourg case file destroyed under retention policy
The underlying file of European Commission of Human Rights application 14464/88 was destroyed under the Court’s retention policy; the application number, decision date and archive metadata survive.
Legal Wiki: European Court of Human Rights / ECHR Archives — Forensic Assessment · on the board
White · Trees and land Undated
Tree planting and acts of ownership recorded
The Williams/Buckler occupation and acts of ownership, including tree planting on the land, are recorded in catalogue item GHF-E151 and in Mary (Nancy) Williams’s statement.
Legal Wiki: Great House Farm: Case Overview and Key Records · Legal Wiki: GHF-E151 — Family tree planting and other acts of ownership on Parcel A (long occupation evidence) · Legal Wiki: Mary (Nancy) Williams’s Statement (c. 1974) · on the board
White · Heritage Undated
Working theory: older Cedwyn estate, forty parcels
Working theory: Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr was part of an older estate named Cedwyn / Cydfin / Cedfin, of about forty parcels across Llandough and Leckwith, and the manorial house reflects an estate interest, later fragmented by tenancies, possession, green registration and title registration.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Cedwyn Estate Working Theory — Repeated Parcel Capture, Parcel A and the Llandough–Leckwith Land Question · on the board
White · Heritage Undated
Working theory: part of a wider Cedwyn estate
Working theory: Great House Farm / Tŷ Mawr belonged to a wider historic Cedwyn/Cydfin estate across Llandough and Leckwith, and successive land transactions, possession events and registrations took it apart parcel by parcel.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr): The Williams–Buckler Dispute · Legal Wiki: Cedwyn Estate Working Theory — Repeated Parcel Capture, Parcel A and the Llandough–Leckwith Land Question · on the board
Black · Legal framing Undated
Working theory: single-site descriptions hid two parcels
Working theory: public records adopted a single-site description of the farm that buried its two-parcel history, treating Parcel A and Parcel B as one holding.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Fraud & Concealment — the Family’s Case · on the board
White · Evidence Undated
Working theory: woodland recoverable by rectification
Working theory: if an exact woodland polygon is shown to belong to the superior historic Williams title, and its later registration or transfer was a mistake or ineffective against that title, it can be recovered by rectification and restoration rather than purchase.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Forensic Master Chronology — Great House Farm Working Reconstruction (6 October 2026) · on the board
Black · Legal framing Undated
Working theory: “synthetic parcels” overlaid older interests
Working theory: a repeated sequence of broad estate descriptions, permissive-occupation framing, possession of defined areas, selective conveyances and registration made distinct historic parcels appear as one holding, or let parts disappear into separate title chains.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Cedwyn Estate Working Theory — Repeated Parcel Capture, Parcel A and the Llandough–Leckwith Land Question · on the board
White · Heritage Undated
“reputed to be the stable of a Castle”
An RCAHMW note records that the house “was reputed to be the stable of a Castle, which could be verified by the finding of the remains of a soldier in armour, his horse, lance” and other items.
Legal Wiki: Archaeology and Heritage · on the board

Law and remedies statute and case law · 5 black · 12 white

White · Evidence 1925
LRA 1925 ss.115–116: suppression in registration
The Land Registration Act 1925 contained express provisions on suppression of documents or facts in registration proceedings (s.115) and fraudulent procurement of register entries (s.116), the historical legal test for the 1982–84 registrations.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review Addendum — 6 October 2026 Fresh Reassessment · on the board
White · Evidence 1925
Land Registration Act 1925 s.115: concealment offence
Section 115 of the Land Registration Act 1925 made fraudulent concealment of a document or fact material to title in registration proceedings an offence. Working theory: the 1982–83 applications may engage it, a legal test to apply once the file is read.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
White · Evidence 1925
Occupier’s rights bind every later buyer
Under the doctrine of notice (Hunt v Luck, 1902) anyone acquiring land was fixed with notice of the rights of the person in actual occupation. From 1926, Land Registration Act 1925 s.70(1)(g) made those rights overriding interests.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Evidence 1950–52
Taking title deeds was a felony in 1950
Taking documents of title to land was a felony under the Larceny Act 1916 (s.7), and knowingly receiving them a separate offence. The Limitation Act 1939 (s.26) already postponed limitation where a right of action was concealed by fraud.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board
White · Evidence 1965
Green registration did not vest ownership
Under the Commons Registration Act 1965 as enacted, registration of a village green did not by itself vest the land in a local authority; registration is not a conveyance of ownership.
Legal Wiki: Woodland & Land-Transfer Assessment 1902–2005 (parcel identity) · legislation.gov.uk · legislation.gov.uk · legislation.gov.uk · on the board
White · Evidence 1980
Limitation Act s.32: concealment postpones time
Section 32 of the Limitation Act 1980 postpones time where an action is based on fraud or a relevant fact was deliberately concealed; concealment needs no pre-existing duty to disclose (Canada Square v Potter [2023] UKSC 41). Section 32(3) protects a later innocent purchaser for value.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 1980
Stolen chattels are not time-barred
Limitation Act 1980 s.4: no limitation period runs for a stolen chattel, except against a later good-faith purchaser. Working theory: if the 1950–52 family papers or the 1988 house contents were stolen, ownership of them survives.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court.
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
Black · Legal framing 1984–87
Estoppel and abuse-of-process barrier to title
Title was not argued in 1984–87, so any title case now meets Henderson v Henderson abuse-of-process and issue-estoppel arguments; the exception is new material that could not have been found with reasonable diligence (Arnold v National Westminster Bank [1991] 2 AC 93).
Legal Wiki: Register Additions — 6 October 2026 (A-074 to A-087) · on the board
White · Evidence 1997
1997 Act removes six-year indemnity bar
Section 83(11) of the Land Registration Act 1925 set a special six-year period from registration for some indemnity applications. Section 2 of the Land Registration Act 1997 substituted a new section 83 without that registration-date limit.
Legal Wiki: 1983 First Registration: Parcel A Title Basis and HMLR Mistake · on the board
White · Evidence 1998
CPR 52.30: reopening a final appeal
CPR 52.30 allows a final appeal determination to be reopened where necessary to avoid real injustice, the circumstances are exceptional and there is no alternative effective remedy; permission is required.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review Addendum — 6 October 2026 Fresh Reassessment · on the board
Black · Cuts against 2000
Strasbourg rejected case; HRA not retrospective
The Strasbourg Commission rejected the case, and the Human Rights Act 1998 cannot reach acts before 2000. The Commission ruled without the title documents.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 2002
LRA 2002: register alteration and rectification
The Land Registration Act 2002 provides alteration and rectification routes (Schedule 4) and an indemnity regime (Schedule 8). For the woodland, the remedy can be rectification if an identified polygon is family land, subject to protections for the later registered proprietor.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review Addendum — 6 October 2026 Fresh Reassessment · on the board
Black · Legal framing 2002
Res judicata and abuse of process bar
A judgment binds the parties and their successors in title, including Mary's estate; points that could have been raised may be barred (Henderson v Henderson; Johnson v Gore Wood [2002] 2 AC 1), save for special circumstances such as new material (Arnold v NatWest [1991] 2 AC 93).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
Black · Cuts against 2017
Fraud requires proof of conscious dishonesty
Deceit, or setting aside a judgment for fraud, requires proof of conscious dishonesty judged by the standards of honest people (Ivey v Genting Casinos [2017] UKSC 67). Negligence, muddle, lost files and changing explanations are not fraud.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence 2019
Takhar: fraudulent judgment can be set aside
Takhar v Gracefield Developments Ltd [2019] UKSC 13 holds that a judgment obtained by fraud may be set aside by a fresh action without showing the fraud could not have been discovered earlier; the fraud must be material, an operative cause of the decision (RBS v Highland [2013] EWCA Civ 328).
Legal Wiki: Legal Review Addendum — 6 October 2026 Fresh Reassessment · on the board
Black · Cuts against 2026
Limitation largely expired; s.32 needs concealment
Most limitation periods expired long ago; s.32 Limitation Act 1980 needs proof of deliberate concealment, not just loss. Time runs from discovery, and many key records surfaced only in 2026.
Legal Wiki: Legal Review — Fraud, Land and Human Rights · on the board
White · Evidence Jul 2026
Registry indemnity time runs from knowledge
Under Land Registration Act 2002 Schedule 8 paragraph 8, time for an indemnity application runs from when the applicant knew, or might have known, of the grounds. The April 1983 registration correspondence was first identified in July 2026.
Legal Wiki: Case Analysis — Connections, Patterns and Questions (October 2026) · on the board

The board as a list

Origins before 1800 · 2 black · 24 white

Iron Age to medieval sites south of church

St Dochdwy's: possible early monastery, c.650

St Dochdwy’s churchyard may date to 7th century

Llandough confirmed to Tewkesbury Abbey, c.1106

Medieval timber building beside St Dochdwy's

1392: Cwm-Cedwyn in Llandough boundary records

Cwm-Cedwyn in Llandough boundary records, 1392

Manor of Llandough East held by Tewkesbury, 1535

Llandough manor passes to the Herberts, 1543–45

1547: Herbert’s 1,000-year Cydwin lease to Vaughan

Herbert grants Vaughan 1,000-year lease of Cydwin

The chief freehold farm of the parish

Bute records name Cedfin, Cydfin, Tŷ Mawr Farm

Cedfin, Cydfin or Ty Mawr in Bute records

Leases of “Cydfin or Ty Mawr Farm”, 1552–1824

NLW leases of Cydfin or Ty Mawr Farm

The farm framed as a manorial leasehold

Llandough with free tenants and copyholds, 1596

Farmhouse largely 17th-century with earlier fabric

Farmhouse may have held 17th-century fabric

Farm dated 1667, about 45 acres

Occupation of the house dated to 1667

Williams connection to the house since 1667

Vaughan memorials in Llandough churchyard

Llandough manor sold to Bute

Llandough manor to Bute line, 1767–1793

Bute tenancy 1800–1876 · 9 black · 27 white

'The freehold was acquired by the Bute Estate'

Manorial courts held in Great House

Manorial courts held at Great House

Bute deeds: dwelling by churchyard, 1811

1824 Bute survey: Cedfin or Ty Mawr tenanted

1824 survey: “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm”

1824 survey: “Cedfin or Ty Mawr Farm”

H-E: manor title versus parcel freeholds

Map of Tŷ Mawr dated 1824

Map of Tŷ Mawr dated 1824

Historical map labelled “1841-map”

Historical map labelled “1841-map”

John Williams occupies 36 parcels in two parishes

The glebe cottage

c.1841 tithe: Williams occupier of Bute parcels

c.1841: orchard, meadows and wood farmed

19th-century Bute estate work on Great House

Thomas limeworks at Llandough from 1851

John Williams succeeds father in tenancy, 1855

Medieval rowel spur found at Llandough, 1858

Medieval spearhead and spur found at Llandough, c.1858

Museum places armour finds at Church Farm

Spur, spearhead and burials at Church Farm, c.1858

1864: Amy Williams, widow of Great House, dies

Amy Williams of Great House farm dies, 1864

Llandough Farm was a separate Rees holding

Archive note: Nancy, daughter of John Williams

Directories place John Williams at Great House

Armour found under the dining-room floor

Pwllypant (Caerphilly) Williams estate passes to Bute

c.1870: soldier in armour found under dining room

Pwll-y-Pant Williams estate left to Bute, 1870

John Williams rated for glebe land, 1872

1870s rate books: Williams occupier, Bute owner

1876 rate book: farm owned by Bute

1876 poor rate: farm owned by Lord Bute

The 1877 agreement 1877–1915 · 21 black · 29 white

1877 arrangement placed house estate with Thomas/Williams

1877 lease to John Williams not located

No 1877 deed located

1877 Bute–Thomas agreement heads title records

Mary’s statement: freehold to pass when quarrying ceased

Parcel A as the full 1877 house estate

Daniel Thomas buys farmhouse, lets to Williams

1877 Bute–Thomas deed: no copy found

1877 arrangement: freehold when quarrying ceased

1877 notice to quit from the Bute Estate

Bute serves notice to quit, 1877

Thomas tenancy with “special provisions”

Mary's statement: 1877 Bute–Thomas arrangement

Statement: freehold to pass when quarrying ceased