EV-0219 — Bute coppice woods incl. “Cwm Cydfin Wood”, auction 29 Nov 1902 (Glamorgan Archives DSA/3/192, DSA/12/1003)

EV ID	EV-0219
Title	Sale of the Marquess of Bute’s coppice woods, including Cwm Cydfin Wood (Leckwith and Llandough), 1902
Date of document	29 Nov 1902 (auction); file dated 1902
Type	auction particulars / auctioneer’s client file
Evidence label	CATALOGUE ENTRY (archive catalogue read; documents not seen)
Repository / reference	Glamorgan Archives, Stephenson & Alexander records: DSA/3/192 (1 paper) and DSA/12/1003 (1 file). Also cited there: SA3/192 (clean copy) and sale book DSA/8/17 f.52.
Status	HELD (catalogue only); documents PENDING — view at Glamorgan Archives
Provenance	Lead from another AI (pasted by Sion, 18 Oct 2026 22:20 BST); verified by Tab on 18 Oct 2026 against the source named here. Both catalogue entries read in full.
Related evidence	EV-0218 (Cwm Cydfin SSSI); EV-0211 (1824 plan 19)

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Quotation: DSA/3/192: “Client: The Marquess of Bute. Coppice Woods at Maes Bach Wood (Llantwit Fardre), Cwm Cydfin Wood (Leckwith and Llandough) and part of Coed-y-Ddylluan (Leckwith). [for full details see DSA/12/1003 which is the file for this sale]”. DSA/12/1003: “Sale of the Woods. Particular 192. (The Marquess of Bute). Parts of Maesbach Wood, Llantwit Fardre; Cwm Cydfin Wood, Leckwith and Llandough; and of Coed-y-Ddylluan (otherwise White Farm Wood), Leckwith. … Particulars and conditions of sale for auction 29 Nov 1902 (with additional notes in red ink).”

Proves: In 1902 the Marquess of Bute put coppice woods including “Cwm Cydfin Wood, Leckwith and Llandough” up for auction (29 Nov 1902). A wood of that name was Bute’s in 1902 and lay across Leckwith and Llandough.

Does not prove: Whether the land or only the coppice / underwood was sold; the buyer or result; the wood’s boundaries; identity with the SSSI or with plan 19’s wood (HYPOTHESIS). The same file also holds an unrelated 1899 timber sale for the Melyn Griffith Co.