EV-0257 — Glamorgan Archives D696: Western Ground Rents Ltd records 1938–44 (a syndicate headed by Lord Kennet; Bute urban leaseholds bought from Mountjoy Ltd for £5m in 1938); records donated by Capital Law, Cardiff, April 2010 (custodial history)
| EV ID | EV-0257 |
|---|---|
| Title | Glamorgan Archives D696: Western Ground Rents Ltd records 1938–44 (a syndicate headed by Lord Kennet; Bute urban leaseholds bought from Mountjoy Ltd for £5m in 1938); records donated by Capital Law, Cardiff, April 2010 (custodial history) |
| Date of document | 1938–1944 (records); April 2010 (deposit) |
| Type | archive catalogue entry |
| Evidence label | CATALOGUE ENTRY (custodial history read) |
| Repository / reference | Archives Hub, GB 214 D696; Glamorgan Archives Canfod D696, D696/1–3 |
| Status | SOURCE PENDING (catalogue read; volumes not seen) |
| Provenance | Archives Hub and Canfod catalogues, 16 Oct 2026 (research cycles 1 and 3). |
| Related evidence | EV-0022 · EV-0249 · EV-0262 |
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Quotation (verbatim): The records “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”. D696/2 (1944) “details leaseholds that were mortgaged in 1938 to Mountjoy Ltd and surrendered in 1944 to Western Ground Rents Ltd”. D696/3: coloured OS third-edition plans of land held by WGR and Mountjoy (no key).
Fits with: Points to a successor-company records trail (Capital Law) for WGR / BP Pension Trust papers, and to a plan book of WGR and Mountjoy land.
Cuts against: Described as urban leaseholds; whether Llandough appears in these volumes is not established.
Notes: Free inspection at Glamorgan Archives; Sion’s decision.
Our case, prospective. Not a finding of any court. Catalogued by Tab (for Sion Buckler), 20 Oct 2026, from research of 16–20 Oct 2026 (free online sources only).
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