Q&A — Questions and Answers
Q&A — Questions and Answers
Short answers to the questions a reader is… … read more
Short answers to the questions a reader is most likely to have about Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) and the Williams / Buckler family. Each answer links to the page that holds the evidence. Method and evidence key: Main Page · title test.
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What is the central question about the land?
Whether Parcel A, the house plot, ever passed into the Western Ground Rents → BP title chain, notwithstanding BP’s possession and the 1982–83 registration (title test; first registration).
What is the working theory?
The family contends that the farm was two parcels and that Parcel A never passed into BP’s title. It is a working theory under documentary testing, not a finding (Where things stand).
Did the family have possession of the farmhouse?
Yes, until BP obtained possession on 29 November 1988, despite the 1955 and 1962 orders and the 1974 licence letters (1988 possession). What that possession meant in law is covered under Legal & Ownership.
What happened to the farmhouse in 1988?
BP Properties demolished it on 5–6 December 1988, a week after taking possession and the day after Cadw decided not to list it (demolition; Cadw 1988). Details: Demolition & Redevelopment.
What is already documented, and what is still open?
What the records establish, what the family contends and what has not been shown are set out on Where things stand. Open research questions are kept in one register: Open Questions & Research Priorities.
Main Q&A topics
- Legal & Ownership — title, possession, the BP litigation and possible legal routes.
- History & the Two Parcels — 1877, quarrying, 1916, 1928 and 1938–39.
- Land Registry & Title — WA231076, WA240304, first registration and amalgamation.
- Heritage & Archaeology — the 1974 survey, Cadw, GGAT and the 1994 excavation.
- Demolition & Redevelopment — the 1988 demolition, planning history and Church View Close.
- Evidence, Records & Method — how sources are assessed and what is missing.
- Reparations & Remedy — restoration, redress and record correction.
- Human Rights & Public Law — the 1989 Strasbourg application and public-law questions.
- Family & Personal History — the people and the family record.
- Open Questions & Research Priorities — every open question, in one list.
Name/location reference: Great House Farm … … read more
Name/location reference: Great House Farm — Name & Location Variations (historical spellings and Llandough-juxta-Penarth location forms).