Ffeil ECD4/5 - Hafod estate, Llechryd and Penporchell, Llanefydd

The file comprises deeds for properties on the Hafod estate, in the townships of Llechryd and Penporchell, purchased by George Griffith from John Richard Heaton in 1856. In 1778, Thomas Hughes of Bronwhylfa, St Asaph, had purchased Hafod, Merllyn, a mill and Nant from the trustees of the will of Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton, and in 1787 he sold all four properties to Robert Watkin Wynne of Plasnewydd. The latter mortgaged Hafod, Merllyn and the mill in 1790, and Nant and another property, Ty Celyn, in 1798. The Hafod properties, like most of the Plasnewydd estate, came into the ownership of the Heatons. John Heaton and his eldest son, John Richard Heaton, sold off Merllyn to George Griffith in 1837, followed by Bryndeunydd, Gwydr, Erw Streat, Tyn-celyn, Vach, Hafod and Pwll y glomen in 1856. The properties were shortly afterwards mortgaged by G.G. to Rev. George Powell and others, and were reconveyed to him in 1862. In 1890 W.D.W. Griffith made a conveyance to Denbigh Corporation of certain rights over parts of Hafod estate in connection with Henllan water supply, and in 1903 an agreement for laying of a new line of pipes.