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A lease, licences and agreement by Mary Jane Ormsby Gore and William Richard Baron Harlech respectively, of slates and minerals under the farm of Ty Cerrig in the parish of Penmorfa, Caernarfonshire, 1864-1880. The lessees include William Jones of Portmadoc, 1864, Samuel Boyd Barnett of Maida Vale, Middlesex, William Berkeley Beatty of Kensington, 1865, and George Ross of Cornhill, London, 1877, 1880. Map incorporated, 1865.

Leases by John Ralph Ormsby Gore and William Richard Ormsby Gore to John Humphrey Jones, Robert Roberts, Owen Roberts, John Lewis and Thomas Evans of Hendre ddu Farm in the parish of Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire, and of the slate and flag quarries and mines and minerals under the said farm, with map incorporated, 1874.

Order issued by the High Court of Chancery to grant mining leases on the settled estates in Caernarfonshire and Merioneth belonging to John Ralph Ormsby Gore, 1875. Found with the Caernarfonshire mining leases.

Licences or take notes granted by John Ralph Ormsby Gore and William Richard Baron Harlech and other papers relating mainly to the Ereiniog Prepared Peat Fuel Works or the Ereiniog Prepared Peat and Brick Works, 1874-1880, but also including other items relating to parish matters in Cricieth and quarrying at Llanfrothen, 1871-1883.

Papers concerning mainly the Ereiniog Prepared Peat Fuel Works or the Ereiniog Prepared Peat and Brick Works, 1874-1880, but also including other items relating to parish matters in Cricieth and quarrying at Llanfrothen, 1871-1883. The main contents of the file comprise licences or take notes granted by John Ralph Ormsby Gore and William Richard Baron Harlech to Thomas Edward Davies of Bodenham, Herefordshire, then of Penmorfa, John Humphrey Jones of Portmadoc and George Percival Spooner to dig peat, turf, clay and sand at Ereiniog, Cefn Coch Ucha, Maesllech, Ynyswen and Hen Maesllech in the parishes of Penmorfa, Ynyscynhaearn and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Caernarfonshire, 1874-1878; an assignment of their interest to George James Barnard, and an agreement for the sale of the take note to William Augustus Beckles, trustee on behalf of a new company called Portmadoc Brick, Clay and Peat Works Limited, 1879; a notebook containing a survey and valuation of the peatland under Cefn Coch Ucha and Ereiniog, 1874; letters to Longueville and Co. from T.E. Davies, George Percival Spooner, G.J. Barnard of Portmadoc, W.R. Lawford of Glyn, John H. Jones of Portmadoc and Lord Harlech, 1874-1880, with occasional copies of replies; a map, 1876; and printed prospectuses of the Ereiniog Brick and Tile Company [post-1876], the West of England Compressed Peat Company Limited, 1878, Portmadoc Brick, Clay and Peat Peat Works, Limited [1879]. Other items include letters to Longueville and Co. from the rector, churchwarden and clerk of Cricieth respectively, about the provision of a new school classroom and an additional burial ground in the parish, 1871-1876; and a licence granted by William Richard Baron Harlech to John Parry, Arundel John Drew and Frederick William Jones to quarry slate under Hafod Ucha farm in the parish of Llanfrothen, Merioneth, 1883.

Assignment by Thomas Edward Davies, George Percival Spooner and John Humphrey Jones to George James Barnard under a licence or take note granted by William Richard Lord Harlech to discover, work, convert and manufacture into naphtha charcoal, fuel and other similar products and to sell and dispose of clay, brick-earth, sand, etc., under the farms of Ereniog, Cefn Coch Uchaf, Maes Llech, Ynyswen and Hen Maes Llech in the parishes of Penmorfa and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Caernarfonshire, 1879, together with the licence to assign, Longueville’s charges for legal services and relevant letters

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties owned by the Brogyntyn estate in Caernarfonshire, 1813-1909. They include deeds for the purchase of Penybryn Farm, Cricieth, from the Peniarth estate in 1813-1814; ‘old papers’ relating to crown rents, building developments, mining and quarrying in Caernarfonshire and Merioneth, 1847-1878; leases of Clenennau mill and its lands, 1869-1888; papers relating to Cricieth Corporation and the castle, [1869x1875]; and deeds recording the sale by William Richard, second Baron Harlech, of property in Cricieth, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Llanystumdwy, Morfa Bychan, Penmorfa, Treflys and Ynyscynhaearn, including cottages, building plots for schools, a chapel at Penmorfa, a burial ground at Dolbenmaen and the lifeboat station at Portmadoc, 1871-1909

Conveyance of 2 farms in p's Llanystumdwy and Criccieth by William Wynne, esq., and others to Lord Viscount Bulkeley and others, trustees under the will of Ellen Owen, dec., 17 Nov. 1814; covenant by William Wynne, esq., and David Ellis Ranney, esq., a trustee to Viscount Bulkeley and others to indemnify purchaser of m's and hereditaments in co. Caern. comprised in a term of 500 years and the said premises from the trusts of the term and declaration that the trustee of the term as to the lands in question shall stand possessed in trust for the purchasers, 17 Nov. 1814; covenant for production of writings between William Wynne with Lord Viscount Bulkeley and others, 17 Nov. 1814.

Documents relating to part of Penybryn Farm in the parish of Cricieth, above the old high road from Penmorfa to Pwllheli, purchased from William Wynne of Peniarth, 1813-1814. The file contains printed particulars of sale of Penybryn and other estates in Deneio, Llanystumdwy, Criceith, Llanllyfni, Bodfean and Llandygwnning, Caernarfonshire, 1813; pedigrees showing the descent of William Wynne from John Vaughan and Ellen his wife; and abstracts of the title of William Wynne to part of Penybryn and to Cefn y Maen in the parishes of Cricieth and Llanystumdwy, 1685-1811, with lawyer’s opinions subscribed, 1813-1814.

Bundle vaguely labelled ‘Old papers taken out of old lease book’ which relate to Caernarfonshire and Merioneth properties of the Brogyntyn estate, 1847-1878. The file contains a receipt for the sale of materials at the toll house, Brynyrefail, 1847; papers relating to crown rents in Caernarfonshire and Merioneth, including letters of J.E. Parry and the Office of Woods, schedules of rents and a deed for the purchase of the crown rents by the Brogyntyn trustees, all wrapped in a printed sale notice of property at Harlech, 1858-1878; a request and plan for a new house at Pant Dwr Oer, Beddgelert, 1873; the petition of Edward Lloyd concerning Harlech Lletty mines, 1875; a list of shareholders in Penmorfa Sett Quarry, 1876; a list of leases from Mrs Ormsby Gore of building land at Borth-y-gest and other places, commencing 1858-1874; leases, plans, and letters mainly by W.R. Lawford relating to Clenennau Mill, 1869, 1874, building plots and a site for schools at Borth-y-gest in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, plots at Cricieth and at Porkington Terrace and Caefadog in Barmouth, showing the position of the railway line, Mynydd Gorllwyn in the parish of Llanaber, and the stone quarries at Fron Oleu, Portmadoc, 1858-1878; and a list of charges by Longueville and Co. with reference to a lease from Lord Harlech, 1877.

Papers relating to unspecified freehold properties in Caernarfonshire in mortgage to the late Ellis Williams, 1854. The file contains a copy of Mr Surman’s charges upon reconveyance to William Ormsby Gore, a list of title deeds of the property to secure the mortgage, 1686-1832, letters and telegrams by and to Longueville and Co. and to William Ormsby Gore.

Lease by John Ralph Ormsby Gore of Porkington to Robert Jones of two pieces of land forming part of Clenennau Mill lands in the parish of Penmorfa, Caernarfonshire, including a covenant to build a house thereon, with plan incorporated, 1869, and counterpart; a lease to Isaac Watkin of the water corn grist mill of Clenneny, 1873, and notice by Robert Evans to Isaac Watkins of the termination of his lease, 1888.

A press cutting from the Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald relating to the Corporation of Cricieth [1869] and a letter to Mr Gore by W.W.E. Wynne concerning the right to Cricieth Castle [pre-1875]

Copies and drafts of agreements and conveyances by William Richard third Baron Harlech, George Ralph Charles fourth Baron Harlech and the Brogyntyn trustees, relating to houses and lands in Caernarfonshire, with letters to Longueville and Co., maps and plans, 1871-1909. The properties include pieces of land conveyed to the United School Board of Penmorfa to build schools at Garn and Prenteg, Penmorfa, and at Gyfyny in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, 1877; cottages at Morfa Bychan, Portmadoc, 1896; land at Prenteg conveyed to Dolbenmaen Parish Council for a public burial ground, 1902-1903; Llidiart Cwpwl, Penmorfa, 1908; sites of a grocer’s shop and the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel at Penmorfa, 1908; and Tynymynydd and Tyn-y-gorlan in Garn Dolbenmaen, Penmorfa, 1909. Correspondents include J.E Parry of Glyn, 1871, J. Watkin of Clenennau, 1873, and Robert Thomas of Plasdu, 1874-1875

Agreements, copy draft appointments and conveyances by William Richard Baron Harlech, Sarah Baroness Harlech and the Brogyntyn trustees, relating to houses and lands in Caernarfonshire, 1885-1899. The properties comprise land adjoining Bryneifion, and Cefn Collwyn otherwise Cefn Collfryn, Cefn Maen, part of Gell farm and Penybryn, all in the parishes of Llanystumdwy and Cricieth, sold to John Ernest Greaves in 1885 and 1894 respectively; land near Wern, Portmadoc, Garreg Fawr, Bwlchyfedwen Inn and part of Bwlchyfedwen Farm in the parishes of Dolbenmaen (formerly Penmorfa) and Ynyscynhaearn, sold to Richard Methuen Greaves in 1889, 1893 and 1899; Tyddyn Adi, Cefn Cyfanedd, Ty Mawr, Cefn and Cae Sion, Coed-y-cefn, and closes near Wern Upper Lodge and Penmorfa village, in the parishes of Ynyscynhaearn, Treflys and Penmorfa, sold to Richard Methuen Greaves, 1894; a messuage and pieces of land at Morfa Bychan near Portmadoc, 1894; the site of the boathouse of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at Portmadoc, Cricieth, 1892; Llystyn and Blaen-y-Cae, Dolbenmaen, 1894; land at Garn Dolbenmaen, 1894; and part of Ty Newydd farm, Dolbenmaen, conveyed to Rev. William Evans Jones and Richard Methuen Greaves for the site of a church, 1898. The file also includes schedules; plans; valuations of the land near Wern, 1889, and Bwlchyfedwen, 1899; and letters to and by Lord Harlech, Longueville and Co., T.H. Thursfield of Broseley and R.M. Greaves, concerning the sale at Wern, 1889.

Agreements for sale and copy draft conveyances by William Richard Baron Harlech and the Brogyntyn trustees, mainly of cottages and gardens in Morfa Bychan, Portmadoc, in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, 1894-1895. The properties include parts of Tynewydd and Glanyrafon, Garreg-goch, part of Fridd-newydd and Glandon. The purchasers are William Owen of Gwyndy, Hugh Lewis of Tynyffynon, Thomas Lewis of Garreg Coch, William Ellis of Garreg Coch, John Ignatius Williams of Hendregadredd, John Jones of Ynysfor, Penrhyndeudraeth, Hugh Jones of Tynewydd, Griffith Morris and Capt. William Owen Morris. There are also three further agreements for sale, to Griffith Morris of Garn Dolbenmaen, to Charles Williams of Canal Side, Llangollen, and to The Denbighshire County Governing Body. Plans and a list of purchased properties are included.

Lease and release of hereditaments at Criccieth by William Gryffydd Oakeley to William Ormsby-Gore, 20 Jan. 1832, mortgage by William Ormsby-Gore to Ellis Williams, 24 Jan. 1832, reconveyance by Ellis Williams to William Ormsby-Gore, 15 Aug. 1834, conveyance of Criccieth Castle by the Commissioners of Woods to trustees of William Ormsby-Gore, 28 Aug. 1858, conveyance of the Criccieth Estate by Mrs M. J. Ormsby-Gore to W. W. E. Wynne and R. J. Venables, 3 Aug. 1866, deed extinguishing certain rights and easements over the Criccieth Estate from Criccieth Local Board to J. R. Ormsby-Gore and others, 27 June 1874, and abstracts of title and other papers, [c. 1874].

Mainly leases by William Ormsby Gore of Brogyntyn, Mary Jane his wife, and John Ralph Ormsby Gore, of parts of Borth-y-gest farm in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, for development as building plots, 1847-1860, and for the erection of a quay wall, 1867. There is also a lease for the site of Borth-y-gest Independent Chapel, 1871; and an acknowledgement for the conveyance of a garden plot, 1924.

Lease by William Ormsby Gore of Porkington, Mary Jane his wife and John Ralph Ormsby Gore to John James of Borth, Caernarfonshire, of part of a farm called Borth in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, for building two houses thereon, with plan incorporated, 1847.

Lease by William Ormsby Gore of Porkington, Mary Jane his wife and John Ralph Ormsby Gore to William Williams of Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire, of part of a farm called Borth-y-gest in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, for building one or more houses thereon, with plan in margin, 1851.