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Leases by Mary Jane Ormsby Gore and John Ralph Ormsby Gore of land at Borth-y-gest in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, firstly to Lewis Hughes a part of Borth Farm [near the road leading to Portmadoc] for building purposes, 1860, and secondly to Rees Davies Richards, Hugh Williams and Robert Rowland, shipbuilders, a site for the erection of a substantial quay wall, 1867 (2 copies and counterparts); plans incorporated

Lease by William Griffith of Portmadoc, builder, and John Ralph Ormsby Gore of Porkington to Owen Morris and other chapel trustees of a piece of land at Borth-y-gest, Caernarfonshire, with a Congregational (Independent) chapel, schoolhouse and other buildings erected thereon (boundaries described), with plan, 1871, and surrender endorsed, 1891.

Acknowledgment by Humphrey Davies Owen to George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech for production of an indenture of conveyance of a piece of land in Borth-y-gest, used by him as a garden, 1924.

Counterpart lease of land at Borthygest by William Ormsby-Gore to William Griffith, 29 Aug. 1854, lease of the same by same to same, 30 Aug. 1854, mortgage by William Griffith to George Casson and another, 17 Aug. 1867, mortgage by William Griffith to Thomas Parry, 8 Oct. 1868, mortgage by William Griffith to J. H. Williams and others, 25 June 1870, conveyance by William Griffith to trustees of will of M. J. Ormsby- Gore, 25 June 1870, and abstract of title, c. 1870].

Title deeds and other documents concerning properties purchased or leased by the Brogyntyn estate in the county of Merioneth, 1706-1961. They include a lease and arbitration award for Ty Cerrig, Talsarnau, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1920-1961; miscellaneous properties in Llandanwg, Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Barmouth, Beddgelert, Harlech and other locations in Merioneth, 1706-1912; and mining and quarrying leases, 1837-1947.

Leases mainly by members of the Ormsby Gore family of Brogyntyn, of lead, copper, manganese and sulphur mines, and of slate quarries in the parishes of Llanaber, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn, Llanddwywe, Llanelltud, Llanfihangel-y-traethau and Llanfrothen in the county of Merioneth, 1837-1947. The sites include Bwlch-y-Plwm, Pant y maesudor and Pant-y-Maesydd, 1837-1875, Rhosiger, Farchynys and Sylfaen, 1859-1888, Lletty Fwyalch and Llechwedd Du, 1867-1872, Hafod Ucha, 1872-1873, Rhosydd, 1890-1891, and others. One file (ref. 55/8) contains a lease by Queen Victoria to William Richard Ormsby Gore of coal, metals, metallic minerals and ores, limestone and slate on or under land in the parishes of Llanenddwyn, Llanddwywe and Llanelltud, Merioneth, 1894.

Deeds relating to farm and lands called Cefn Mine situate at Llandanwg, co. Mer., purchased from The Earl of Winchelsea.

Leases of mines and minerals under farms and lands called Bwlch-y-Plwm, Pant y maesudor and Pant-y-Maesydd in the parish of Llanfrothen, Merioneth, by William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife to Samuel Holland of Plas-yn-Penrhyn, 1837, 1854, and a surrender of lease, 1863; leases by Mary Jane Ormsby Gore to The Bwlch-y-Plwm Lead Mining Company (Limited), 1863, and by John Ralph Ormsby Gore and his trustees to the Penrhyndeudraeth Lead Mining Company Limited, 1875, with maps incorporated; licences granted by John Ralph Ormsby Gore to John Hindle Young, Henry Patteson and others to search for copper ore and other minerals, 1869, 1873; and a letter to Longueville and Co. from Breese, Jones and Casson of Portmadoc, 1875.

Licences (take notes) and a lease by William Ormsby Gore, Mary Jane his wife and John Ralph Ormsby Gore to mine sulphur, lead and other minerals under the sheepwalk of Foel, Caerwych Farm and Caerwych Ffridd in the parish of Llandecwyn, and related letters from J.E. Parry of Glyn, 1851-1873. The licensees are John Barclay Niven of Liverpool, 1851, Richard Buggelen of Tremadoc, 1853, William Lloyd of Talsarnau, 1859, Robert Roberts of Tyntwll and David Williams of Caerwych, 1873.

Licences (take notes) and leases by William Ormsby Gore, Mary Jane his wife, John Ralph first Baron Harlech and William Richard second Baron, of lead, copper, manganese and other minerals under the farms of Rhosiger in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Farchynys Fach, Sylfaen, Goloedd, Tyddyn Pandu and Gallwyn Bach, all in the parish of Llanaber, Llechwedd Ddu, Llety near Harlech (map incorporated), and Graig Isa and Graig Ucha in the parish of Llanenddwyn. The lessees are James Hollow of Lelant Hayle, Cornwall, and Crown Court, Old Broad Street, Middlesex, 1859, John Parry of Dolgellau, 1862, David Morris of Sylfaen, 1862, John Morris of Dolgellau, 1862, Owen Hughes and Robert Williams of Harlech, 1862, John Edward Parry and others, 1864, William Milford of Bontddu near Dolgellau and William Northey of Goginan, 1876, George Bargate of Barrow-in-Furness, William George Ainslie of Westminster and Edward Hadham of Dalton-in-Furness, 1886, and Henry Miles and John Miles of Dolgellau, 1888. There are also letters to Mary Jane Ormsby Gore from Robert Griffith of Festiniog relating to the lease on Tan-y-grisiau slate quarry, 1864.

Lease by John Ralph Ormsby Gore of Porkington to the Harlech Silver Lead Copper Zinc and Sulphur Mining Company (Limited) of slate and minerals under Lletty Fwyalch and Llechwedd Du, and parts of the farms called Llidiart Garw, Tyddyn Sion Wyn and Glyn in the parishes of Llandanwg and Llanfihangel-y-traethau, with map annexed, and counterpart lease, 1871. Also in the file are an agreement between John Edward Parry and William Hope Jones and others, in connection with trials for minerals at Llechwedd Du and Llwyndrew, under a take note from Mr Ormsby Gore, 1867; accounts of minerals sold, royalties and a receipt, 1866-1872, and letters mainly from William Hope Jones of Hooton Grange, Cheshire, R. Edwards of Ruthin, John Robert Banner of Liverpool, J. Berry of Walbrook, London, Edward Lloyd of Harlech Mines and J.E. Parry of Glyn Hall, about the arrangement and terms of the lease, failure of the mining venture and sale of the equipment to pay the workmen, 1869-1872.

Leases by Mary Jane Ormsby Gore to William Hope Jones, William Dixon and Lancelot Dixon, 1868, and by John Ralph Ormsby Gore to William Hope Jones of Hooton Grange, Chester, 1871, of slates, mines and minerals under Lletty Fwyalch and Llechwedd Du, and parts of the farms called Llidiart Garw, Tyddyn Sion Wyn and Glyn in the parishes of Llandanwg and Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Merioneth; an assignment of lease by William Hope Jones to Edward Jones, 1872, followed by EJ’s deed of defeasance and covenant to John Ralph Ormsby Gore, 1872. The file also includes a tack note granted to John Robert Banner, 1871; a list of articles and goods bought by Edward Lloyd at the auction of mining effects, 1871; an account of sulphur from Lletty mine, 1872; an account of legal expenses; and letters from Edward Jones, J.E. Parry of Glyn Hall, and W. R. Lawford of Glyn, 1872-1876. Includes maps.

Draft licence to John Parry of the Eagles Hotel, Caernarfon, 1872, and a lease by John Ralph Ormsby Gore to The Cambria Wynne Slate Company (Limited) of quarries of slate, slabs and flagstones under Hafod Ucha Farm, 1873; maps included.

Lease by the Brogyntyn trustees and William Richard Baron Harlech to John Robert Banner of Liverpool of mines and minerals under land near Llidiart Carw, Llety and Llechwedd Du, 1878; notice of repossession, 1888; and a licence or take note granted to Andrew Vance Speer of Liverpool, 1908; plans included.

Lease by Queen Victoria, represented by Edward Stafford Howard, a Commissioner of Woods, to William Richard Baron Harlech of coal, metals and metallic minerals and ores, limestone and slate on or under land in the parishes of Llanenddwyn, Llanddwywe and Llanelltud, Merioneth, and draft, 1894; a licence granted by George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech to Harry Johnson Wright for the mining of manganese at Graig Issa and Graig Ucha, Llanenddwyn, 1916; royalty accounts, 1893-1895; a copy of the Enclosure Act for Llanaber, Llanddwywe, Llanenddwyn, Llanbedr and Llanfair, 1810; letters mainly to Longueville and Co. from the Dyffryn Mining Company Limited, the Office of Woods, Macqueen Bros, Samuel Pope QC and W.H. More, concerning the Dyffryn Company at Graig Issa, ascertainment of figures for the Crown Receiver’s accounts, claims for royalties due to Lord Harlech and to the Crown, and Lord Harlech’s mineral lease in Llanaber Inclosure, 1894-1896; a map (tracing) of the allotments of common [made post 1810 Act] in the parishes of Llanddwywe and Llanenddwyn; and 6 inch ordnance survey maps, Sheets X, XXVI, 1888. The file also contains draft deeds relating to a wooden bungalow at The Morfa, Harlech, originally leased by George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech to George Reid of Stafford, 1925-1931; and enclosures, 1895-1947.

Draft lease by William Richard Baron Harlech to the Rhosydd Slate Company of mines and quarries under the land called Rhosydd, being part of a farm called Cwmorthin in the parishes of Ffestiniog and Llanfrothen, together with the mine agent’s house, 1891.

Papers relating to the lease by George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech to Merioneth County Council of Ty Cerrig, Talsarnau, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1920-1921, and to a subsequent arbitration award, 1958-1961.

Papers relating to Ty Cerrig, Talsarnau, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, and part of Tynacrau, leased to Merioneth County Council by the exercise of their compulsory powers to acquire small holdings in 1920. These farms were acquired in substitution for Tyddyn Sion Wyn. The file contains draft leases by George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech, with schedule and map, 1920-1921; correspondence between the Brogyntyn agent, W.E. Stamer, David Breese of Breese, Jones and Casson, Clerk of the Peace for Merioneth, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1920-1921; notes on the terms of agreement; and an extract from Mr Roberts’s report, 1920

Arbitration award in accordance with the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948, for the settlement of claims and differences between William David Ormsby Gore (landlord) and Merioneth County Council (tenant) concerning breaches of the tenancy agreement for Ty Cerrig, Glyn estate, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Merioneth, 1960, together with associated papers, mainly 1958-1961. Ty Cerrig and part of Tynacra were let to Merioneth County Council by the exercise of their compulsory powers to acquire small holdings in 1920. The substantial file contains the counterpart lease of 1921; the tenant’s request for a new lease, 1955; handwritten notes and official statements of the case; a supporting statement by the county secretary of the Merioneth branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales; reports and specifications; a rental; schedules detailing the valuation of the farm and buildings, the delapidation claim on behalf of the landlord and work to be done; plans of Ty Cerrig; letters from Longueville solicitors, the clerk of Merioneth County Council, county land agent, valuers and architect; notices served on the tenants; bills of costs; instructions to counsel to advise; and a precedent case Edmunds vs Woollacott, Minehead, 1958.

Title deeds and other documents relating properties belonging to the Brogyntyn estate in the county of Merioneth, 1706-1912. The most substantial files are for Tygwyn Gamlas, Carreg-y-ro and Ty Newydd in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1818-1911, and for Erw Wen and Lasynys in the parishes of Llandanwg and Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1872-1908. Others include Lasynys Fach, Garthmawr Hen and Garthmelan, 1706-1852, Glyn woollen factory, 1841-1869, building leases at Beddgelert, 1868-1890, Porkington Terrace, Barmouth, 1871-1877, and the site of a Baptist chapel at Harlech, 1896.