Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
PE: Records of the Priory Estate and the Miles Family.

Acc. 1527

Ref: PE/6

REFERENCE: PE/6
TITLE: Records of the estate: Improvements
DATE(S): 1853-1916
LEVEL: Series
SIZE: 52 Items

NATURE AND CONTENT:

REFERENCE: PE/6/1
DATE: 1877
SIZE: 1 vol.
NATURE AND CONTENT: Ledger listing lands in the Priory Estate. Apparently connected to drainage. References to an ‘annexed map’.

REFERENCE: PE/6/2
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plans of water supply at the Priory Estate, Cardigan, relating to reservoir at Tregiby Farm.

REFERENCE: PE/6/3
DATE: 1855
SIZE: 4 items
NATURE AND CONTENT: Items relating to Cardigan Commons, including two maps and extracts from the award of the commons by David Davies Esq.

REFERENCE: PE/6/4
DATE: 5 June 1883
SIZE: 3 items
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plans for the Black Lion Hotel in Cardigan, property of G. F. W. Miles, approved by William Woodward on 22 August, 1883.

REFERENCE: PE/6/5
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plan of cattle shed for Gottrel farm, part of Priory Estate.

REFERENCE: PE/6/6
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plan of corn loft for Tregiby, part of Priory Estate.

REFERENCE: PE/6/7
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Map of Verwig, in Cardiganshire.

REFERENCE: PE/6/8
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Rough plan of buildings of Lower Stepside Farm.

REFERENCE: PE/6/9
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: A map of suggested building sites on the Priory Estate.

REFERENCE: PE/6/10
DATE: 3 July 1880
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Tithe map of Llangoedmore, Cardiganshire.

REFERENCE: PE/6/11
DATE: 1857 - 1906
SIZE: 1 item (envelope, with items inside)
NATURE AND CONTENT: Items related to land drainage for the Priory Estate. Majority of items are correspondence with the Land Improvement and Drainage Company and the Rev. Miles. Also included are accounts relating to the expense.

REFERENCE: PE/6/12
DATE: 1890
SIZE: 4 items
NATURE AND CONTENT: O.S. maps showing parts of the Priory Estate (Cardiganshire sheets XXX.13, XXIX.16, XXXVIII.1 and XXXVIII.5). Both XXXVIII sheets in bad condition.

REFERENCE: PE/6/13
DATE: 1884
SIZE: 1 item (envelope with letters enclosed)
NATURE AND CONTENT: Multiple items relating to the Lock-Up site, part of the Priory Estate, including building plans.

REFERENCE: PE/6/14
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Map of parts of the Priory estate owned by George F. W. Miles.

REFERENCE: PE/6/15
DATE: 12 August 1881
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Map of parts of Priory Estate, labelled as ‘plan referred to in settlement dated 31st October 1881’.

REFERENCE: PE/6/16
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plan of a fence. No location given.

REFERENCE: PE/6/17
DATE: 15 February 1890
SIZE: 2 items (in envelope)
NATURE AND CONTENT: Estimates for repairs needed for The Priory House written by William Woodward.

REFERENCE: PE/6/18
DATE: 10 October 1916
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: A letter regarding improvements being made to two properties on the Priory estate [Gottrel and Tregiby Farms].
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/5and PE/6/6 appear to be the relevant building plans.

REFERENCE: PE/6/19
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Copy of the tithe map of Tremain, Cardiganshire.

REFERENCE: PE/6/20
DATE: 1885
SIZE: 3 items
NATURE AND CONTENT: Set of letters relating to a freeholding on the Priory Estate and a disagreement over an improvement payment.

REFERENCE: PE/6/21
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plan of parts of the Priory Estate, with a highlighted building on Priory Street.

REFERENCE: PE/6/22
DATE: 1911
SIZE: 1 item (4 pp)
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft agreement regarding a new window in the back of a shop in High Street, Cardigan. With corrections in red ink.

REFERENCE: PE/6/23
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Copy of the tithe map of Rhydyfuwch.

REFERENCE: PE/6/24
DATE: 19 March 1883
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Letter with many queries as to work to be done on various parts of Priory Estate, from Woodward to Mr S. Jones.

REFERENCE: PE/6/25
DATE: 29 November 1879
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Copy of a letter from General Land Drainage and Improvement Co., requesting information on work done on Priory Estate for Rev. R. H. Miles.

REFERENCE: PE/6/26
DATE: 1884
SIZE: 3 items
NATURE AND CONTENT: 3 bills addressed to Mrs Mary Evans of Velinbedr, for work carried out on the farm by David Twining, Millwright.

REFERENCE: PE/6/27
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: List with title ‘R. H. Miles’ and what appear to be acreages on parts of the Priory Estate.

REFERENCE: PE/6/28
DATE: 10 February 1880
SIZE: 1 item (2 pp)
NATURE AND CONTENT: A statement of works. Very poor legibility.

REFERENCE: PE/6/29
DATE: 28 August 1880
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Black edged letter from Elizabeth James, daughter of the late Abraham Thomas, sexton of St. Mary’s Church, requesting money for improvements her father made whilst a Priory Estate tenant.

REFERENCE: PE/6/30
DATE: 22 January 1880
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Letter from South Eastern Railway Engineer’s office to Mr Woodward, regarding reimbursement of work expenses.

REFERENCE: PE/6/31
DATE:
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Notice to landowners of a display of draft Ordnance Survey maps for Carmarthen and Cardigan.

REFERENCE: PE/6/32
DATE: 28 July 1891
SIZE: 1 item (3 pp)
NATURE AND CONTENT: A letter from William Woodward regarding the donation by the Priory Estate of a strip of land to improve the approach to the town. Enclosed is a letter from Mr Colby’s agents, who is also donating land, and a small plan of the area in question.

REFERENCE: PE/6/33
DATE: August 1885
SIZE: 1 item (6 pp, in envelope)
NATURE AND CONTENT: Envelope labelled ‘Priory Estate Audit’, but documents inside seem to all correspond to the Stepside Farm, including a charge for improvements and a copy from the tithe map.

REFERENCE: PE/6/34
DATE: 1883
SIZE: 1 item (8 pp)
NATURE AND CONTENT: Documents relating to improvements being made to the Priory Estate, most particularly additional windows for the Black Lion hotel.

REFERENCE: PE/6/35
DATE: 1861 - 1893
SIZE: 3 items, in envelope
NATURE AND CONTENT: Absolute Order of Enclosure Commissioners and an Assignment of Change, with a covering letter. The Absolute Order and Assignment of Change were for rent owed by the Rev Miles to the Land Improvement company, on three farms of the Priory Estate, which was paid to the London Life association. The covering letter explains the return of the documents due to the rent charge being paid off.

REFERENCE: PE/6/36
DATE: 30 March 1871
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Absolute Order of Inclosure Commissioners for Miles’ drainage, farm buildings, enclosing, planting, reclaiming and water power improvements.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/37 is the assignment associated with this order.

REFERENCE: PE/6/37
DATE: 14 June 1871
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: An assignment of the charge under the Absolute Order, between the General Land Drainage and Improvement company and Thomas Chapman and others. The release has been added, dated 11 August 1898.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/36 is the Absolute Order associated with this assignment.

REFERENCE: PE/6/38
DATE: 19 September 1877
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: An Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners, for Miles’ drainage, farm buildings, enclosing, planting, reclaiming and water power improvements.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/39 is the assignment associated with this order.

REFERENCE: PE/6/39
DATE: 10 October 1877
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: An assignment of the charge under the Absolute Order, between the General Land Drainage and Improvement company and Thomas Chapman and others. The release has been added, dated 11 August 1898.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/38 is the Absolute Order associated with this assignment.

REFERENCE: PE/6/40
DATE: 9 March 1882
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Absolute Order, No. 383, of the Inclosure Commissioners, for Miles’ drainage, farm buildings, enclosing, planting, reclaiming and water power improvements.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/41 is the assignment associated with this order.

REFERENCE: PE/6/41
DATE: 19 April 1882
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Assignment of the charge under the Absolute Order between the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company and Thomas Chapman and others. The release has been added, dated 11 August 1898.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/40 is the Absolute Order associated with this assignment.

REFERENCE: PE/6/42
DATE: 9 March 1882
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Absolute Order No. 467 of the Inclosure Commissioners, for Miles’ drainage, farm buildings, enclosing, planting, reclaiming and water power improvements.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/43 is the assignment associated with this order.

REFERENCE: PE/6/43
DATE: 19 April 1882
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Assignment of the charge under the Absolute Order between the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company and Thomas Chapman and others. The release has been added, dated 11 August 1898.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/42 is the Absolute Order associated with this assignment.

REFERENCE: PE/6/44
DATE: 9 February 1866
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Absolute Order, No. 280, of the Inclosure Commissioners, for Miles’ drainage and farm buildings improvements.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/45 is the assignment associated with this order.

REFERENCE: PE/6/45
DATE: 14 February 1866
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: An assignment of charge under the Absolute Order, between the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company and the Trustees of the London Life Association.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/44 is the Absolute Order associated with this assignment.

REFERENCE: PE/6/46
DATE: 1868 - 1870
SIZE: 6 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: file
NATURE AND CONTENT: Items in envelope labelled ‘Absolute orders dated 19th June 1868 and 8th December 1870 with assignments to Scottish Widows Fund’.

REFERENCE: PE/6/46/1
DATE: 19 June 1868
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners to Miles, regarding drainage, farm buildings, enclosing, embanking and water power improvements.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/46/2 and PE/6/46/3 relate to this Absolute Order.

REFERENCE: PE/6/46/2
DATE: 24 June 1868
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Assignment of charge under Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners from the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company to The Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society, regarding the drainage improvement for Miles.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/46/1 and PE/6/46/3 relate to the same charges.

REFERENCE: PE/6/46/3
DATE: 24 June 1868
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Notice of assignment from the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company to the Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society, regarding the drainage improvement for Miles.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/46/1 and PE/6/46/2 relate to the same charges.

REFERENCE: PE/6/46/4
DATE: 8 December 1870
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners to Miles, regarding drainage, farm buildings, enclosing, embanking and water power improvements.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/46/5 and PE/6/46/6 relate to this Absolute Order.

REFERENCE: PE/6/46/5
DATE: 28 December 1870
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Assignment of charge under Absolute Order of the Inclosure Commissioners, from the General Land Drainage and Improvement company to the Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society, regarding the drainage improvement for Miles.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/46/4 and PE/6/46/6 relate to these charges.

REFERENCE: PE/6/46/6
DATE: 28 December 1870
SIZE: 1 item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Notice of Assignment from the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company to the Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society, regarding the drainage improvement for Miles.
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: PE/6/46/4 and PE/6/46/5 relate to these charges.