Held at: | Private Collection |
Reference: | RS_0010 |
Source: | Private research: Probate Documents |
Title: | Names and ownership of property in Longtown |
Place name: | Longtown |
Date: | 1600’s 1700’s 1800’s |
Description:
Property Called | Date | Owner/Tenant | Source | Comment |
Bakers Tump | 1821 | Catharine Prosser | Will | - |
Bank Cottage | 1865 | Howell Nicholls | Deeds | 3 Acres included; purchased and incorporated into Trewern |
Berthee | 1804 | Ann Lewis | Will | Also called Tyr Button; left to great nephew David Watkins |
Bethel | 1849 | James Hoddell | Will | Left to wife Mary |
Bilbo | 1759 | David George | Will | Left to wife Ann |
Bryn | 1798 | Walter Williams | Will | Left to wife, Mary |
Bryn Rhewy | 1786 | Thomas Harris | Will | Left to wife Mary |
Cae Cort Melyn | c.1660 | Paul Thomas | Will | Sold to Rowland Jennings |
Cae Cort Melyn | 1661 | Rowland Jennings | Will | Tenement, close & arable land; left to brother John |
Cae Grosen | 1798 | John Gwillim | Will | Lately purchased from Walter Jeffreys |
Cae Issa | c.1820 | James Addis | Will ref. | - |
Cae Issa | c.1830 | Martha Prichard | Will ref. | - |
Cae Issa | 1736 | John Powell | Will | Also called Tyr Jenkin |
Cae Issa | 1841 | Mary Merrick | Will | Also called Tyr Jenkin |
Cae Keven | 1739 | John Lewis | Will | Will refers to mortgage held by testator William Lewis, shoemaker |
Cae Lydyatt | 1652 | - | Deed | - |
Caia Geel | 1844 | James Pitt | Will | Left to trustees for the benefit of brother & sister |
Caitack | 1776 | Jeffreys family | Deed | - |
Castle bach | 1804 | Ann Lewis | Will | - |
Castle land | 1856 | Thomas Penry | Will | Leased from Earl of Abergavenny |
Catack | 1849 | James Hoddell | Will | Left to wife Mary |
Cwmbach | 1732 | Simon Thomas | Will | Left to wife, Jane |
Cwmbach | 1814 | John Prichard | Will | 2 Cottages & gardens, tenant Howell Evans, left to son, James Prichard |
Eustances Land | 1841 | Mary Merrick | Will | Previously placed in trust by Edward Merrick for wife Mary |
Garn | 1814 | David Watkins | Will | Witness to will |
Goldbrook [?Holdbrook] | 1857 | Henry Phillips | Lease | 3 pieces of Land c. 7 acres |
Gridall Farm | 1849 | William Hoddell | Will | - |
Gridol | 1825 | Benjamin Titley | Will ref. | Witness to will |
Groves | 1841 | Mary Merrick | Will | Previously placed in trust by Edward Merrick for wife Mary |
Gwin Mattock | 1814 | John Prichard | Will | |
Hendre | 1844 | James Pitt | Will | Left to trustees for the benefit of brother & sister |
John Thomas Hopkins House | 1680 | David Jenkins | Deed | Said to be near the ‘Chappell Lambedder’ |
Little Wain | 1856 | Thomas Penry | Will | To be sold |
Llanwonog | 1708 | Paul Thomas | Will | - |
Llanwonog | 1843 | Sarah Powell | Will | Witness to will |
Llanwonog | 1876 | Francis Maria Bulmer | Abstract of Title | - |
Lower House | 1839 | John Pritchard | Will | Left to wife, Ann |
Lower Pen y Lan | 1807 | James Jenkins | Will | Left to Henry Griffiths |
Lusswen | 1769 | Lewis Watkins | Will | Also called Ty Button; left to niece Ann Jones |
Moody | 1841 | John Price | Will ref. | - |
Moody lands | 1819 | John Price | Lease | - |
New Inn | 1856 | Thomas Penry | Will | To be sold |
Nyal | 1865 | Howell Nicholls | Deeds | 4 Acres purchased and incorporated into Trewern |
Olchon Mill | 1776 | Jeffreys family | Deed | - |
Pen y Lan | 1807 | James Jenkins | Will | Left to wife Elizabeth |
Pen yr Heol | 1825 | John Powell | Will | Left to son James; property also known as Vaughan’s Lands or Higgins Lands |
Penposound [?Pen-pwll-sond] | 1856 | Thomas Penry | Will | To be sold |
Penyworlodd | 1849 | James Hoddell | Will | Left to wife Mary |
Perthy | 1815 | Phillip Jones | Will | Freehold/copyhold; left to dr. Eleanor |
Pontanas | 1815 | Phillip Jones | Will | Freehold/copyhold; left to dr. Eleanor |
Pontannes | 1804 | James Harris | Will | Left to Philip Jones |
Pontannys Mill | 1802 | Phillip Morgan | Will | Freehold left to son, also Phillip Morgan |
Pontercerthorion Mills | 1833 | John Gwillim | Will | Witness to will |
Pontercerthoron Mills | 1833 | Thomas Griffiths | Will | Witness to will |
Porth Ddee | 1715 | John Watkins | Will | Leasehold from John Jeffreys; left to Lewis Lewis |
Tae Bach | 1817 | William Price | Will | parcel of land left to cousins Mary Price & Ann Collard |
Tanners | 1841 | Mary Merrick | Will | Previously placed in trust by Edward Merrick for wife Mary |
Teekennoll | 1849 | James Hoddell | Will | Left to wife Mary |
Trelandon | 1827 | Elizabeth Parry | Will | Leasehold/ copyhold from Marquess of Abergavenny; left to grandson William Harry George |
Trewern | 1776 | John Jenkins | Sale | Purchaser of Tyr Ffrank |
Trewern | 1810 | Elizabeth Prosser | Deeds | Upper and Middle Trewern identified |
Trewern | 1841 | Mary Merrick | Will | 1/3 share of Trewern, which is occupied by Howell Nicholls |
Trewern | 1844 | James Pitt | Will | Left to trustees for the benefit of brother & sister |
Trewern | 1871 | Howell Nicholls | Deeds | Upper and Middle Trewern identified |
Tykennol | 1776 | Jeffreys family | Deed | - |
Tyr Button | 1769 | Lewis Watkins | Also called Lusswen; left to niece Ann Jones | |
Tyr Button | 1804 | Ann Lewis | Will | Left to great nephew David Watkins; also called Berthee |
Tyr Button | 1815 | Phillip Jones | Will | Freehold/copyhold; left to daughter Eleanor |
Tyr Iarproe | 1844 | James Pitt | Will | Left to trustees for the benefit of brother & sister |
Tyr Jenkin | 1736 | John Powell | Will | Also called Cae Issa |
Tyr Jenkin | 1841 | Mary Merrick | Will | Also known as Cae Issa |
Tyr y ca | 1843 | Mary Lewis | Will | House & land left to nephew David Powell |
Upper Combcoched | c.1755 | David Jenkins | Will | Sold to John Lewis |
Upper Combcoched | 1760 | John Lewis | Will | Left to wife Mary |
Upper House | 1803 | Charles Thomas | Will | Left to wife, Elizabeth |
Upper House | 1839 | John Pritchard | Will | Left to daughter Ann |
Water Grist Mill | 1798 | John Gwillim | Will | Refers to brother Robert Gwillim as tenant |
Wern a Cwm | 1856 | David Powells | Will | Testator James Jones holds a mortgage |
William Eustance Mill | 1738 | Thomas Prichard | Will | Tenants Job Williams & Susan Morries; left to nephew John Prichard |
Observations:
Property names are frequently reproduced phonetically in original documents, leading to considerable variations in spelling; the writing in old manuscripts can also be difficult to interpret. Property was also sometimes given the names of the current or previous owners [eg ‘Xyz’s Land’] and names therefore changed accordingly over time. In the list above, spellings in the original documents have sometimes been amended to conform to the most frequent usage, and this should be borne in mind if looking for a specific property name. References to alternative names [as distinct from spelling variants] are given where any are known.
Family names associated with individual properties may be as owner, leaseholder, tenant or sub-tenant; where known the status is given in the comments.
The above list is compiled from various external sources including the internet; further property or family names can also be found using the search engine for material held on this website.
Original Wills and other probate documents for most parishes in the Hundred of Ewyas Lacy are held by the National Library of Wales
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