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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