Fonds GB 0210 CASILL - Castle Hill estate records

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 CASILL

Title

Castle Hill estate records

Date(s)

  • [c. 1260]-1935 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

0.691 cubic metres (24 boxes, 1 roll)

Context area

Name of creator

Loxdale family, of Castle Hill

Biographical history

The Loxdale family's association with Cardiganshire did not begin until 1819. Their earlier connections were mainly with Staffordshire and Shropshire, and more especially with Shrewsbury.

The Loxdale family first appear in the parish of Forton, Staffordshire, during the reign of Henry VII, and other descendants are mentioned in connection with that parish in the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth century. Richard Loxdale (1680-1732) is stated to have been the first of the family to settle in Shrewsbury, where he practiced as a solicitor. The family subsequently became prominent in the civic life of the town; Joseph Loxdale was high steward and deputy recorder of the town for nearly fifty years. In 1819, Sarah Elizabeth Loxdale married John Nathaniel Williams of Castle Hill, Cardiganshire.

The Williams family were originally from the Tregaron area of Cardiganshire. The family moved from Pant y Seiri in the parish of Caron to Castle Hill near the village of Llanilar in the late eighteenth century; the earliest deed in this archive to describe them as of Castle Hill appears to be dated 1796.

Sarah survived her husband by thirty years, and when she died in 1862, the Castle Hill estate passed to her brother James Loxdale (1797-1890). The family continue to live at Castle Hill.

Repository

Archival history

The following fifty three items were not available for consultation, apparently returned to the depositor in the 1950s-1970s: 56, 65, 210, 229-230, 337, 390, 411, 419-420, 443, 466-470, 477, 490, 493-494, 496, 500, 559-560, 569, 580, 646, 662, 666-667, 689, 763-764, 806-807, 900, 921, 928, 1029, 1133, 1142, 1169, 1202, 1208, 1212, 1236, 1238, 1288, 1335, 1336, 1339, 1359, 1468. A further twenty items from the May 1960 deposit were issued to Mrs Loxdale on 25 April 1969. The following fifteen items were subsequently identified in the Wyndham Powell deposit, 2013, and returned to the Castle Hill collection: 210, 230, 390, 466-469, 477, 662, 666-667, 921, 1133, 1142, 1288.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by Alderman R. J. R. Loxdale, May 1943, by Mrs M.L. R. Loxdale in 1949, and by Mrs M. L. Loxdale, April, June and September 1960, August, 1970 and August 1971.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Estate and family records, [c. 1260]-1935, of the Loxdale family of Shrewsbury and Castle Hill, Cardiganshire, and of the Williams family of Pant y Seiri and Castle Hill, comprising deeds, valuations, surveys, correspondence, etc., mainly relating to the estate in the parishes of Caron, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanddeiniol, Llanddewibrefi, Llangwyryfon, Llanilar and Rhostïe, Cardiganshire, Wednesbury, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, including from [c. 1750] deeds relating to coal and iron mines, in these three Staffordshire parishes, and Brace Meole, St Julian and Wellington, Shropshire. -- The archive also includes records of a number of Shrewsbury guilds, including ordinances of the stewards and warden of the craft of weavers, 1416, and a revision, 1609; accounts, minutes and records of apprenticeships of the Company of Shearmen, 1468-[c. 1632], and the ordinances and constitution of the Guild of Clothworkers, 1614; accounts relating to the office of town clerk of Shrewsbury, 1655-1755; copy translations of royal grants to the town of Shrewsbury, 1189-1396; a session book for the hundred of Condover, Shropshire, 1744-1774; game books, 1828-1942; papers, 1873-1909, relating to Llanilar National School; and deeds and letters about Shrewsbury Free Grammar School, [c. 1870]-[c. 1890].

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

All records deposited at NLW have been retained.

Accruals

Accuals are not expected.

System of arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English
  • Latin

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Latin.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Hard copies of the catalogue of the 1949 deposit are available at NLW and HMC. The 1943 deposit and all deposits subsequent to 1949 remain uncatalogued.

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Existence and location of originals

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Publication note

G. M. Griffiths, 'Deposited Collections 27. The Castle Hill Collection', National Library of Wales Journal, 8 (1953-54), 109-112.

Notes area

Note

Title based on contents of fonds.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004250345

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000250345

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Rules and/or conventions used

Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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Dates of creation revision deletion

April 2001.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

The following source was used in the compilation of this description: G. M. Griffiths, 'Deposited Collections 27. The Castle Hill Collection', National Library of Wales Journal, 8 (1953-54), 109-112.

Archivist's note

Compiled by Stephen Benham.

Accession area