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Great Forest of Brecon
Date(s)
- [c.1880]-1920 (Creation)
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1 folder (4 cm.)
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Letters and other papers relating to the Great Forest of Brecon, mainly to shooting rights over Waun Tinker, 1888-1890, in dispute as a result of Lord Tredegar's purchase in 1888 of the Crown's interests in the commoners' allotments there, created by the Award of 1819. Also the proposed purchase of the commoners' rights in the limestone quarries at Penwyllt by the Neath & Brecon Railway Company, 1880-1890, the Great Forest of Brecknock Bill, 1893, and the proposed purchase of much of the forest by Swansea Corporation, 1920. Also a chemical analysis of water taken from an unnamed lake, 1889.
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Preferred citation: ABC 2/2/1
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(WlAbNL)0000289044