Ffeil 47/10 - Part of Gwerglodd Fawr, etc., Oswestry

Deeds relating to lands in Oswestry purchased from Elizabeth Whitridge and John Davies, devisees in trust of the will of Rev. John Whitridge of Oswestry, and other members of the Whitridge family in 1827. The lands are decribed as part of Gwerglodd Fawr, another piece with a plantation of fir trees lately in the holding of Edward Earl of Powis and John Probert, the middle part of Erw Car, formerly part of Oerley Hall lands on the western side of Oswestry, and other lands in the occupation of Hugh Hughes. The file includes abstracts of deeds, 1810-(Watermark 1820) relating to the estate of Edward Earl of Powis, specifically the rectory of Oswestry and that part of the Oswestry estate comprised in a mortgage of 1798, and coal mines under Oerley Hall and Park Wharf (?Uchaf) leased to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in 1798; an attested copy of the will and codicil of John Whitridge, 1823-1824; an abstract of title of the trustees named in the will, 1747-1823, and schedule of deeds, 1747-1827; official reports, orders, etc. issued by the High Court of Chancery in connection with the purchase, 1827; and the deeds of sale to William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, and their trustees, with a plan incorporated, 1827.