Leighton Hall Papers,

Papers, 1839-1931, relating to the Naylor family and the Leighton Hall and Brynllywarch estates, comprising accounts, rent schedules, valuations and sale catalogues, together with correspondence and other material relating to the family, and in particular to their activities as high sheriffs for Montgomeryshire.

The Leighton Hall and Brynllywarch estates, Montgomeryshire, were held by the Naylor family, several members of which were high sheriffs of Montgomeryshire in the nineteenth century.

Arranged into the following: estate papers; family papers.

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Donated by Mrs Sheila Pemberton, Bishops Sutton, Alresford, Hampshire, per Colonel J. L. Corbett-Winder, Welshpool, Powys, in January 1985.

The Leighton Hall and Brynllywarch estates, Montgomeryshire, were held by the Naylor family, several members of which were high sheriffs of Montgomeryshire in the nineteenth century.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1985 at the National Library of Wales.

June 2003

Compiled by David Moore for the ANW project. The following source was consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Minor Lists and Summaries 1985.

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Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..

It is not known how Mrs Sheila Pemberton acquired this archive.

Accruals are not expected.

Further papers relating to the same estates are in NLW, Harrison Deeds and Documents, boxes 30-45, 79-80, 93.

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