Miers Estate Records,

Deeds and documents relating to the Mackworth family of Gnoll Castle and the Miers family of Ynyspenllwch, Glamorgan, and to properties in Glamorgan and Somerset, 1735-1882.

The Miers family moved to Wales in the 18th century, settling at Vernon House in the 1760s, and later acquiring the Cadoxton Lodge Estate. The executors of the will of John Miers the younger bought the Ynyspenllwch estate from the widow of Sir Robert Mackworth of Gnoll, Molly Ann Mackworth, formerly Miers. A new house was built to replace the small lodge which had previously stood on the site.

Arranged chronologically.

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Deposited by Messrs Clarke Square & Co., Picadilly, London, in 1955.

The Miers family moved to Wales in the 18th century, settling at Vernon House in the 1760s, and later acquiring the Cadoxton Lodge Estate. The executors of the will of John Miers the younger bought the Ynyspenllwch estate from the widow of Sir Robert Mackworth of Gnoll, Molly Ann Mackworth, formerly Miers. A new house was built to replace the small lodge which had previously stood on the site.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available at NLW.

November 2002.

Compiled by Mair James.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: West Glamorgan Archive Service, Schedule of Ynyspenllwch Estate Papers; Thomas, Nicholas, Annals and antiquitites of the counties and county families of Wales (London, 1872); Debrett's peerage, (London, 1877);

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Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..

Accruals are not expected.

Further papers relating to the Gnoll estate are West Glamorgan Archive Service D/DGn and NLW, Douglas H. Jones Papers and Glen A. Taylor papers. Further papers relating to the Ynyspenllwch estate are West Glamorgan Archive Service D/D YP.

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