Epitome of Counterpart Lease for 10 years from 29 Sept. 1942 for £140 annual rent, dated 9 Feb. 1943 9copy dated 21 Oct. 1949); (i) London Midland and Scottish Railway Company; (ii) Griffith Davies and Company Ltd.; interiors of arches numbers 20-25 (inclusive) in Victoria Viaduct, Swansea; arch number 5 in South Dock Viaduct, Swansea

This material is held atWest Glamorgan Archive Service

Reference
- GB 216 RISW/GWR 30
Dates of Creation
- 21 Oct. 1949
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 5 papers; originally box 287/33

Archive Record|Table of contents

The Great Western Railway Company CollectionRISW GWR

Copy Agreement, The Great Western Railway Company to John Biddulph and Thomas Travers Wood of Swansea, George Jevons and Charles Manby Wood of Liverpool, iron mongers trading as Townshend Wood and Co., to lay down a tramway from their Briton Ferry Iron Works. Plan attached, scale not given. 27 Nov. 1873RISW/GWR 1

Copy Agreement, The Great Western Railway Company to John Biddulph, Thomas Travers Wood, George Jevons and Charles Manby Wood, iron mongers trading as Townshend Wood and Co. to allow them to work a locomotive engine over the tramway from their Briton Ferry Works. 18 Feb. 1882RISW/GWR 2

Copy letter from G.H. Davey, Briton Ferry Iron Works to The Great Western Railway Company regarding the above agreement. 27 Aug. 1883RISW/GWR 3

Agreement, The Neath and Brecon Railway Company to Messrs John Atcherley Jebb of Brecon, coal owner and Frank Digby Dickinson of Brecon, gent. Trading as Crynant colliery Company to provide them with siding accommodation to load and pass goods on the Railway company's main line. Plan attached, dated 20 June 1897, scale 40 feet: 1 inch. 28 Sept. 1898RISW/GWR 4

Copy of above agreement. Plan attached. 18 Feb. 1925RISW/GWR 5

Copy letter from Robert Roberts, secretary of the Briton Ferry Works Ltd. to The Great Western Railway Company regarding the use of a locomotive on the tramway at Briton Ferry. 11 Dec. 1900RISW/GWR 6

Copy of a Summary of Agreement, [The Great Western Railway Company] to the New Gorwydd Colliery Company to construct a junction and siding at Gowerton, 10 Feb. 1904. On reverse an Agreement, [The Great Western Railway Company] to the Eagle Tin Plate Company Ltd., to construct the junction portion of siding and signalling at Neath, 19 Feb. 1904 10 and 19 Feb. 1904RISW/GWR 7

Copy Agreement, The Great Western Railway Company to the Fishguard Harbour Brick Works Company to construct a junction and sidings, dated 13 Dec. 1907. Includes a covering letter stating that the interest had been transferred to the Goodwick Brick Works Company Ltd. 24 Nov. 1910RISW/GWR 8

Copy License to Assign, dated 27 Aug. 1915; (i) The Neath and Brecon Railway Company; (ii) Cambrian Mercantile Syndicate Ltd.; (iii) Ynisgynon Collieries Ltd.; to provide accommodation for proposed sidings on the east side of the Railway Company's main line near Ynisgeinon Junction. Plan attached, scale 40 feet: 1 inchRISW/GWR 9

Agreement, Goodwick Brick Works Company Ltd to The Great Western Railway Company to re-erect a gate across a siding constructed at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Plan attached, scale 40 feet: 1 inch. 13 Aug. 1920RISW/GWR 10

Copy Agreement, Neath and Brecon Railway Company to George Washington Ashdown, owner of Gwaunclawdd Colliery, Abercrave, esq. for a siding at Abercrave, Brecon, dated 30 March 1898. Plan attached, scale 40 feet: 1 inch. 11 July 1923RISW/GWR 11

Copy Indenture for 20s annual rent, dated 29 Dec. 1892, copy dated 22 July 1924; (i) Neath and Brecon Railway Company; (ii) Ystradgynlais and Swansea Colliery Company Ltd.; to construct a loop siding and an extension of the existing sidings. Plan attached, scale 40 feet: 1 inch.RISW/GWR 12

Copy Agreement, The Great Western Railway Company to The Dulais Mountain Colliery Compnay Ltd., to construct junctions, sidings and works near Crynant Station, dated 12 May 1924. Plan attached, scale 40 feet: 1 inch. 27 July 1924RISW/GWR 13

Copy Agreement, The Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company to the New Cross Hands Collieries Ltd., to provide sufficient siding accommodation at Cross Hands, dated 10 Jan. 1910 9 Feb. 1925RISW/GWR 14

Copy letter from E. Ford, The Great Western Railway Company to T.E. Lovell regarding an Agreement between The Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Company and C.W. Mansel Lewis, esq., dated 25 Sept. 1925. 30 Sept. 1925RISW/GWR 15

Copy Agreement, The Neath and Brecon Railway Company to William Morgan of Abercrave, Brecon, colliery owner, Richard Phillip Hodgens of Swansea, Glamorgan, merchant and James Davies of Abercrave, Brecon, colliery owner all of the Abercrave Colliery Company, to construct sidings with points and crossings between the Railway Company's railway at Abercrave and the works of the colliery company, dated 3 May 1893. Plan attached, scale 40 feet: 1 inch. 28 Feb. 1928RISW/GWR 16

Plan of the Great Western Railway station approach at Pontardulais, scale 33 feet: 1 inch 4 June 1932RISW/GWR 17

Memorandum supplemental and an Agreement, The Great Western Railway Company to Llandebie Sawmills Ltd, to maintain doorways, gateways and cranes at Llandebie, Carmarthen. Two plans attached, scale 40 feet: 1 inch. n.d. [1940s]RISW/GWR 18

Letter of permission from The Great Western Railway Company to The Cribbwr Fawr Collieries Ltd, Swansea regarding the use of the junction and sidings at Bryn-du. Attached is a Copy Agreement between The Port Talbot Railways and Docks Company and The Cribbwr Fawr Collieries Ltd, dated 21 May 1907. Plan attached, scale 100 feet: 1 inch. 10 Jan. 1924 and 18 March 1941RISW/GWR 19

Covering letter and two Epitomes of Counterpart Lease between The Great Western Railway Company and The Sunderland Forge & Engineering Co. Ltd of premises at King's Dock, dated 21 June 1943. 4 Oct. 1946RISW/GWR 20

Two copies of a Lease for 14 years, from 25 Dec. 1945 for £125 annual rent, dated 24 Dec. 1946; (i) The Great Western Railway Company to (ii) Kate Beatrice Chidzoy, widow, John Warlow Exall Chidzoy, wholesale fruit and potato merchant and Beatrice Mary Gittins all of Penycae, Port Talbot; land situated at Station Road, Aberavon, GlamorganRISW/GWR 21a-b

Copy Agreement Supplemental, between The Great Western Railway Company; Baldwins (Holdings) Ltd. and Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd. regarding sidings near Port Talbot Station, dated 5 April 1877. Schedule of Deeds attached, 1877-1943. 18 July 1947RISW/GWR 22

Copy Agreement, The Great Western Railway Company to Wagon Repairs Ltd. regarding junctions, sidings and works at Port Talbot Docks, dated 24 June 1947. Plan attached, scale 40 foot: 1 inch. 12 Aug. 1947RISW/GWR 23

Two copies of a Copy Agreement, The Great Western Railway Company to Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd regarding an earlier agreement. Schedule of deeds attached, 1844-1941. 21 Nov. 1947RISW/GWR 24a-b

Copy Lease for 99 years from 24 June 1947 for £1192 10s annual rent, dated 19 Dec. 1947 (copy dated 3 March 1948); (i) The Great Western Railway Company; (ii) Umirok Ltd.; land and buildings situated in the Company's Docks at Port Talbot, GlamorganRISW/GWR 25

Copy Memorandum regarding a Counterpart Lease between The Great Western Railway Company and Gregor Bros. Ltd. concerning premises at South Dock, Swansea, dated 15 Sept. 1936. 22 June 1948RISW/GWR 26

Two copies of a Copy Counterpart Lease for 80 years from 24 June 1948 for £76 17s 6d annual rent, dated 1 Feb. 1949 (copy dated 9 March 1949); (i) The British Transport Commission; (ii) Prince of Wales Dry Dock Company (Swansea) Ltd.; land situate at Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea, with the chain store erected thereonRISW/GWR 27a-b

Two copies of a Copy Agreement, between The British Transport Commission with the The Docks and Inland Waterways Executive; Guest Keen Baldwins Iron & Steel Company Ltd., and The Steel Company of Wales Ltd., dated 14 Feb. 1949. Schedule of Deeds attached, 1914-1947. 6 April 1949RISW/GWR 28a-b

Two copies of a Copy Agreement, The British Transport Commission with The Docks and Inland Waterways Executive; Magnesium Metal Corporation Ltd; and The United Kingdom Chemicals Ltd with United Carbon Black Ltd, regarding siding accommodation at Swansea, dated 3 Feb. 1949 10 June 1949RISW/GWR 29a-b

Epitome of Counterpart Lease for 10 years from 29 Sept. 1942 for £140 annual rent, dated 9 Feb. 1943 9copy dated 21 Oct. 1949); (i) London Midland and Scottish Railway Company; (ii) Griffith Davies and Company Ltd.; interiors of arches numbers 20-25 (inclusive) in Victoria Viaduct, Swansea; arch number 5 in South Dock Viaduct, SwanseaRISW/GWR 30

Two copies of a Copy Agreement, The British Transport Commission with The Docks and Inland Waterways Executive; Llanelly Associated Tinplate Companies Ltd; and The Steel Company of Wales Ltd., dated 31 Dec. 1949. Schedule of Deeds attached, 1883-1941. copy dated 14 March 1950RISW/GWR 31a-b

Two copies of a Copy Agreement Supplemental, The British Transport Commission with The Docks and Inland Waterways Executive; Richard Thomas & Baldwins, Ltd; and The Steel Company of Wales Ltd., dated 31 Dec. 1949. Schedule of Deeds attached, 1866-1947. copy dated 24 March 1950RISW/GWR 32a-b

Two copies of a Counterpart Lease for 21 years from 25 March 1949 for £50 annual rent, dated 21 Feb. 1951 (copy dated 8 May 1951); (i) The British Transport Commission; (ii) Rees Kirby Ltd. of Morriston, Swansea; land situate adjoining on the east the Commission's Swansea Canal, on the west the Commission's Branch Railway, on the south the Engineering Works of (ii)RISW/GWR 33a-b

Two copies of a Copy Agreement, The Midland Railway Company to the Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Colliery Company Ltd. regarding siding accommodation at Llangwicke, dated 27 Sept. 1899. Plan attached, scale 40 feet: 1 inch. copy dated 1 Nov. 1951RISW/GWR 34a-b

Two copies of a Copy Agreement, The Swansea Vale Railway Company to John Nixon of Middlesex and William Heward of Glyncollen, colliery proprietors and co-partners regarding the use of lands at Ystradgynlais, dated 10 June 1874. Plan attached, scale 1:2500. copy dated 8 Nov. 1951RISW/GWR 35a-b

Two copies of a Copy Agreement, The British transport Commission to The National Coal Board, regarding siding accommodation near Onllwyn Station, dated 8 Oct. 1951. copy dated 20 Nov. 1951RISW/GWR 36a-b

Two copies of a Copy Surrender of a Lease for 15 years from 25 March 1939, dated 7 Nov. 1952 (copy dated 6 Jan. 1953); (i) The Carmarthen Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. to; (ii) The British Transport Commission of a lease; land situated in the old Brickyard adjoining the Commission's Goods Depot at CarmarthenRISW/GWR 37a-b

Two copies of a Copy Agreement, The British Transport Commission to Frickers Metal and Chemical Company Ltd., regarding junctions, sidings and works near Burry Station, dated 7 Nov. 1952. Plan attached, scale 40 feet; 1 inch. Copy dated 19 Jan. 1952RISW/GWR 38a-b

Two copies of a Copy Counterpart Lease for 15 years from 25 June 1951 for £60 annual rent, dated 7 Nov. 1952 (copy dated 30 March 1953); (i) The British Transport Commission to; (ii) The Carmarthen Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd.; land situated in the Old Brickyard adjoining the Commission's Goods Depot, Carmarthen, with buildings thereonRISW/GWR 39a-b

Unidentified plan [possibly Burry Port] of a diverted tramway, scale 40 feet: 1 inch. n.d.RISW/GWR 40