Basil Thorne Collection of North Wales Deeds,

Deeds, 1298-1837, relating to North Wales, notably to the manor of Gogarth, Caernarfonshire.

The manor of Gogarth near Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, was owned by the Diocese of Bangor. The estate was fully exploited in terms of mineral extraction and leases to private landowners, including the Mostyn family in the seventeenth century. Several plots of the manorial land were leased or sold by the Church in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for building developments in Llandudno. The remainder of manor of Gogarth was transferred to the University of Wales in 1945. The link between Basil Ludlow Thorne and Gogarth is not known.

Arranged chronologically.

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Deposited by Basil Ludlow Thorne, Westminster, in or before 1957.

The manor of Gogarth near Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, was owned by the Diocese of Bangor. The estate was fully exploited in terms of mineral extraction and leases to private landowners, including the Mostyn family in the seventeenth century. Several plots of the manorial land were leased or sold by the Church in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for building developments in Llandudno. The remainder of manor of Gogarth was transferred to the University of Wales in 1945. The link between Basil Ludlow Thorne and Gogarth is not known.

Title supplied from contents of fonds and name of depositor.

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March 2003.

Compiled by David Moore for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Thorne Deeds and Documents; Schedule of the Church in Wales Archive; and Schedule of the Welsh Church Commission Archive;

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Further papers relating to the manor of Gogarth, Caernarfonshire, are in NLW, archives of the Welsh Church Commission and the Church in Wales.

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