Cardiff City Council
Forensic assessment · v1.1.0 · updated 1 November 2026
Translation pending: the assessment text below is in English, the authoritative record.
- Response status
- Awaiting first reply → Not held / refused
- Last contact
- 29 October 2026
- Next date on file
- None on file
- Earlier version
- v1.0.1, published 21 October 2026 on the Legal Wiki
Since last assessment
18 October 2026 to 1 November 2026
Our reading: Since 18 October 2026, 4 emails are on file: 3 sent, 1 received (1 with content, 0 automatic acknowledgements). The latest reply moves the response status from “Awaiting first reply” to “Not held / refused”. Most material: 29 October 2026, sent, request: Focused FOI request following the 2 Jul 2026 Cardiff Castle furniture request and the 28 Sep 2026 preservation notice. Nothing here changes the earlier current finding unless stated above; this is a log of contact, not a finding about any person.
- Receivednot foundref Bute X.6(12)
Confirms Bute X.6(12) is still held; staff looked and could not find information about the property; manuscript index showed no matches; scan only via Glamorgan Archives at a cost; detailed research would carry a charge; offers an in-person visit. Two Bute catalogues attached.
- Sentclarification given
Further search terms for the 2 Jul 2026 Cardiff Castle furniture request: historical and descriptive names for the farm.
- Sentclarification given
Further search terms for the 2 Jul 2026 Cardiff Castle furniture request, sent to Cardiff Castle: historical and descriptive names for the farm.
- Sentrequest
Focused FOI request following the 2 Jul 2026 Cardiff Castle furniture request and the 28 Sep 2026 preservation notice.
The assessment as last published
Carried over unchanged from v1.0.1 (21 October 2026). Links point inside this site.
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Assessed 14 October 2026. Scope: documented appearance in one 1961 deed, where the party is catalogued as “Cardiff City”. Which council or body that denotes is to be confirmed from the deed itself. Inclusion is not a finding of fault.
Documented appearances
| Date | Appearance | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 29 March 1961 | Party to a deed with Western Ground Rents Ltd and South Western Brick & Tile (on the WA231076 first-registration schedule). | GHF-E129 |
Current finding
As at 14 October 2026, the material reviewed does not establish wrongdoing. The deed’s terms and plan have not been read for this review.
Next step
Read the deed, confirm the contracting body and its successor, and ask the successor council and Glamorgan Archives for committee papers on the 1961 transaction. Acceptance: the body is identified and its records are located or a dated negative search is logged.
Related
South Western Brick & Tile review · Glamorgan Archives review
Created 14 October 2026. Prepared with AI assistance from the wiki’s existing records, on the family’s instruction. Corrections are welcome and will be dated here.
Related analysis and change record / guest book — 18 October 2026
Added a cross-reference to the 1961 deed and three-part parcel analysis. The deed’s exact terms and Cardiff City’s capacity must be verified before drawing conclusions about ownership, authority or motive. See the Three-part Parcel A: chronology, order scope and later title transfers assessment for the cross-parcel chronology, competing explanations and prioritized document list.
Change record: Added this cross-reference and a dated guest-book entry to connect this page to the new three-part Parcel A analysis. This is an editorial synthesis of existing leads, not a newly discovered primary record or a finding of dishonesty.
Site-wide hypothesis: see the Cedwyn Estate Working Theory (HYPOTHESIS).
Change history is maintained on the Master Change Log; no separate page-local version footer is maintained.
Case file
This file is built for a future reparations claim. Facts are as the records show them; interpretation is labelled “our reading”. Items marked “not checked” have not been compared with the original record.
(a) Conduct timeline
5 dated interactions, oldest first; 0 automatic acknowledgements are left out. Quotations are verbatim from the institution’s email; where the reply’s substance was an attachment, the email subject is quoted instead.
Show the timeline
| Date | Direction | Reference | Type | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 October 2026 | sent | — | request | Subject: Bute X.6(12) — 1877 Bute trustee accounts/receipts and possible Great House Farm / Llandough transaction |
| 23 October 2026 | received | Bute X.6(12) | not found | Yes, Bute X.6(12) is still held in Central Library - I had a look at it and, unfortunately, couldn't find any information about the property you are researching. |
| 29 October 2026 | sent | — | clarification given | Subject: Great House Farm, Llandough | Cardiff Castle Furniture |
| 29 October 2026 | sent | — | clarification given | Subject: Great House Farm, Llandough | Cardiff Castle Furniture |
| 29 October 2026 | sent | — | request | Subject: Great House Farm, Llandough | Cardiff Castle Furniture |
(b) Inconsistencies and gaps
None found in the correspondence on file.
(c) Quarantined-name links
Records on the quarantine register (Kissed Frogs) that sit in, or came from, this institution’s holdings. None is treated as settled.
- KF-18 · Family voice testimony; SC-22 — quarantined: may be a mislabelled Great House Farm (Llandough/Leckwith) record until a physical check.
- KF-40 · Evening Express 11 Jun 1906, 14 Jul 1910; Western Mail 7 Mar, 24 Oct 1912; Dublin Builder 25 May 1912 — quarantined: may be a mislabelled Great House Farm (Llandough/Leckwith) record until a physical check.
- KF-41 · Evening Express 15 Jun 1904; Weekly Mail 18 Jun 1904 — quarantined: may be a mislabelled Great House Farm (Llandough/Leckwith) record until a physical check.
- KF-44 · Title WA735527, charges register entry 1 — quarantined: may be a mislabelled Great House Farm (Llandough/Leckwith) record until a physical check.
(d) Duty and liability — our reading
Liability indicators (our reading): none
- Duty
- Local Government Act 1972 s.224 (proper arrangements for its documents); FOIA 2000 and EIR 2004; planning and land registers it must keep (Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the planning register rules); the s.46 Code of Practice.
- Indicators the duty was not met
- none found in the correspondence on file.
- Evidence still needed to confirm
- the institution’s retention schedule and disposal record for the series in question; the catalogue or file list it searched; the original items on the quarantine register; any internal review or complaint outcome.
- Likely extent of exposure if confirmed
- An ICO or Ombudsman finding on records and handling; if a decision on the land rested on an incomplete record, exposure may extend to the consequences of that decision.
(e) Evidence still needed
- Inspect the planning register, the land-terrier and estates files, and the minute books for the years in question. for paid visit list
- View the original of KF-18 (Family voice testimony; SC-22) and check the place, parties and plan against Great House Farm, Llandough/Leckwith. for paid visit list
- View the original of KF-40 (Evening Express 11 Jun 1906, 14 Jul 1910; Western Mail 7 Mar, 24 Oct 1912; Dublin Builder 25 May 1912) and check the place, parties and plan against Great House Farm, Llandough/Leckwith. for paid visit list
- View the original of KF-41 (Evening Express 15 Jun 1904; Weekly Mail 18 Jun 1904) and check the place, parties and plan against Great House Farm, Llandough/Leckwith. for paid visit list
- View the original of KF-44 (Title WA735527, charges register entry 1) and check the place, parties and plan against Great House Farm, Llandough/Leckwith. for paid visit list
Versions
| 1.1.0 | 2026-11-01 | Moved to the Forensic Assessments webapp; dated “Since last assessment” section added; response status re-read. |
| 1.0.1 | 2026-10-21 | As published on the Legal Wiki. |