1883
Negotiations are pending between the Corporation and Mr. W. G. Cartwright, Lord of the Manor of Llandaff, with regard to the purchase of the manorial rights in Ely, Leckwith and Canton Commons by the Corporation.
1886 April 12.
The Lord's interest in Ely and Canton Commons has been purchased by the Corporation.
1888 A fish pass will be constructed at Ely Weir by the Taff and Ely Fishery Board.
1889 The attention of the Health Committee is called to the nuisance caused by the smoke from the Ely Paper Mills.
1896 The Russian gun is to be removed from the Town Hall yard to Ely Park.
1896 Mr. George Thomas, of Ely Farm, is retained permanently to act as Valuer to the Corporation.
ELY FARM. An ancient homestead in the hamlet of Ely. It was the hereditary property and residence of the late George Thomas (1821–1898), a Glamorgan farmer of the old school.
ERW'R-PENTRE-CAE-GWYN (the acre of the village of the white field.) Land in the hamlet of Ely (1719.)
ERW'R-POND. An acre of land in the hamlet of Ely (1719.)
GRIFFIN'S FARM. A farmhouse on Ely Common, on the north side of Cowbridge Road.
MAES-Y-SAESON (the field of the Saxons.) A tenement in the parish of Peterston-super-Ely (1591.)
MYNACHLOG (the monastery.) An ancient ecclesiastical building the site of which is indicated by some mounds at Ely Racecourse (1893.) The late John Storrie unearthed many Roman remains at this spot.
PWLL-Y-STAPSE (the pool of the stepping-stones.) A pool in the river Ely, in the manor of Llandaff (1740.)
RHYD-Y-SARN (the ford of the causeway.) Across the river at the hamlet of Ely.
TAIR-ERW-HEOL-Y-COED (the three acres of the lane in the wood.) Land in the hamlet of Ely (1719.)
R.O. Patent Rolls. 29 Eliz. 1587. Part 8.
Grant to William Kyrkham and Thomas Kirkham, gentlemen, of (amongst many other lands) A tenement in Elie in the county of Glamorgan, and 37 acres of land and pasture in Ely in the lordship of Landaphe, formerly in the tenure of Katherine Mericke and William Lewes, heretofore given by one Lewellin ap Konowble
The grant of 1587 conveys to private purchasers a house and land at Ely, in the Manor of Llandaff, which Llewelyn ap Konowble, Vicar Choral of Llandaff cathedral, had given to pay the stipend of a chantry-priest who should celebrate four obits yearly for the donor's soul. Also two acres of land on Roath Moor, formerly belonging to the Cistercian Abbey of Neath.
Negotiations are pending between the Corporation and Mr. W. G. Cartwright, Lord of the Manor of Llandaff, with regard to the purchase of the manorial rights in Ely, Leckwith and Canton Commons by the Corporation.
1886 April 12.
The Lord's interest in Ely and Canton Commons has been purchased by the Corporation.
1888 A fish pass will be constructed at Ely Weir by the Taff and Ely Fishery Board.
1889 The attention of the Health Committee is called to the nuisance caused by the smoke from the Ely Paper Mills.
1896 The Russian gun is to be removed from the Town Hall yard to Ely Park.
1896 Mr. George Thomas, of Ely Farm, is retained permanently to act as Valuer to the Corporation.
ELY FARM. An ancient homestead in the hamlet of Ely. It was the hereditary property and residence of the late George Thomas (1821–1898), a Glamorgan farmer of the old school.
ERW'R-PENTRE-CAE-GWYN (the acre of the village of the white field.) Land in the hamlet of Ely (1719.)
ERW'R-POND. An acre of land in the hamlet of Ely (1719.)
GRIFFIN'S FARM. A farmhouse on Ely Common, on the north side of Cowbridge Road.
MAES-Y-SAESON (the field of the Saxons.) A tenement in the parish of Peterston-super-Ely (1591.)
MYNACHLOG (the monastery.) An ancient ecclesiastical building the site of which is indicated by some mounds at Ely Racecourse (1893.) The late John Storrie unearthed many Roman remains at this spot.
PWLL-Y-STAPSE (the pool of the stepping-stones.) A pool in the river Ely, in the manor of Llandaff (1740.)
RHYD-Y-SARN (the ford of the causeway.) Across the river at the hamlet of Ely.
TAIR-ERW-HEOL-Y-COED (the three acres of the lane in the wood.) Land in the hamlet of Ely (1719.)
R.O. Patent Rolls. 29 Eliz. 1587. Part 8.
Grant to William Kyrkham and Thomas Kirkham, gentlemen, of (amongst many other lands) A tenement in Elie in the county of Glamorgan, and 37 acres of land and pasture in Ely in the lordship of Landaphe, formerly in the tenure of Katherine Mericke and William Lewes, heretofore given by one Lewellin ap Konowble
The grant of 1587 conveys to private purchasers a house and land at Ely, in the Manor of Llandaff, which Llewelyn ap Konowble, Vicar Choral of Llandaff cathedral, had given to pay the stipend of a chantry-priest who should celebrate four obits yearly for the donor's soul. Also two acres of land on Roath Moor, formerly belonging to the Cistercian Abbey of Neath.