Bryn Tyddyn

A 1970s bungalow in North Wales

Though it is a modern house there are some interesting twists in the story.

Bryn Tyddyn road sign

May 1938	A conveyance between Midland Bank Limited, Lewis Griffith Lewis and Henry Owen contains exceptions and reservations relevant to the estate.	[9]
08 Aug 1950	Ceiri Parry and Jane Hughes Parry sold a plot of land to Lleyn Rural District Council. I believe this was the land for Tre'r Ddol.	[9]
23 Jan 1956	Ceiri Parry and Jane Hughes Parry sold a plot of land to George Deleven Nicholas which contained convenants relevant to Bryn Tyddyn	[9]
25 Jun 1958	Jane Hughes Parry sold a plot of land to Frederick George Stewart and Doris Morgan Stewart which contained convenants relevant to Bryn Tyddyn	[9]
31 Jul 1959	Ceiri Parry and Jane Hughes Parry sold a plot of land to Ellis Owen Jones and Laura Eirlys Jones which contained convenants relevant to Bryn Tyddyn.	[9]
1970s	Local school children played football on the land with coats for goalposts. It was farmland at the time.
10 April 1973	Caernarvonshire County Council, the local planning authority, granted planning permission to George Maxwell Developments. Development must begin within 5 years, and within 2 years of the submission of detailed plans. Access to the estate was prescribed in detail, and there was only to be one entrance.	[11][12]
10 Oct 1973	Jane Hughes Parry sold the plot of land which was to become Bryn Tyddyn to George Maxwell Developments Ltd.	[9]
07 November 1973	George Maxwell Developments submitted detailed plans for a residential development on fields 390, 391 and 353 Pentre'r Felin to Caernarvonshire County Council.	[11][13]
18 Dec 1973	Caernarvonshire County Council, the local planning authority, approved detailed plans for the proposed residential development at Tyddyn Ysguboriau, Pentrefelin.	[11][13]
10 Oct 1974	There was no mention of the Bryn Tyddyn estate on the 1975/76 electoral register.	[1]
11 Aug 1975	Plot No. 3 was sold by George Maxwell Developments Ltd to Edward Pugh Jones and Gwyneth Jones for £11450, they had a mortgage with Barclays Bank. They previously lived in Criccieth.	[8][9][10]
10 Oct 1975	Only two of the bungalows are mentioned on the 1976/1977 electoral register for which the qualifying date was 10th October 1975.	[1]
10 Oct 1976	By this date our house was occupied by Edward P. Jones, Gwyneth Jones and teenager Lynne Jones. I believe Edward and Gwyneth had been married just over 20 years at the time they moved in. Only about 20 of the eventual 57 bungalows on the estate were occupied by people who had registered to vote. The Jones family had neighbours at No. 1 (George and Mabel Moss, a couple in their 60s) and No.2 (William and Meinir Thomas) but No. 4 and No. 5 appear to remain unoccupied.	[1][2][3]
21 May 1977	Lynne Jones turned 18	[1]
10 Oct 1977	Only just over half of the estate appears to have been occupied full time, but it is hard to tell if the remainder did not register to vote, or if they remained empty at this point. The Jones family have a new neighbour at No. 2 Mabel Elwell.	[1]
10 Oct 1978	Lynne Jones does not appear on the 1979/80 electoral register so it seems likely that she left home around this time.	[1]
25 Sep 1979	Edward and Gwyneth Jones are released from their mortgage on 3 Bryn Tyddyn.	[10]
10 Oct 1979	The Jones family have left and Lena P Gore has moved into our house.	[1]
12 Nov 1979	Mabel Moss from No.1 died.	[1][3][4]
10 Oct 1980	George Moss at No.1 is now a widower on his own. The Mrs Gore now definitely has neighbours on the other side too, as Joyce Maskell and Margaret Riches occupy No. 4/5. I remember a previous occupant of No. 5 telling us that there was an internal door between the two semi-detatched bungalows.	[1]
10 Oct 1985	During the preceeding twelve months Mabel Elwell has left No. 2 and Mrs Gore has new neighbours, Norman and Millicent Scott.	[1]
16 Jan 1988	Mr George Moss from No. 1 died.	[5]
10 Oct 1989	No. 1 next door still appears to be empty.	[1]
Last Quarter 1989	Mr Norman Scott from No. 2 died.	[6]
10 Oct 1990	There are new neighbours at No. 1 which has been renamed from Maes Moss to Eithinog. Millicent Scott is also now on her own at No. 2.	[1]
First Quarter 1995	Mrs Millicent Scott from No. 2 died.	[7]
10 Oct 1995	No. 2 is not mentioned on the electoral register for 1996/97, so was probably still empty.	[1]
10 Oct 1998	Mrs Gore finally had a new neighbour at No. 2. Georgina Williams moved in during the preceeding twelve months and named the house Whiteway.	[1]
26 Feb 2000	Margaret Riches from No. 5 died, unusually this is noted on the electoral register. Joyce Maskell remained at No. 4.	[1]
15 Oct 2001	George and Beryl Powell moved into No. 5 in the preceeding period.	[1]
18 December 2002	Kathleen McGee, David Gore and Nicholas John Gore sell the house to Tony.	[8]
01 Dec 2003	Tony appears on the electoral register for the first time.	[1]
Jul 2011	The house appears on Google Street View. Click to view.

[1] Gwynedd Council. Dwyfor Electoral Registers. 1975 - 2003. Caernarfon Record Office. Caernarfon, Gwynedd.

[2] Marriages Index (CR) England & Wales. RD Merioneth North, Gwynedd. 4th Q., 1956. JONES, Edward P & OWEN, Gwyneth. Vol 8c. p. 29. https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ : accessed 18 September 2021.

[3] Deaths index (CR) England & Wales. RD Bangor, Gwynedd. 4th Q., 1979. MOSS, Mabel Irene. Vol 25. p. 66. https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ : accessed 18 September 2021.

[4] Testamentary records. Wales. 28 January 1980. MOSS, Mabel Irene. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the grants of probate . p6128. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/ : accessed 18 September 2021.

[5] Testamentary records. Wales. 16 Marh 1988. MOSS, George Denis. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the grants of probate . p5788. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/ : accessed 18 September 2021.

[6] Deaths index (CR) England & Wales. RD Pwllheli and Porthmadog, Gwynedd. 4th Q., 1989. SCOTT, Norman Bernard. 8531, Vol 25, p. 649. https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates : accessed 18 September 2021.

[7] Deaths index (CR) England & Wales. RD Bangor, Gwynedd. 1st Q., 1995. SCOTT, Millicent Maud. Reg 61B Entry no. 75. https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates : accessed 18 September 2021.

[8] HM Land Registry. (2002) Deti Crown Copyright ref LR/SC6A. p.1.

[9] HM Land Registry. (2003) Title Number: CYM112436.

[10]Barclays Bank. (1979) Mortgage form. Held with title deeds.

[11]Caernarvonshire County Council (1974) Memo to George Maxwell Developments Ltd, 22 January. Topic: Detailed Plans.

[12]Dwyfor District Council (1979) Planning charges, 8 August.

[13]Caernarvonshire County Council (1973) Notice of Passing Plans, 12 December.

This page was last updated on 12 January 2022.