Cardiff Corporation (Cardiff City Council) with Western Ground Rents Ltd with Leckwith Woods
· Record entry
The gift of Leckwith Woods is completed
“The Council acquired a part of Leckwith Woods comprising some 109 acres as a gift from Western Ground Rents Ltd, which had bought the urban estate of the Bute family in 1938. The gift was offered and accepted in 1940, though the transfer of ownership was not formally completed until April 1942. The deed included a covenant that the land be used as a playing field, park, recreation or pleasure ground only.”