Cardiff and the Marquesses of Bute
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- Author(s) Davies, John
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1981
- Pages 335pp
- Publisher University of Wales Press
- Place Published Cardiff
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly work dealing with the Bute family's [notably 2nd Lord Bute, 1793-1848] system of estate administration; relationships with the community; impact on urbanisation, industrialisation and agricultural development, notably coal extraction, railway and dock development, etc. Includes much about the estate's agents. Has chapters: 'The Bute Family'; 'The Cardiff Castle Estate, 1766-1947'; 'The Marquesses of Bute and the community in Glamorgan'; 'Agriculture and the Bute estate'; 'The urban estate'; 'The mineral estate'; 'Docks, railways and the Bute estate'