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Maindiff Court
ghghghghMaindiff CourtBuilt in 1877 by Crawshay Bailey II At the time of the 1881 census the Court was occupied by: Crawshay Bailey (40) Elizabeth (38) his two daughters, 8 Servants, one being M. Probert (17) born in Crickhowell, and a German governess. 1901 Owner Mrs Curre of Itton Court rented it to Col. Robert Henry Mansel DL. J.P. 1923 unoccupied 1924 The Estate was presented to Monmouthshire Asylum committee (by Sir John W. Beynon Bart. CBE. DL.JL.) becoming Maindiff Court Hospital 1932 The District Council owners 1981 The Secretary of Sate for Wales owned property 1985 saw the break up of the estate with the selling of parts of the property such as the farm and Maindiff Cottage
It became the residence of Rudolf Hess (deputy Furher of Nazi Germany)during 1941 to October 1945, after he had flown out to Nuremberg.
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Some time after the Conquest the manor of Mandiff was held by Robert Heyty by the service of one knight’s fee. In the reign of Edward II Richard Wroth was the lord, and his descendants were here for some generations, obtaining latterly after the Welsh fashion the surname of Jones. In 1586 William Somerset, Earl of Worcester, was lord of Maindiff. After this a family named Owen owned Maindiff and resided here for several generations, the present representative of the family being Mr Sakville Herbert Owen of St Mary Hill Tenby. His father was Mr William Herbert Gwynne Owen of Narbeth, whose father John Owen died 29th January 1829. This John Owen, to whose first and second wives there is a monument in the church, married his third wife Elizabeth, daughter of …… Lewis of Abergavenny and widow of Sackville Gwynne of Glanbran in Carmarthenshire by whom he had with other issue William Herbert Gwynne Owen. John Owen sold the sestate some time before his death to the Duke of Beaufort, and it was again sold about 1847 to Mr Crawshay Bailey, senior. Mr Crawshay Bailey Junior erected the present mansion about 1875 on a new site, the old house being used as a farm. This latter has recently been conveyed to the County Council and added to the farm attached to the Asylum in exchange for Wern – y cwm, which was conveyed by the Council to the trustees of the Bailey estate. (Abergavenny Hundred Book)
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