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This collection includes a large number of pieces of land, mostly public houses and dwellings. Each property or piece of land with documents dedicated to it has a separate series (note that some properties/piece of land occur in more than one series, look at the series level introduction for details). Some series are dedicated to people, rather than land, the full list is below:
Z1118/1/1 - Leighton Buzzard Brewery, High Street
Z1118/1/2 - Cross Keys public house, 34 Market Square, Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/3 - yards, stabling etc. being part of Cross Keys
Z1118/1/4 - Roebuck public house, 2 Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/5 - buildings adjoining Roebuck
Z1118/1/6 - Peacock public house, 1-3 Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/7 - Cottage in Gigg Lane [Hockliffe Street], Leighton Buzzard adjoining Peacock
Z1118/1/8 - dwelling and warehouses in Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/9 - barn, later a cottage in Gigg Lane [Hockliffe Street], Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/10 - Sun public house, 42 Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/11 - Sun Close, Leck End, Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/12 - cottage in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard, formerly in occupation of Thomas Smith
Z1118/1/13 - cottage in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard, formerly in occupation of Joseph Bates
Z1118/1/14 - cottage in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard, formerly in occupation of John Clarke
Z1118/1/15 - copyhold part of Brewery Close, off High Street, Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/16 - house rented by Joseph Procter in Leighton Buzzard
Z1118/1/17 - Duke's Head public house, Heath & Reach
Z1118/1/18 - close of 1a 2r 21p in Linslade Road, Heath & Reach, formerly held with Dukes Head
Z1118/1/19 - Bull public house, Stewkley [Buckinghamshire]
Z1118/1/20 - Hare & Hounds public house, Ledburn, Mentmore [Buckinghamshire]
Z1118/1/21 - title to Leighton Buzzard Brewery and its various public houses [composite documents]
Z1118/1/22 - information regarding family of Samuel Reeve
Z1118/1/23 - snuff manufacturing business run by Joseph, George and Percy Procter at 101 Fleet Street [London]
Z1118/1/24 - personal affairs of Joseph Procter
Z1118/1/25 - partnership of Locke & Smith, brewers of Berkhamstead [Hertfordshire]
A number of properties or pieces of land which have no separate title are mentioned in these documents, the list below gives the properties/land and the documents in which descriptions occur:
- messuage in Eagle Street, Leighton Buzzard, next to gatehouse formerly of John Marshall, then William Bennett, then Joseph Procter to NE and ground formerly of Eagle & Child formerly of Thomas Coles, now Robert Thorpe to SW [Z1118/1/21/39]
- two cottages in Cross Keys Yard, Leighton Buzzard, now used as slaughterhouse, late in occupation of Benjamin Church and William Collings, then William Yirrell, with right of way through gatehouse and yard to use well [Z1118/1/21/39]
- 4 Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard with yard and ground in occupation of Jesse Nash [Z1118/1/21/51]
- 10 Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, brick and tile messuage with yard and ground in occupation of Miss Turnham, later King, adjoining entrance to Peacock Yard [Z1118/1/21/45 and Z1118/1/21/51]
- close of 0a 1r 26p called Parsons Close, Leighton Buzzard - allotment used as garden inclusive of private footway in occupation of Percy Procter bounded: E by old inclosures of Grace Millard; S by allotment to Trustees of Hoddesdon's Charity Estates; W by allotment to William Claridge; N by inclosure formerly of Charles Claridge the elder, then William Claridge [Z1118/1/21/39]
- Buckingham Arms public house, Linslade: 1866 description - messuage in occupation of George Bonham, then Sarah Smith, widow, then Daniel Hands, then William Fossey Pettit, previously called Railway Tavern, erected some years since by Austin Horwood on garden bought from John Cobb, abutting: garden of John Cobb, now William Arnold W; road from Leighton Buzzard to Soulbury [Buckinghamshire] N; road branching off to Soulbury and London & North Western Railway Company station E; road to station S; 1882 description - with brewhouse, barns, stables, yards, outbuildings etc. in occupation of Levi Ashdown and Richard Gibson Ashdown; 1897 description - at junction of Old Station Road and Soulbury Road with forecourt, yard, outbuildings and ground belonging. Directory entries give the following occupiers: Austin Horwood 1847; Henry Crawley (coachsmith) 1877; George Whitlock 1920; Peter Carr 1931; Samuel Peter Collings 1939
- Red Cow beer shop, Sheep Lane, Potsgrove [Z1118/1/21/10; Z1118/1/21/17; Z1118/1/21/27]
- Plough public house, Church End, Wavendon [Buckinghamshire], with brewhouse and bakehouse adjoining with yards, gardens, stables, buildings and ground belonging in occupation of Levi Ashdown and Richard Gibson Ashdown. Directory entries give the following occupiers: Charles Claridge (baker and maltster) 1877; Benjamin Garrett 1920; Frank Walter Winter 1939
- 14 acres of arable land in Leighton Buzzard formerly belonging to John Ashwell then Thomas Waters [Z1118/1/7/13; Z1118/10/3; Z1118/10/4; Z1118/1/10/5; Z1118/1/10/6; Z1118/1/10/8; Z1118/1/11/1; Z1118/1/11/2; Z1118/1/11/3]
- 1 acre of arable land in Middle Field, Leighton Buzzard, formerly of Henry Walter [Z1118/1/10/2]
- 2 acres of meadow in [Little] Wolfords alias Woollfalls Meadow, Leighton Buzzard [Z1118/1/6/1; Z1118/1/6/2; Z1118/1/6/3; Z1118/1/6/4]
- 9 acres of arable land in common fields of Leighton Buzzard [Z1118/1/10/4]
- 3.5 acres of land in Grovebury Field, Leighton Buzzard, shooting to Dunstable Highway with land of William Griffin E and John Franklin W [Z1118/1/13/9]
- cottage in which John Charters formely dwelt in North End, Leighton Buzzard now in occupation of Sarah Gayton called Windmill, now Leather Bottle [Z1118/1/15/5]
- oven and bakehouse adjoining cottage formerly in occupation of John Gregory, then Thomas Fox in Leighton Buzzard abutting ground of Joyce Foster S and street E [Z1118/1/15/5]
- cottage in Workhouse Lane, North End, Leighton Buzzard adjoining cottage formerly of John Peppiatt [Z1118/1/15/5]