GK297/1

Conveyance

1931

From: 1931 To: 1978

1) Higgins & Sons Ltd, The Brewery, Biggleswade, (vendors) 2) Wells & Winch Ltd (purchasers) 1) is a Company carrying on a business as Brewers; nominal capital 80,000 divided into 1,283 shares of 10 each, none of which have been issued and 6,717 preferred ordinary shares of 5 each and 6,717 Deferred Ordinary Shares of 5 each, all issued 2) agreed to purchase above shares 180,000 (5 for each Preferred Ordinary Share and £21 15s 11.1/2d for each Deferred Ordinary Share) intended to liquidate 1) voluntarily 1st Schedule 1) a Balloon, Albert St, Bedford b 3, 5, 7, Albert Street, Bedford 2) Commercial Tavern, Commercial Road, Bedford 3) Compasses, Tavistock Place, Bedford + cottages 4) Fox & Hounds, Goldington Rd, Bedford 5) Three Cups, Newnham St, Bedford 6) Cottage, 43 Newnham St, Bedford 7) George & Dragon, Mill St, Bedford (formerly Old George) 8) Yard at back (near Ram Yard) 9) 9 Mill St, Bedford 10) Half Moon, Tavistock St, Bedford 11) Railway Tavern, St Johns St, Bedford 12) Wheatsheaf and cottage (adj) 36 & 38 Cauldwell St, Bedford 13) a Star Inn, Harpur St, Bedford b Shop and premises adj last in Paradine Court, (incl former brewhouse) 14) 30 & 32 High St, Bedford 15) Beerhouse, cottage or tenement, Odell and yard and messuage all adj 16) Mad Dog & Bell, Odell 17) 'Blacksmith's Arms', Ravensden 18) Bricklayers Arms, Fenlake 19) 'Bell' and shop, Woburn 20) 'Royal Oak', Woburn 21) Post Boy, Rose Lane, Biggleswade 22) The Jury, Colmworth 23) Wheatsheaf and cottages at Harrold 24) Three Horse Shoes, Keysoe 25) The Gardeners Arms, Kempston 26) Beerhouse, Box End, Kempston 27) Swan and 2 cottages, Newton Bromshold, Northants 28) Chequers, North Crawley, Bucks 29) Polhill Arms and land at Renhold 30) Coach and Horses, Shefford 31) White Hart and cottage, Shefford 32) Railway Inn, Turvey 33) White Lion and land, Wootton 34) Fox and Duck, Wootton 35) land at Wootton 36) Griffin and land, Toddington 37) Bedford Arms, Souldrop 38) George Hotel, Silsoe 39) Victoria Arms, Wilden 40) Five Bells, Cople 41) Buildings, Old George Yard, Bedford 42) Swan, Newton Bromshold 43) all other properties if any b Leasehold 1) Three Cranes, Turvey 2) Cat & Custard Pot, Shelton CONSIDERATION £1,801, 10s 0d (incl duty 21 Sept 1931 Dorse Memoranda:- 1) Sale of 1.039 Acres, Souldrop, to Geo Gulliver of Church Farm, Souldrop, 29 Jan 1957 2) Sale of 'Jury' (formerly public house) and 2.1/2 A of land at Channels End, Colmworth, to Harry Browning of New Farm Cottage, Colesdon, Beds, 11 June 1957 3) Sale of piece of land, High St, Harrold, east of GPO Telephone Exchange [1A] pt of Wheatsheaf to Edgar Clayson, 17 Oct 1957 4) Sale of piece of land 20ft square at Thurleigh Road, Ravensden (adj property of Postmaster General) to Postmaster General, 19 Dec 1957 5) Sale of 4A at Souldrop to Geo Leslie Wilson of Bedford Arms, Souldrop, 27 Feb 1959 6) Sale of former public house 'The Star', Harpur St to Marks & Spencer Ltd 7) Sale by Greene King (Biggleswade) of pt of OS field 62 for Parish of Souldrop [0.23A] to Beds RDC, 25 Mar 1966 8) Sale by Geene King (Biggleswade) of piece of land pt of Swan, Newton Bromswold, Northants to Jas Geo Harris of The Cottage, New Bromswold, 14 Jan 1966 9) Sale of Compasses, Tavistock St, Bedford to Borough of Bedford, 17 Jan 1967 10) Sale by Greene King (Biggleswade) Ltd Post Boy, Rose Lane, Biggleswade and shop adj to Michael Frank & Margaret Jane Cheshire, 5 Jun 1978 Other items:- illegible

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Wells & Winch Limited,
Higgins & Sons Ltd,
Gulliver, George,
Browning, Henry,
Clayson, Edgar,
Wilson, George Leslie,
Marks & Spencer Ltd,
Harris, James George,
Greene King (Biggleswade) Limited,
Cheshire, Michael Frank,
Cheshire, Margaret Jane

Wells & Winch Limited, Higgins & Sons Limited, Bedford Balloon, Bedford Commercial Tavern, Bedford Compasses, Tavistock Place, Bedford Fox & Hounds, Bedford Three Cups, Bedford George & Dragon, Bedford Half Moon, Bedford Railway Tavern, Bedford Wheatsheaf, Cauldwell Street, Bedford Star, Odell Mad Dog, Odell Bell, Ravensden Blacksmiths Arms, Fenlake Bricklayers Arms, Woburn Bell, Woburn Royal Oak, Biggleswade Post Boy, Colmworth Jury, Harrold Wheatsheaf, Keysoe Three Horseshoes, Kempston Gardeners Arms, Newton Bromswold Swan, North Crawley Chequers, Renhold Polhill Arms, Shefford Coach & Horses, Shefford White Hart, Turvey Railway Inn, Wootton White Lion, Wootton Fox & Duck, Toddington Griffin, Souldrop Bedford Arms, Silsoe George Hotel, Wilden Victoria Arms, Cople Five Bells, Turvey Three Cranes, Shelton Cat & Custard Pot, Souldrop Church Farm, Greene King (Biggleswade) Limited, Marks & Spencer Ltd, post offices, telephones, Bedford Albert Street, BEDFORD, Bedford Commercial Road, Bedford Tavistock Place, Bedford Goldington Road, Bedford Newnham Street, Bedford Mill Street, Bedford Ram Yard, Bedford Tavistock Street, Bedford St John's Street, Bedford Cauldwell Street, Bedford Harpur Street, Bedford Paradine Court, Bedford High Street, ODELL, RAVENSDEN, Fenlake, EASTCOTTS, WOBURN, BIGGLESWADE, Biggleswade Rose Lane, COLMWORTH, HARROLD, KEYSOE, KEMPSTON, Kempston Box End, Newton Bromshold, North Crawley, RENHOLD, SHEFFORD, TURVEY, WOOTTON, TODDINGTON, SOULDROP, SILSOE, WILDEN, COPLE, Bedford Old George Yard, SHELTON, Channels End, Harrold High Street, Ravensden Thurleigh Road