Z938/6/2/1

Arlesey Bury, Bedfordshire. File regarding the sale of the property in the 1940s. Includes the following: - Sale Catalogue from earlier auction of the house and grounds. With front cover photograph and detailed description of the house, grounds and farm. Sold at auction by G C Walker & Co.1 St Pauls Square, Bedford [15 Oct 1923]; - Undated copy plan showing the location of Arlesey Bury and its proximity to the railway line [n.d.]; - Correspondence regarding the bankruptcy of the tenant Mrs Lumsden and the appointment of recievers [1940 - 1941]; - Requisition of the property, formerley a private school, by the army [28 Mar 1941]; - Letter to the War Department from the reciever, noting that the farmery 'which is not in the present requisition is a complete wreck, and looks as if it had been used for grenade practice.'[16 Jun 1941]; - Letter from A G Richardson & Son, 86 a High Street, Stevenage, Herts, to the reciever V E G Somers Esq.'We frankly do not envy you your job as reciever, because, as we summed up the position in a letter to Messrs Hartley & Hine, we have not previously inspected a house which had through sheer neglect got into such a very dilapidated state in a short time.' [17 Jun 1941]; - Notice terminating the requisition of Arlesey Bury [20 Dec 1944]; - Further correspondence regarding claims for dilapidations [1944 - 1948];

1923 - 1948

From: 1923 To: 1948

No. of pieces: 1

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Walker, G C,
McConnell's Estate Agents,
A G Richardson & Son

Second World War, requisitioning, general schools, CORRESPONDENCE, Arlesey Bury, ARLESEY, Stevenage, Hertfordshire