• Reference
    WW1/AC/OP1/1
  • Title
    File of Objections to Breaking up of Grass Land the file consists of: - brief reports on the parishes of Clophill; Eastcotts; Elstow; Flitton; Haynes; Houghton Conquest; Maulden; Pulloxhill; Silsoe; and Wilstead compiled by W & H.Peacock and listing farmers and the amount owned with brief details; - lists of farmers objecting detailing name, address, acreage of farm, acreage of arable, acreage of pasture and acreage scheduled, often with handwritten notes indicating whether the objection was successful; - correspondence regarding individual cases , some cases including a form of Particulars of Objection to the Breaking up of Grass Land - the forms containing the following information: name; name of farm and address; area of arable, pasture and area ordered to be broken up; the number of milking cows, other cattle, working horses, young horses unbroken and sheep; the number of men and women employed; the reasons for the objection; the amount of assistance needed in breaking up and cropping the land. The individual cases concerned are as follows: - Henry Abraham - Woodside, Luton; - Mark Abraham - Mead Farm, Stanbridge; - T.W.Rawson Ackroyd - Dean Grange - George Allen - Wayside Farm, Billington; - Francis Allingham - Middle Farm, Leagrave; - John Arnold - Hill Farm, Cockayne Hatley; - R.N.Attwood - Hearn Farm, Toddington; - William Ball - Lodge Piece, Pavenham; - Henry Banks - Manor Farm, Pertenhall; - Robert Banks - Eversden [Cambridgeshire] (Glebe land in Riseley); - Reuben Charles Barcock - London Barn, Bromham; - Mrs.T.H.Barnard - Kempston Hoo (land in Wootton and Marston Moretaine); - John Edward Barnett - the Thornton Arms, Everton; - F.W.Barnwell - Hall Farm, Husborne Crawley; - Peter Barr - Manor Farm, Wilstead; - Thomas Benn - Wilstead; - C.R.Bliss - Hill Farm, Stagsden; - Charles Brightman - Maulden; - Cecil Browning - Townsend Farm, Steppingley; - Charles Browning & Sons - West End Farm, Silsoe; - James Day Browning - Ampthill; - W.F.Brown - High Barn Farm, Riseley; - Thomas Camp - Wood Farm, Harlington; - Edwin Canvin, butcher - Picts Hill Farm, Stevington; - W.Charles Cattell - Kettering [Northants] (for Wright & Cattell), regarding Lodge Farm, Wymington; - Christopher Claridge - Holly Tree Farm, Heath & Reach; - Charles R.Clarke - Lower Farm, Swineshead; - William R.Clarke - Leagrave (land at Gorrell Hill); - B.H.Cook - Felmersham; - R.Cooke - Lower Sundon; - D.Cork - Hill Foot Farm, Cardington; - Alfred John Cox - Church Farm and Grange Farm, Houghton Conquest; - Margaret Craig - Moat Farm, Biscot, Luton; - S.G.Cripps - Chaul End Farm, Luton; - H.Curtis - Milton House Farm, Milton Ernest; - J.Davies - Turvey; - George & J.Day - Chapel End Farm, Houghton Conquest; - W.G.Deeley, baker, land at Shenley Hill, Leighton Buzzard; - Barnard Edward Dimmock - Church Farm, Stagsden; - W.Dolemore - Lane Farm, Tebworth; - Whitfield John Dyer - Tythe Farm, Sundon; - Joseph Harold Eden - Fishers Farm, Carlton; - F.Evans - Clayhill Farm, Westoning; - Frank Felce - Riseley; - John F.Fensome - Northend Farm, Stagsden; - William G.Fisher - Cleat Hill Farm, Ravensden; - George A. Fountain - Cowbridge Farm, Toddington; - N.F.Fountaine - Turvey; - Hugh George - Hillfoot Farm, Pulloxhill; - Julia George - Turnpike Farm, Dunstable and Dove House Farm, Kensworth; - Mrs.Gilbert - Great Thickthorn Farm, Houghton Conquest; - Laura L.Godfrey - College Farm, Pulloxhill; - George A.Gray - Southill; - John Griffin - Old Farm, Stanbridge; - Ronald Harris - New Inn Farm, Silsoe; - B.Hartop - Eaton Green, Luton; - William Hartop - Hill Farm, Oakley; - T.H.Hawkey - Manor Farm, Yielden; - Lord Maynard's Charity (Essex) regarding Tithe Farm, Potton; - J.Headland - Knotting Fox Farm; - F.C.Heady - Town Farm, Milton Bryan; - C.J.Hedges - Tower Farm, Millbrook; - William Hillier - Valley Farm, Studham; - Albert Holdstock - Chiltern Hill Farm, Luton; - G.F.Hollingsworth - Cold Harbour Farm, Woburn; - William Howard - Manor Farm, Duloe; - C.A.Howes - Wood End Farm, Wootton; - Alfred James Huckle - Cherry Orchard Farm and New Road Farm, parish unknown; - James Hull - Bridge Farm, Great Barford; - William Hull - Church Farm, Roxton; - Charles Ibbott - College Farm, Oakley and Tythe Farm, Stevington; ; - John Butler Johnson - Portobello Farm, Sutton; - William Jordan - Manor Farm, Keysoe; - Charles A.Joyce - Salph End Farm, Renhold; - Joseph Joyce - Rectory Farm, Cranfield; - T.Joyce - Great Dairy Farm, Renhold and Pinchgut Farm, Marston Moretaine; - Mary Keep - Elstow; - Wilfred Ernest King - Bury End Farm, Stagsden; - Arthur Lilley - Dean House; - Edgar Litchfield - Eastfield Farm, Pavenham; - Robert Long - Meppershall; - R.B.Lucas (tenant James Smith) - Kettledean Farm, Shillington; - William Manning - Biddenham; - George William Mardlin - Hall Farm, Turvey; - John Mayne - Manor Farm, Eyeworth; - B.Measures Jnr. - Grange Farm, Upper Dean; - Harry Edgar Medlow - Hill Farm, Chellington; - Annie Miller - Flying Horse Farm, Ridgmont; - William Mitchell - Great Barford; - R.Mossman & Son - Hill Farm, Battlesden; - James Newman & Sons - Duck End Farm and Village Farm Wilstead; - John Joseph Payne - Mill Farm, Cardington; - Walter George Pettit - Ducksworth Farm, Stagsden; - John Walter Pibworth - Manor Farm, Sutton; - Samuel Prentice - West End Farm, Stevington; - George Preston - Beckerings Park Farm, Ridgmont; - I.W.G.Roberts - Thrupp End Farm, Lidlington; - Anne Robinson - Hart Farm, Stevington; - G.Roff - Whaddon Farm, Slapton (land in Billington); - H.R.Rowell-Smith - Portobello Farm, Pulloxhill; - E.Samm, deceased - Manor Farm, Caddington; - John Sanders - Manor Farm, Leagrave; - H.Saunderson - Wiskey Farm, Little Staughton; - Ernest Scrivener - Little Manor Farm, Toddington; - Thomas Scrivener - Herne Grange and Frog Hall Farms, Toddington; - Joseph Seth - Hall Farm, Pertenhall; - G.E.Sherriff - Lewsey Farm, Luton; - Mrs.Smith - Church Farm, Eyeworth; - J.H.Smith - Rectory Farm, Carlton; - Howard Spursley - Westoning; - G.J.Stevens - West End Farm, Pavenham; - Joseph Stevens - Village Farm, Houghton Conquest; - Howard Fowler Stimson - Fox & Hounds Farm, Potsgrove; - Thomas Stonebridge - Exton Wood Farm, Eastcotts; - Arthur Syratt - Centre Farm, Battlesden (land in Milton Bryan); - George Thomas - Beeston Leases Farm, Northill; - J.H.Thorpe - Bury Farm, Studham; - Ernest J.Tilley - Lodge Farm, Wymington; - J.Tingey - Eaton Bray; - John Tite & Son - Nicholas Farm, Carlton; - M.Titmuss - Lane Farm, Stopsley, Luton; - Frank S.Tompkins - Jobs Farm, Woburn; - W.J.Tongue - Crown Farm, no parish given; - J.E.Topham - Hall End Farm, Thurleigh; - R.J.Townsend - New Farm, Wootton; - F.A.Page Turner - Tythe Farm, Upper Sundon; - A.M.Turney - Duck End Farm, Stevington; - A.S.Underwood - Thistly Grounds Farm, Eyeworth; - C. & F. Walker - Roxhill Farm, Marston Moretaine; - Bryan Welch - Church Farm, Leighton Buzzard; - J.H.Whitbread - Hill Fort Farm, Cardington; - Williams Bros - Lodge Farm, Riseley; - J.A.Wright - Wick End Farm, Stagsden; - Arthur Frank Yirrell - Leighton Buzzard; - Rye End Farm, Eaton Bray. [ex WAO 10/1-2]
  • Date free text
    1917 - 1918
  • Production date
    From: 1917 To: 1918
  • Level of description
    item