WW1/AC/OP2/3

Claimant: Mark Abraham; Occupier: Mark Abraham; Owner: Duke of Bedford; Property: Leedon Farm, Leighton Buzzard; Land Affected: 27 acres in Fields Nos 59 and 77 in Eggington; Additional Information: - arbitration was undertaken by John Evans Bidwell of Cambridge; - anonymous letter alleging bad farming practice and reliance on the use of German prisoners to the exclusion of local labour [1919]; - surrender of the tenancy of Leedon Farm [1919]; - correspondence, valuations and reports etc. regarding the ploughing up of Field Nos 24 in Battlesden and 203 in Milton Bryan, being parts of Watergate Farm, Hockliffe. [ex File No.58]

1918 - 1921

From: 1918 To: 1921

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Abraham, Mark,
Russell, Herbrand Arthur (11th Duke of Bedford),
Bidwell, John Evans

Bedfordshire County Council, ploughing, local government orders, World War One, Leighton Buzzard Leedon Farm, arbitrations, Prisoners of war, Germans, agricultural labour, husbandry - theory and development, agricultural leases, Hockliffe Watergate Farm, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, EGGINGTON, BATTLESDEN, MILTON BRYAN, HOCKLIFFE