Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WW1/AC/OP2/27
  • Title
    Claimant: George Edward Brown; Occupier: George Edward Brown; Owner: Duke of Bedford; Property: South Pillinge Farm, Marston Moretaine; Land Affected: Field No. 6 (10 acres to be broken up) in Millbrook; Field Nos 30 (4.75 acres to be broken up) and 70 (4.5 acres to be broken up) in Marston Moretaine; Field No. 2 (9.25 acres to be broken up) in Wootton; Additional Information: - GEB was a Bedfordshire County Council alderman and served on the War Agricultural Executive Committee and much of the correspondence refers to his work in that capacity rather than his claim; - records of the Duke of Bedford's grassland broken up in Ridgmont, Milton Bryan, Steppingley, Flitwick, Woburn and Eversholt (giving names of occupier, field number and acreage); - construction of an ammunition dump at Husborne Crawley and the need not to employ men that could be used for agricultural purposes [1918]; - objections to the breaking up of grassland by farmers in GEB's area; - brief report on fields for breaking up at Wootton Bourne End and Top Farms [1918]; - need for a quota of men for use by Food Production Department and need to ensure men in suitable occupations were given exemption from military service with brief details of individual cases [1918]; - difficulty in obtaining superphosphate and ammonia sulphate due to strikes [1919]; - dispute over steam tackle to have been used on GEB's land but diverted elsewhere by the Committee [1919]; - details of men needing work forwarded by the Labour Exchange (names, addresses, ages and occupations given) [1919]; - report on Ampthill Mill Stream [see also WW1/AC/DR 3] [1919] [ex File No.34]
  • Date free text
    1919-1920
  • Production date
    From: 1919 To: 1920
  • Level of description
    item
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