WW1/AC/OP2/56

Claimant: F.W. Franks Occupier: F.W. Franks; Owner: Dean & Chapter of Westminster, then sold to A. & F. Ball of Beeston, Sandy; Land Affected: Coffin Field (15 acres to be broken up) in Hitchin Street, Biggleswade; Additional Information: - FWF's tenancy was determined and his land cultivated by A. & F. Ball on the Executive Committee's behalf, FWF having proved unsatisfactory in his farming methods; - the compensation paid to FWF was ex-gratia rather than a formalised claim; - the file also contains information on action taken regarding the holding of A.G. Lincoln in Coffin Field and Middle Field; - the file also contains a report on all land being farmed in the parish of Biggleswade [1917]. [ex File No. 767]

1917-1921

From: 1917 To: 1921

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Franks, F.W.,
Ball, A.,
Ball, F.,
Lincoln, A.G.

Bedfordshire County Council, ploughing, local government orders, World War One, Westminster Abbey, agricultural leases, husbandry - theory and development, Biggleswade Hitchin Street, BIGGLESWADE, Biggleswade fields