WW1/AC/OP2/113

Claimant: Thomas J. Russell; Occupier: Thomas J. Russell; Owner: Duke of Bedford; Property: Warren Farm, Ridgmont; Land Affected: Field No. 73 (12 acres to be /broken up) in Ridgmont. Additional Information: - the field had been arable until 1915 when it was put down to grass as being largely unsuitable for growing corn; - the claim was rejected at Arbitration by John Evans Bidwell of Cambridge; - the file includes correspondence regarding alleged poor husbandry; - the file also contains an Executive Committee Land Survey giving details such as acreage of arable and pasture, land not producing full capacity, numbers of cows etc. of each agricultural holding Ridgmont [1918]. [ex File No. 788]

1918 - 1921

From: 1918 To: 1921

item

Russell, Thomas J.,
Bedford, Herbrand Arthur, 11th Duke of,
Bidwell, John Evans

ploughing, local government orders, crops, Bedfordshire County Council, World War One, Ridgmont Warren Farm, arbitrations, Ridgmont farms, husbandry - theory and development, RIDGMONT