• Reference
    WW1/AC/OP2/121
  • Title
    Claimant: Arthur Smith; Occupier: Arthur Smith; Owners: separate pieces of land owned by Lord Peel (Stratford Field); Francis Pym (Low Field, Hedge Field); Canon Sloman (Rector's Field, Crossing Bridge Field, Low Field) and Mrs. Triplow (Longfield Road Field); Land Affected: Low Field, Hedge Field, Rector's Field, Crossing Bridge Field, Longfield Road Field and Stratford Field; Additional Information: - the claim was partly for trespass, a member of the Executive Committee entering the land to decide whether the Committee should take temporary possession of it, which they then did in order to provide effective cultivation; - the file contains much correspondence regarding the irregularity by which the Executive Committee took possession of the land as well as regarding poor husbandry by AS; - the file includes plans showing the locations of the various pieces of land. [ex File No. 768]
  • Date free text
    1916 - 1918
  • Production date
    From: 1916 To: 1918
  • Level of description
    item