WL1000/10/1/1

Auction sale particulars of James Fowler's Woburn brewery and 26 tied houses: - auctioneer: Alfred Thomas, Peyer & Miles; - auction at: Swan Hotel, Bedford; - solicitors: Warry, Robins & Burges of 9 Lincoln's Inn Fields [Middlesex]

26 Feb 1881

From: 1881 To: 1881

Lot 1 - brick and slate malthouse in Newport Road, Woburn; with 35 quarter steep, two cemented working floors, double kiln with wire plates, stokeholes and malt lofts; - maltster's cottage and piece of ground; - yard; - detached two floor malt chamber; - cottage occupied by brewery servant; - Birchmoor Arms public house fronting Newport Road; tap room, bar, parlour, cellar under, kitchen, four bedrooms, yard opening to road, washhouse, stabling for four horses, brick and slate skittle shed used as stabling; walled garden at rear; let to Mrs.[Emma] Stonhill at £13 per annum Lot 2 Kings Arms Public House, Little Brickhill [Buckinghamshire]: - tap room, two parlours, cellar, washhouse and pantry, landing, three bed rooms; - detached barn, stable and cart lodge; - yard, garden at rear; - let to J.Eversdon at £12 per annum Lot 3 Spinning Wheel Beerhouse, Great Brickhill [Buckinghamshire] - tap room, parlour, bar, kitchen, pantry, cellar, four bedrooms; - detached washhouse and slaughterhouse; - stable and pen with loft over; lean-to cart lodge; stable; - 4 pin ground; garden; yard; - two brick and tile tenements and piece of garden fronting road; - let to L.Knight at £12 per annum Lot 4 Wheatsheaf Public House, Bow Brickhill [Buckinghamshire] - tap room, living room and parlour, club room, upland pantry and cellar, three bedrooms; - yard with stable, washhouse and cart lodge; - garden at rear; - let to George Gee at £12 per annum Lot 5 Chequers Public House, Fenny Stratford [Buckinghamshire] - parlour, tap room, cellar, pantry and kitchen with loft over, club room and bedroom, two first floor bedrooms, bakehouse at rear; - detached cart lodge, stable, wood barn and piggery with loft over whole; - yard and garden with right of way to adjoining property; - let to George Scott at £12 per annum Lot 6 George Public House, Water Eaton [Buckinghamshire] - tap room and parlour, kitchen, small bar, pantry, upland cellar and four bedrooms above; - barn and garden on one side and detached barn and yard on the other; - let to John Bates at £10 per annum Lot 7 Red Lion Public House, Newton Longville [Buckinghamshire] - tap room, parlour, bar, back parlour, cellar and three bed rooms; - washhouse, slaughterhouse and two stall stable fronting road with club room extending over whole; - let to T.Hall at 31- per annum Lot 8 Plough Public House, Shenley [Buckinghamshire] - parlour, tap room, bar, pantry, back kitchen; washhouse and woodhouse with club room over; beer cellar; four bedrooms; - stable for two horses with loft over and adjoining cart shed - yard and garden; - let to Edmund Fraser at £12 per annum Lot 9 Boot Public House, Market Square, Leighton Buzzard - bar, tap room, parlour, cellar, three bedrooms, closet, kitchen and washhouse with club room over and separate staircase; - copyhold of Leighton Buzzard Manor; - let to A.Cook at £17 per annum Lot 10 Stag Beerhouse, corner of Plantation Road and Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard - tap room, bar, parlour, kitchen and scullery, cellar, five bedrooms; - yard with cart lodge and two stall stable with loft; - let to Mrs.Smith at £12 per annum Lot 11 Bell Inn, Hockliffe - entrance lobby, bar, parlour, tap room, cellar, four bedrooms; - washhouse and store with rooms over; - ground in front and yard in rear; - side entrance; - detached stabling for three horses with loft over and cart lodge; - garden and meadow beyond; - let to G.Hudson at £18 per annum Lot 12 Cock Public House, Houghton Regis - bar, parlour, taproom, kitchen and large club room, cellar, six bedrooms; - slated shed; detached stabling and loose box with loft over; - pightle and walled kitchen garden; - two tenements fronting the road with outlets; - let to D.Harris at £18 per annum; - copyhold of Manor of Houghton Regis Lot 13 Victoria Public House, West Street, Dunstable - tap room with bay window, bar, parlour, kitchen and washhouse, cellar, four bedrooms; - side entrance from street, stabling, workshops with skittle ground beneath; - let to C.H.Woodcraft at £17 per annum Lot 14 Fountain Public House, Wellington Street, Luton - corner house with entrance, tap room, bar, back parlour, kitchen, washhouse, cellar, five bedrooms; - yard in rear with large work room and ground beneath; stable for two horses and loft; - let to W.Walker at £17 per annum Lot 15 Marquis of Bute Public House, Alma Street, Luton - bar, parlour, tap room and parlour, four bed rooms; - yard in rear with washhouse, stable and loft; - let to G.Chamberlain at £12 per annum Lot 16 Bell Public House, Totternhoe - bar and bar parlour, tap room in front, club room, kitchen, cellar and five rooms above; - yard behind with stable for three horses, barn, cart sheds and coal store; - 1. 5 acres of arable, part of a common field in rear; - let to H.Lane at £18 per annum Lot 17 Fountain Beerhouse, Eaton Bray - tap room and upland cellar, parlour and washhouse, three bedrooms; - yard with slated cart lodge and garden; - small tenement adjoining; - let to Richard Fountain at £7 per annum Lot 18 Prince of Wales Beerhouse, Edlesborough [Buckinghamshire] - parlour, tap room, bar, cellar and washhouse, five bedrooms; - small yard at side of house with stable for two horses; - let to G.Draper at £9 per annum Lot 19 Red Lion Public House, Eversholt - bar and parlour, shop and pantry, cellar, tap room and washhouse with club room, four bedrooms; - walled-in yard with wood and coal houses; - detached two stall stable with loft and tiled skittle shed; - let to W.Beesley at £16 per annum Lot 20 Nags Head Public House, Westoning - bar, parlour, tap room, cellar, washhouse and back parlour, five bedrooms; - yard at side and rear containing barn, stable and open cart lodge with loft over whole; - piece of land at rear; - let to P[eter] Burton at £14 per annum rent Lot 21 Drovers Arms Beerhouse, Steppingley - bar and parlour, general shop, pantry, cellar, tap room and washhouse with club room above, four bedrooms; - walled-in yard with wood and coal houses; detached two stall stable with loft and skittle shed; - "with piece of land in the rear" added in pen; - let to J.Fasey at £12 per annum Lot 22 Anchor Public House, Aspley Guise; - tap room, bar parlour, parlour with bay window, cellar under kitchen, store room, four bedrooms; - garden at rear and large open yard in front; detached stable, cart lodge and loose box; - stabling and ground adjoining held on a 972 year lease from 1668; - let to G Brandon at 312 per annum Lot 23 May Pole Beerhouse, Aspley Guise - parlour, bar and cellar, tap room, washhouse, four bedrooms; - yard with folding gates and passage way; - let to John Scott at £10 per annum Lot 24 Queens Head Beerhouse, Ampthill - parlour, tap room, cellar, three bedrooms; - yard with four pin ground, lean-to washhouse, wood house; - adjoining tenement with store room and yard; - let to H.King at £11 per annum Lot 25 Carpenters Arms Beerhouse, Cranfield - bar, bar parlour, cellar, taproom, two kitchens, lumber store, five bedrooms and landing, washhouse and coal place; - detached two stall stable with loft over; skittle ground; yard with folding gates to side road; - let to John White at £7 Lot 26 Bricklayers Arms Beerhouse, St.John Street, Bedford - tap room, bar, kitchen, cellar, three bedrooms; - covered gateway to yard with washhouse and wood house; detached two stall stable and cart lodge with loft; - let to J.Lenton at £10 per annum Lot 27 Two plots of land at Ivinghoe [Buckinghamshire] - adjoining beerhouse let to Mrs.Simons and including her holding; plots containing 1a 0r 9p and 0a 2r 15p; - let at £10 per annum; - copyhold of Manor of Ivinghoe Indorsed with contract by Charles Wells of Bedford to buy lots4, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 for a total of £4,480

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Alfred Thomas, Peyer & Miles,
Warry, Robins, Burges & Company,
Stonhill, Emma,
Eversdon, J.,
Knight, L.,
Gee, George,
Scott, George,
Scott, John,
Bates, John,
Hall, T.,
Fraser, Edmund,
Cook, A.,
Smith,
Hudson, G.,
Harris, D,
Woodcraft, C H,
Walker, W.,
Chamberlain, G.,
Lane, H.,
Fountain, Richard,
Draper, G.,
Beesley, W.,
Burton, Peter,
Fasey, Joseph,
Brandon, G.,
King, H,
White, John,
Lenton, J.,
Wells, Charles

Woburn Brewery, Peyer & Miles Alfred Thomas, Bedford Swan Hotel, Robins Warry, Burges & Company, skittles, slaughterhouses, wash houses, stables, pigs, Woburn Birchmoor Arms, Little Brickhill Kings Arms, Great Brickhill Spinning Wheel, non-agricultural leases, Bow Brickhill Wheatsheaf, Fenny Stratford Chequers, Water Eaton George, Newton Longville Red Lion, Shenley Plough, Leighton Buzzard Boot, Leighton Buzzard Manor, Ivinghoe Manor, Leighton Buzzard Stag, Hockliffe Bell, Houghton Regis Cock, Dunstable Victoria, Luton Fountain, Luton Marquis of Bute, Totternhoe Bell, Eaton Bray Fountain, Edlesborough Prince of Wales, Eversholt Red Lion, Westoning Nags Head, Steppingley Drovers Arms, Aspley Guise Anchor, Aspley Guise Maypole, Ampthill Queens Head, Cranfield Carpenters Arms, Bedford Bricklayers Arms, Houghton Regis Manor, Woburn Newport Road, WOBURN, BEDFORD, Little Brickhill, Bow Brickhill, Great Brickhill, Fenny Stratford, Water Eaton, Newton Longville, Shenley [Buckinghamshire], LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Leighton Buzzard Market Square, Leighton Buzzard Plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard Heath Road, HOCKLIFFE, HOUGHTON REGIS, Dunstable West Street, DUNSTABLE, Luton Wellington Street, Luton Alma Street, LUTON, TOTTERNHOE, EATON BRAY, Edlesborough, EVERSHOLT, WESTONING, STEPPINGLEY, ASPLEY GUISE, WOBURN SANDS, Aspley Guise Aspley Hill Road, Aspley Guise The Square, Aspley Guise Church Street, AMPTHILL, Ampthill Woburn Street, CRANFIELD, Cranfield High Street, Bedford St.John Street, Ivinghoe