DC/NB/E47/18

Abstract of Title of the British Land Company Limited to a freehold estate situate in the parish of St Paul in the Borough of Bedford. -Begins with Lease and release 1) Edward Hampson of Baldock, 2) Leonard Hampson of Luton and Frances his wife late Frances Smith, 3) John Thomas Dawson, 4) Thomas Gadsby of Woottoon. Recites back to 1781. 5000 paid by 3) to 1) with consent of 2) - 24a 13p being part of 53a 5p awarded to John Hawes, E remaining part of ground belonging to L and F Hampson, S&SW remaining part and in part on the turnpike road leading from Bedford to Clapham, N & NW on allotment of land awarded to Christie Skinner. 23/24 Oct 1809 - J T Dawson died 9 May 1850, his son and heir Rev John Frederic Dawson died 16 Oct 1870 leaving Rev Richard William Fitzpatrick and Henry Wilson Sharpin, surgeon trustees of his will. - Rev Jeremiah William Haddock appointed trustee in place of R W Fitzpatrick, deceased. 1 Oct 1873 - Indenture 1) Henry Wilson Sharpin, J W Haddock, 2) Alice Dawson, widow, 3) Rev Robert Burton Poole, George Edward Langley, schoolmaster. 1) sells to 3) with consent of 2) for 4000 -23a 2r 21p coloured pink on the plan. 23 Oct 1882. - Indenture 1) R B Poole 2) G E Langley. For 150 1) to 2) 16 Nov 1882 - Indenture 1) G E Langley, 2) Ada Mary Green of Broom Mead Hampton Wick, Middlesex. 3700 14acres plan. [The land is the southern part of the 23a 2r 21p with right of way across to the northern part. It covers the modern (2001) area of Clarenden Street to Garfield Street with Stanley Street to the north. The northern part becoming the playing field and the right of way becoming Clarenden Street] 20 Aug 1883 - Indenture 1) Ada Mary Green 2) British Land Co Ltd. 4750 14ac 21 Aug 1883 - Statutory declarations of Ada Eliza Fuller, grand daughter of John Thomas Dawson and daughter of John Frederic Dawson 20 June 1883 - Statutory declaration of James Pearse, solicitor. 10 Nov 1883 - Abstract of portions of the deed of settlement of the British Land Company Limited and of other instruments in reference to their powers to purchase and sell land. 1856

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British Land Company Limited,
Hampson, Edward,
Hampson, Leonard,
Hampson, Frances,
Smith, Frances,
Dawson, John Thomas,
Gadsby, Thomas,
Hawes, John,
Dawson, John Frederic,
Fitzpatrick, Richard William,
Sharpin, Henry Wilson,
Haddock, Jeremiah William,
Dawson, Alice,
Poole, Robert Burton,
Langley, George Edward,
Green, Ada Mary,
Fuller, Ada Eliza,
Pearse, James

British Land Company Limited, Bedford Clarendon Street, Bedford Palmerston Street, Bedford Beaconsfield Street, Bedford Stanley Street, Bedford Russell Street