WL1000/1/CLI/1/6

Sale particulars of auction at White Hart, Shefford of properties under will of George Crouch, deceased; Francis Joyce, auctioneer; Arthur S.Wade-Gery, solicitor - Lot 1: meadow orchard known as the Cherry Orchard, Meppershall containing 5a 0r 34p planted with fruit trees and ornamentally timbered with extensive front to Bedford-Hitchin road to N; with pump and well; in occupation of William Kempson; bounded: E by properties of John King and Sir George R.Osborn; W by properties of Mansell Millard and Sir George R.Osborn; S by estate of Sir George R.Osborn; tithe rent charge 1/9/6 per annum; Land Tax 1/10/8 per annum; - Lot 2: range of three cottages with 2 rooms up and 2 down with outbuidlings and gardens in occupations of Arnold, Flint and Izzard; with beerhouse comprising tap room, living room, 3 bed rooms, cellar, outbuildings and market garden land in occupation of Fordham on E and NE side of Hitchin Road; whole area 1a 0r 39p bounded: S by estate of Shefford Feoffees; W by Bedford-Hitchin road; N by property of Garner, Brown and Richards; E by property of Tebbutt; - Lot 3: pair of brick, slate and sashed dwelling houses with pump, soft water laid on, copper, sink and barns with workshop (formerly butcher's shop) and range of stable and piggeries and gardens; in occupation Pickett and Roberts; bounded: S by Clifton-Baldock road; W by property of James Waller; N and E by Lot 4; Land Tax redeemed; - Lot 4: grass field of 3a 3r 34p eligible for building abutting: S on Clifton-Baldock road; W and S by Lot 3; W by property of James Waller; N by back water of Rivel Ivel; E by property of George Osborn; in occupation of William Kempson who had built a timber and thatched barn upon it and who was under notice to quit; Land Tax redeemed Note that Thomas Brittain of Churchill Road, Hackney [Middlesex], wine merchant had pucrhased Lot 2 for 260

6 Jul 1877

From: 1877 To: 1877

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Kempson, William,
Wade-Gery, Arthur Staunton,
Joyce, Francis,
Osborn, George Robert,
Osborn, George,
Millard, Mansell,
King, John,
Arnold,
Flint,
Izzard,
Fordham,
Garner,
Brown,
Richards,
Tebbutt,
Pickett,
Roberts,
Waller, James,
Brittain, Thomas

, auctioneers, Shefford White Hart, AUCTION SALES, market gardening, pigs, butchers, wine merchants, fruit, wells, water provision, tithes, Land Tax, MEPPERSHALL, Clifton Hitchin Road, Meppershall fields