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As to right of way
Application for an official search under the name of Arthur Stanley Foster, Little Wymondley Hall Farm, near Hitchin, Herts, farmer
10 March 1948
Conveyance
i) Arthur Stanley Foster, Little Wymondley Hall Farm, near Hitchin, Herts, farmer
ii) Michael Henry Foster, Fowler's Farm, Meppershall, farmer
Consideration 'natural love and affection'
i) conveys to ii) - Fowler's Farm, with cottage, garden, orchard etc belonging, and several pieces of pasture and arable land in Meppershall (90.167a), as in map on plan To hold subject to tithe redemption annuity
Sigs i) and ii) Wit K R Lindsell, Hitchin, Herts, solicitor
31 March 1948
Endorsed
Memorandum that by conveyance of 27 July 1951 ii) conveyed to Eric Leslie Turner - plot of land with frontage of 244ft to High Road, Meppershall, with depth along West boundary of 485ft
East: G H Deveraux
West: 16ft wide cartway adjoining land of Biggleswade R D C and forming part of O S no 153
Another plot lying off N E corner of land first described
South: for 250 ft by land of G H Devereux and E J Thorold, for 22 ft, by land first described
East: Eastern boundary of C.N. 153
North West: cartway
Having average width of 250ft and forming part of O.N. 153 Right of E L T to production of within written conveyance acknowledged
Memorandum
By conveyance of 9 August 1951 said M H Foster conveyed to Florence Kate Harris - 2 adjacent pieces of land, part of Fowler's Farm --- strip 14ft wide lying along S W boundary of O N 89 --- rectangular piece measuring 48ft by 123ft approximately and forming part of O N 91
SE (pt) first piece of land (rem) land of said F K Harris
SW other land of F K Harris
NW and NE other land of said M H Foster
Right of production of main deed acknowledged
Memorandum
By conveyance of 22 November 1956 ii) conveyed to F K Harris a piece of land containing 1.4a land, part of Fowler's Farm and forming part of ordnance no 91
SE other land of F K Harris
Right of production of main deed acknowledged
Memorandum
By conveyance of 26 January 1960 between ii) and Frederick Charles Millard, Arthur Warne, Eric Joseph Jepps, Evelyn Millard Knight and ii) (being trustees), ii) conveyed to trustees - piece of land having a frontage to road from Shillington to Shefford and bounded on NE by land of Biggleswade R D C
Right of production of main deed acknowledged
Memorandum
By conveyance of 28 April 1960 between ii) and Geoffrey Charles Harris, ii) conveyed to G C Harris - piece of land on NW side and having frontage of 40ft to road to Meppershall to Shefford forming part of Ordnance no 89
W 4ft strip of land conveyed to F K Harris
Right of production of main deed acknowledged
Memorandum
By conveyance of 27 April 1961 between ii) and William Allan Butcher Stansall, ii) conveyed to W A B Stansall - piece of land on NW side and having frontage of 45 ft to Meppershall to Shefford road, forming part of Ordnance no 89
W Geoffrey Charles Harris
Right of production of main deed acknowledged
Memorandum
By conveyance of 7 August 1963 between ii) and [illegible]
Grant of Right of Way
a) Michael Henry Foster, Polehanger, Meppershall, farmer
b) Biggleswade R D C
Reciting that a) owns the site of a 16ft access way leading from Meppershall to Shefford Road to other land of his and b) owns certain land abutting on said access way (as shown in plan on deed)
Now in consideration of £1 paid by b) to a), a) grants to b) - full right and liberty for b) and owners and occupiers of said piece of land to pass and repass over said access way for all purposes connected with use of said land b) agrees to contribute towards cost of keeping road in repair. Covenant to produce deeds as in schedule
Schedule 14 April 1936 Conveyance by William Ransom and Sons Ltd to Arthur Stanley Foster
31 March 1948 Conveyance. A S Foster to M H Foster
Seal and sigs of b) 28 July 1959
As to the whole property
Application for an official search under name of Biggleswade R D C for Meppershall 14 November 1956
Conveyance
1) Biggleswade Rural District Council 2) Michael Henry Foster Consideration - £80
i) conveys to ii) - 1.6a land in Meppershall at rear of Cracklehill Housing estate which said piece of land forms part of O S no. 153 (as shown on map attached) subject to covenant as to fencing contained in conveyance of 5 February 1946 between A S Foster, Barclays Bank Ltd. and Biggleswade R D C
Covenant to produce documents as in schedule
Schedule 15 February 1946 Above mentioned conveyance
13 July 1956 Consent of Minister of Housing and Local Government
Sigs and seal of 1) 16 November 1956
With memorandum regarding conveyance of 26 January 1960 and right of production of deed acknowledged
Conveyance
A) Michael Henry Foster B) Polehanger Farms Ltd, Polehanger Farm, Meppershall Consideration - £129,975
A) conveys to B) - properties as in schedule
Subject as to property thirdly described to covenant as to fencing
Subject as to property fifthly described to stipulations in conveyance of 9 March 1967 and made between Kenneth William Lawrence, M H Foster and Albert Son Furr
Subject as to property sixthly described to fencing covenants as in Deed of Partition of 7 February 1969 made between M H Foster and Stanley John Odell
Schedule
1 - messuage or farmhouse and land (280a) in Meppershall and known as Polehanger Farm as in deed of 29 October 1941 made between Arthur Joseph Gudgin and Walter Henry Gudgin with A) - with exception of 0.97a to NW of new course of Campton Brook conveyed to Beds. C C by deed of 23 June 1947
2 - Fowlers Farm and land etc in Meppershall (82a) (as shown on plan attached)
3 - piece of land at rear of Cracklehill housing estate (as shown on plan attached)
4 - piece of land near road from Meppershall to Shefford, as in conveyance of 3 April 1963 made between Evelyn Millard Knight, Elsie Mary Reynolds and Hubert William Harris with M H Foster
5 - piece of land in Meppershall on N Side of road from Meppershall to Shefford as shown on conveyance of 7 March 1968 between Albert Son Furr and M H Foster
6 - lands etc as in Deed of Partition of 7 February 1969 and made between M H Foster and Stanley John Odell (c.76a) and farm buildings erected thereon and with benefit of fencing covenants and a right of way to S J Odell and subject to Deed of Grant of 19 January 1961 made between Robert James Beechener and Eastern Gas Board
7 - three (formerly four) cottages in High Street, Meppershall, formerly nos 83, 85, 87, 89 and now known as 121, 123, and 125 High Street.
Sig of A) 1 July 1970 With various memoranda [see below]
Memorandum
By conveyance of 18 June 1971 and made between Polehanger Farms Ltd, Barclays Bank Ltd and Erik Peter Cox - 121 (formerly nos 83 and 85) High Street, was conveyed to E P Cox
With right of water supply through nos 123 and 125 but subject to right of drainage for now 119, 123 and 125
Acknowledgement for production of deed
Memorandum
By conveyance of 20 June 1972 made between Polehanger Farms Ltd., Barclays Bank Ltd, and John Clayton, of freehold property fronting High Street, Meppershall.
Covenant for production of deed
Memorandum
by conveyance of 10 December 1973 made between Polehanger Farms Ltd and Cyril John Munden, Eric Brooks and George Hayes - part of property as described in 1st schedule was conveyed to C J Munden, E Brooks and G Hayes
Acknowledgement for production of deed
Memorandum
By conveyance and deed of grant of 26 April 1974, Polehanger Farms conveyed to British Gas Corporation - 22 sq yards of land at Meppershall and granted certain easements, rights etc and certain restrictive covenants over other land in Meppershall (British Gas ref 11668974)
Legal Charge
I) Polehanger Farms Ltd II) Barclays Bank Ltd Being a mortgage of property as in schedule Various conditions and covenants - property as in schedule
Schedule
Polehanger Farm, Meppershall (as comprised in conveyance of 1 July 1970). Land certificate title no. BD 618
Seal of Polehanger Farms Ltd Sigs of Michael H Foster and Kathleen D Foster 1 July 1970
Endorsed: acknowledgement that II) has received balance of money secured by within written deed 30 October 1973
Power of Attorney by which Barclays Bank Ltd appoints Ian James Paton Jones, District Manager, P O Box no 4, 28, George Street, Luton, as its attorney on behalf of the Bank at the Local Head Office at Luton and branches under its control
Sigs of various London officers of the Bank Certified true copy 25 July 1972
Deed of Grant
1a) Polehanger Farms Ltd 1b) Donald John Kubeck and Jean Kubeck, 1 Shefford Road, Meppershall 1c) Michael Henry Foster, Polehanger Farm, Meppershall
Reciting that 1a) is owner of private road forming part of O S no 153 which roadway forms access of 1a) and others to Shefford Road
Reciting that 1b) are owners of 1, Shefford Road, Meppershall (as details shown on map on deed)
Now in consideration of £20 paid by 1b) to 1a), 1a) grants to 1b) full right of access over said private road for all purposes in connection with the use of back land for agriculture, and also to repair a garage erected on the property of 1b) where garage abuts onto roadway
A stipulation in first schedule of conveyance of 1951 shall be amended as to allow a fence and gate Various convenants
1st schedule
Stipulations in conveyance of 27 July 1951
- stockproof fences along certain sides, as shown on plan
- no building to be erected other than detached or semi-detached dwelling houses
- land at back to be reserved for agriculture
- nothing to be done on land which may be a nuisance to vendor or adjoining owners
- purchaser shall not be entitled to any right to access etc to any building erected on the land which would restrict the Vendor's use of the adjoining land
2nd schedule
Deeds of 31 March 1948 and 1 July 1970
Sigs of M H Foster, Kathleen D Foster, Donald J Kubeck and Jean Kubeck, and seal of Polehanger Farms Ltd
Various witnesses 25 March 1976