Reference
P22/29/6/24
Title
Correspondence concerning the sale of the school premises.
Date free text
1951 - 1962
Production date
From: 1951 To: 1962
Scope and Content
Including
notice from the Diocesan Board to discontinue the Mixed school followed by a decision not to close it, 1951;
re hiring school to the District Council for 7 years, 1952;
Legal problems concerning the Trusteeship of the Rector of Houghton Conquest, it being decided by Milles Day & Co (Solicitors) that this right no longer applied, 1953;
further problems with the ownership of land, 1954;
Expiry of lease on premises due to the erection of a new Junior School 1956;
termination accepted from 5th April 1958;
Messrs. Rumball and Edwards ordered to sell the premises;
Investigation to see whether the P.C.C. could alter the old school into a Church Hall, 1958;
Report and valuation of the school by Peacocks, 1959;
Parochial church Council no longer interested in buying the property, 1961;
and the Diocesan Board claimed ownership 1962.
Exent
106 items
Level of description
file