P147/2/3/2

Copy Conveyance

5 April 1888, copy c. 1961

From: 1888 To: 1961

1) Trustees of Thomas Christie's Charity [named] - Vendors 2) The Rev.W.H.M.H.Aitken, the Rev.A.H.Jones, Rev.W.Hart Smith, Rev.G.A.Willan, J.H.A.Branson, Gen.J.E.Gastrell, J.R.Bennett, Major S.C.Townsend, H.L.Clarke, G.E.Fathers, W.H.Ashwell, J.Hawkins, and C.E.Prior, all of Bedford - The Purchasers 3) Ecclesiastical Commissioners Conveyance under Church Building Acts [recited] 58 Geo.III to 19/20 Vict. Reciting order of Charity Commissioners concerning the Thomas Christie Charity dated 10 February 1885, and further order dated 8 November 1887 authorising the sale of the premises NOW In consideration of £450, the premises are conveyed by 1) to 3) at the direction of 2), viz: - all that triangular shaped piece of land (38,220 square feet) on the North side of Clapham Road in the parish of St.Paul, Bedford, bounded: :S and SW. Clapham Road :N and NW. other lands of Christie's Charity :E. land of the Governors of Harpur Trust PLAN attached To hold to 3) as a site for the intended new church of St.Martin, Bedford Copy signatures etc.

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Aitken, William Hay Macdowall Hunter,
Jones, A.H.,
Smith, W. Hart,
Willan, G.A.,
Branson, J.H.A.,
Gastrell, J.E.,
Bennett, J.R.,
Townsend, S.C.,
Clarke, H L,
Fathers, G E,
Ashwell, W H,
Hawkins, J.,
Prior, C E

St.Martin Bedford, Thomas Christie Charity, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Charity Commissioners, Bedford Clapham Road, Plan, church buildings & land