MB2/MIL1/6/1397

File of papers concerning Millbrook Methodist Chapel containing:

1860-1973

From: 1860 To: 1973

- Correspondence (3 items) concerning title to land at Millbrook on which a Chapel had recently been erected etc., William Stimson to James Howard. May to June 1859; - Sketch plan showing the chapel, entrance, and cottages adjoining, n.d. [c.1859] - Lease for 21 years between 1) Most Noble Francis, Duke of Bedford 2) William Armstrong of Haynes, farmer; Thomas Robert Brown of Bedford, butcher; Thomas Tokelove Gray of Bedford, wine merchant; James Howard of Bedford, Ironfounder; William Jones of Bedford, grocer; and George Rushbrooke of Ampthill, grocer - the Lessees. 1) leases to 2) for 21 years all that piece of ground with buildings thereon at Millbrook (as shown in PLAN) in margin, together with a right of way to pass to and from the premises along the footpath shown on the plan. Annual rent: 4s. [various covenants] signature: Bedford 20 February 1860 - Acknowledgment by Trustees of debt of £30 to Mrs. [George - deleted] Mahalath Rushbrooke, 1 May 1861, endorsed with note of repayment, 28 May 1877. - Copy agreement between: 1) C.P.Elliott on behalf of the Most Noble Herbrand, Duke of Bedford 2) Francis William Peck, draper; Walter Blois Whitbread, Company Secretary; Walter Wilcox, bricklayer; Arthur Edward Hardwick, grocer; Clement Charles Hardwick, grocer; (all of Ampthill); Matthew Brunt, market gardener; Henry Robinson, solicitor's clerk; (both of Maulden); and Arthur Frank Pitman, farmer, of Millbrook. Lease by 1) to 2) on a yearly tenancy, of all that building at Millbrook now used as a Wesleyan Chapel, with right of access etc., (as shown in PLAN in margin), now in the occupation of [old lessees listed] Annual rent: 10s. [various covenants] Copy signatures: all parties 1 March 1926 - Correspondence concerning the renewal of the lease of the Chapel site from the Duke of Bedford, and appointment of new lessees, and proposed application for a grant of the freehold (6 items) 1947-1948 - Papers concerning the closure of the Chapel, and the handing over of the keys etc. 1972-1973

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Stimson, William,
Howard, James,
Russell, Francis Charles Hastings (9th Duke of Bedford),
Armstrong, William,
Brown, Thomas Robert,
Gray, Thomas Tokelove,
Jones, William,
Rushbrooke, George,
Rushbrooke, Mahalath,
Elliott, C.P.,
Russell, Herbrand Arthur (11th Duke of Bedford),
Peck, Francis William,
Whitbread, Walter Blois,
Wilcox, Walter,
Hardwick, Arthur Edward,
Hardwick, Clement Charles,
Brunt, Matthew,
Robinson, Henry,
Pitman, Arthur Frank,
Duke of Bedford

HAYNES, MILLBROOK, MAULDEN, Methodist Church, Wesleyan Methodist, Methodist buildings, building plans, farmer, butcher, wine merchant, ironfounder, grocer, rights of way, draper, bricklayer, market gardener, clerk, solicitor