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Copy deed of Partition of property late belonging to John Barker of Blunham, farmer

1900

From: 1900 To: 1900

1) Mary Ann Underwood, wife of Henry Underwood of Sutton, Farmer 2) Sarah Triplow of Sandy, Widow 3) Mary Ann Underwood again 4) Edward Thurlow Leeds Smith of Sandy, Solicitor (Trustee) recites death of John Barker of Blunham, Farmer & Market Gardener in1898 intestate. Letters of Administration were granted to Mary Ann Underwod and Sarah Triplow, his only children in the same year. recites that they agreed to partition the lands a) Conveyance to 4) for the use of 3) i) 4A 1R 20P in Blunham, the northward part of Gravel Pit Close (occupied by Joseph Sabey) abuttments: SW & NW: Highway from Blunham to Gt Barford & Bedford North: Property of the Rector of Blunham (Conveyed by Anne White to Barker 12 November 1861) ii) 7A 2R 29P in Blunham (pasture) (occupied by William Mitchell) abuttments: NW: River Ouse NE: Great Barford Bridge SE: Road from Great Barford Bridge to Bedford SW: Brook of the River Ouse (conveyed by James Hayes to Barker in 1892) iii) Two pieces of arable land of 5A 0R 25P & 1A 1R 1P in Mill Field, being adjoining plots and forming one close part called Land Pits Field and part of Bedford Field , Great Barford (formerly occupied by James Pedley, now of Joseph Sabey) abuttments: NW: Road to Bedford and land of James Amos and others awarded to Joseph Barker NE: land of James Amos etc & Back Lane SE:land of -Clarkson (formerly Thomas Hart) SW: land of Trinity College, Cambridge (formerly of Richard Raven) (Conveyed to John Barker by John White & James Pedley 1855) iv) 12P at Blunham abuttments: West: Highway from Chalton to Blunham North: Property of Harry Dennis (formerly owned by the devisees of the Will of O.J.Triplow, before that by William Medland) East: Copyhold lands described below at d i) South: Sir Charles Payne, Bart (Conveyed by James Lovell & John West to Barker 1855) b) Conveyance to 4) to the use of 2) i)2A 1R 36P at Blunham (formerly occupied by John Barker, now Ellen Little) abuttments: North: Property of Frank Powers East: Property of Claud Ernest Tupper (formerly Jacob Lovell) South: Road from Blunham to Great Barford (Conveyance 1) Charles Rowed 2) John Barker 3)John Case 1853) ii) 2A 1R 36P at Blunham (late in the ocupation of John Barker now of - Little) abuttments: North: Property of the Reverend Charles George Douton (later John Creasy) East: Land above South: Road from Blunham to Great Barford West: Land next described below (Conveyed by John Dew Fairey to John Barker 1891) iii) 2A 1R 36P at Blunham (now in the occupation of George Little) abuttments: North: Property of John Creasy East: Land above South: Road West: Property of -Seaborn and land next described iv) 9A Blunham with Cottage on the site occupied by Alice Day & William Bundy (formerly Samuel Squires & Mary Mayall) v) 4A Belham Baulk Field, Chalton in the parish of Moggerhanger abuttments: North: Property of Harry Underwood and a field called Chalk Croft East: Property of William Skilleter South: Land next described West: Land described below b vii) (Conveyance 1)Thomas Baverstock Merriman, William Clark Merriman John Michael Blagg 2) Thomas Ward Blagg 3) John Barker (purchaser) 1857) vi) 3A at Chalton part of the same field, formerly occupied by Jonathan Sims (abuttals not given) (Conveyed by Charles Powers to John Barker 1871) vii) 1A 0R 20P of arable land at Chalton abuttments: West: Road from Blunham to Moggerhanger North: Property of the Order of Foresters South: Land next described viii) 3R 17P at Chalton, formerly occupied by Samuel Franklin abuttments: West: Highway South: Property of John Creasy (formerly James Sutton) East: Land described vi) above North: Land lastly described (Conveyed by William Alexander Peppercorn, John Hutchinson Peppercorn and Walter Peppercorn to John Barker 1874) The above v)-viii) formed one piece of land of 8A 3R 37P in the occupation of Mark Young ix) 2A of arable or pasture land at Chalton abuttments: North: Property of E.Leeds Smith, formerly Joseph Bennett, before that Thersie Ball East: Road from Girtford Bridge to Blunham South: Land formerly of John Maydon West:. Chalk Croft (Conveyance 1) Thomas James Hooper 2)James Brown 3) John Barker (purchaser) x) 3 Cottages with yard, gardens etc at Great Barford, occupied by William Lee, Samuel Croft and -Burrows. abuttments: North & East: Property of the Trustees of the late John Maydon South: Brook West: Property of -Brown (Conveyance 1) Charles Powers 2) Abraham Wyman 3) John Barker (purchaser) 1856 xi) 2A of land at Girtford, Sandy abuttments: North: Property of Wells & Winch Limited & Cupboard Lane South: Property of Francis Pym West: Great North Road (Property devised by the Will of Samuel Barker to his son John Barker) xii) Five (formerly four) Cottages with yards, gardens etc in Sandy occupied by Ann Bennett, John Wells, Frank Stocker, Joseph Farr abuttments: North: Property of Mary Ann Smedon and the Representatives of late George Thurley (formerly property of William Thurley) East: Park Lane, leading to Sandy Place South: Representatives of late J.N.Foster (formerly property of Samuel Barker) West: Property of Herbert Charles Strover (formerly property of Elizabeth Pope) (Property devised by the Will of Samuel Barker to his son John Barker) c) Copyhold Land of the Manor of Blunham (Earl Cowper's) Release by Mary Underwood to Sarah Triplow 10A 0R 33P in Middle Field, Blunham abuttments: North: Public Watercourse East: Property of -Jeeves(formerly Reverend Charles George Douton) South: Land described b iv) above AND e) iii) below West: property of Robert Cooper (occupied by Thomas Clark) (formerly property of Robert Barry Stafford) NB Subject to the right of Way of 12 feet over the south side for other owners and occupiers in the Middle Field d) Copyhold Land of the Manor of Blunham (Earl Cowper's) Release by Sarah Triplow to Mary Underwood i) Cottages now divided into two tenements with garden, orchard, outbuildings etc in Blunham occupied by Charles Simms & Elias Underwood, formerly Jesse Ball. Joseph Sinfield & John Manning AND Allotment in the South Field of Blunham abuttments: North: Property of the devisees of the late O.J.Triplow (formerly William Medland & Jane Burnham) West: see above a) iv) South: Old enclosure, property of Sir Charles Payne, Bart East: Park Lane, Blunham ii) 7A 3R 25P in South Field, Blunham with Barn, Stables and other buildings occupied by George Rowles (formerly John Barker, formerly Mark Norman) abuttments: North: Public Road from Blunham to Great Barford and property of John Usher East: Property of John Usher (formerly William Skilleter) South & West: Property of Lord Cowper (Allotment at the Enclosure of Blunham to Lady Lucas) e) Copyhold Land of the Manor of Blunham (St Johns College) Release by Sarah Triplow to Mary Ann Underwood i) Piece of Land in Middle Field, Blunham (measures 312' 10" on the south and 862' on the west) occupied by Leonard Surtees (formerly John Barker & before him Mark Norman) abuttments: North: Property of Robert Cooper (formerly Robert Barry Stafford, formerly Thomas Eyre) East: Land next described South: Road from Blunham to Great Barford West: property of Thomas Dennis ii) 5A 3R 7P in Middle Field, Blunham occupied by Leonard Surtees (formerly John Barker) abuttments: North: land above c) East: Land above b iv) South: Road from Blunham to Great Barford West: Land described above NB Subject to a Right of Way of 12 feet width on the east side. iii) 1A 3R 15P in Middle Field, Blunham awarded at the Enclosure of Blunham to Thomas Dennis AND the Messuage, outbuildings etc erected there by Henry Dennis (formerly in Henry's occupation), afterwards of John Barker and now of Leonard Surtees) AND Three dwelling houses built by Henry Usher (now occupied by Charles Jeeves, William Watts and George Rowles. Mary Ann Underwood & Sarah Triplow were admitted as Tenants of all above Copyhold lands on 11 April 1900 26 September 1900 Copy certifed as correct by Clerks to E.T.Leeds Smith, Solicitor of Sandy. 20 October 1900

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Barker, John,
Underwood, Mary Ann,
Underwood, Henry,
Triplow, Sarah,
Smith, Edward Thurlow Leeds,
Sabey, Joseph,
White, Anne,
Mitchell, William,
Hayes, James,
Pedley, James,
Amos, James,
Barker, Joseph,
Clarkson,
Hart, Thomas,
Raven, Richard,
Pedley, James,
White, John,
Dennis, Harry,
Triplow, Oscar John,
Medland, William,
Payne, Charles,
Lovell, James,
West, John,
Little, Ellen,
Powers, Frank,
Tupper, Claud Ernest,
Lovell, Jacob,
Rowed, Charles,
Case, John,
Douton, Charles George,
Creasy, John,
Fairey, John Dew,
Little, George,
Seaborn,
Day, Alice,
Bundy, William,
Squires, Samuel,
Mayall, Mary,
Underwood, Harry,
Skilleter, William,
Merriman, Thomas Baverstock,
Merriman, William Clark,
Blagg, John Michael,
Blagg, Thomas Ward,
Sims, Jonathan,
Powers, Charles,
Franklin, Samuel,
Sutton, James,
Peppercorn, William Alexander,
Peppercorn, John Hutchinson,
Peppercorn, Walter,
Young, Mark,
Bennett, Joseph,
Ball, Thersie,
Maydon, John,
Hooper, Thomas James,
Brown, James (d),
Lee, William,
Croft, Samuel,
Burrows,
Wyman, Abraham,
Wells & Winch,
Pym, Francis,
Barker, Samuel,
Bennett, Ann,
Wells, John,
Stocker, Frank,
Farr, Joseph,
Sharpe, Frank,
Dixie, Joseph,
Lawson, Joseph,
Barnes, Mary,
Smedon, Mary Ann,
Thurley, George,
Thurley, William,
Foster, J.N.,
Strover, Herbert Charles,
Pope, Elizabeth,
Cowper, Earl,
Jeeves,
Douton, Charles George,
Cooper, Robert,
Clark, Thomas,
Stafford, Robert Barry,
Simms, Charles,
Underwood, Elias,
Ball, Jesse,
Sinfield, Joseph,
Manning, John,
Medland, William,
Burnham, Jane,
Rowles, George,
Norman, Mark,
Usher, John,
Lucas,
Surtees, Leonard,
Stafford, Robert Barry,
Eyre, Thomas,
Dennis, Thomas,
Dennis, Henry,
Usher, Henry,
Jeeves, Charles,
Watts, William,
Rowles, George,
Smith, E T Leeds

BLUNHAM, DEEDS, legal papers, farmer, SANDY, market gardener, Blunham fields, Great Barford, Great Barford fields, Great Barford Back Lane, Cambridge Trinity College, Chalton, Sandy Place, Moggerhanger, Girtford, Great Barford, Great North Road, Blunham Manor, Blunham Park Lane, rights of way, Inclosure