WL1000/1/LUT/5/2

Appointment and Grant

29 Nov 1858

From: 1858 To: 1940

Appointment and Grant Parties: (i) George Croft of Luton, plait dealer; (ii) Samuel Taylor of Luton, builder; (iii) John Bailey of Dunstable, warehouseman Reciting: - WL1000/1/LUT/5/1 - (i) contracted to sell (a) to (ii) for £38 Operative Part: - (i) appointed (a) to uses below; - (i) granted (a) to ii for £38 Property: (a) plot of land of 354 square yards in Bridge Field, Luton, now subdivided as shown on an included plan as Number 7 [on Hitchin Road, then called Scholefield Place, on the west side of a junction with Cobden Street]; any building to conform to the building line for Scholefield Place Habendum: - to (ii); to uses appointed by (ii); to use of (ii) for his life without impeachment of waste; to use of (iii) after determination of the estate during the life of (ii), in trust for (ii); to use of (ii) for ever Witnesses: - George Bailey of Luton, solicitor; - George Sell, clerk to George Bailey Attached is a piece of paper reading: The attached Deed was damaged by Water, our Strong Room having been flooded as a result of Enemy Action on the night of Sunday, 29th December, 1940 – Lawrance, Messer & Co., 16 Coleman Street, London EC2. NOTE – The Deed Boxes reached by Water in the Strong Room were removed as soon as possible and the Deeds affected, including this Deed were opened out and dried by Electric fan Damage appears minimal.

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Lawrance, Messer & Company,
Croft, George,
Taylor, Samuel,
Bailey, John,
Bailey, George,
Sell, George

LUTON, Luton Harrow, Luton Hitchin Road, Messer & Company Lawrance, air raids over UK, City of London Coleman Street, solicitors' clerks, specific solicitors, George Bailey, plait dealer, builder, warehouseman, Luton fields, Luton Cobden Street